community updates

What’s new at Clever Commute? Plenty!

January 12, 2010 by Administrator

Clever Commute provides a way for commuters to use their smartphones to help each other by sharing real-time alerts & updates with fellow travelers.
It started with a handful of commuters here in NJ…and has now become a part of the fabric of the daily commute in the top commuting markets.

Now serving CHICAGO…in addition to serving all of the NY metro area and Boston
NYC subways…did you know that 40% of the subway is above ground? Wireless is coming to the MTA…and people are signing up for our service!
What track is my train on? A new free feature and a great stress-reliever for riders of Metro North or NJ Transit Trains
Proof positive: We have now amassed over 130 recent examples where Clever Commuter data was better and faster than anything else out there
https://clevercommute.com/blog/?cat=2
An incredible place to advertise
– Local business can use our new “self-serve” model to create a local campaign. (clevercommute.com/client)
– Large advertisers like the New York Knicks, Carnegie Hall, and Ann Taylor get full service.
Our advertisers kit: www.budurl.com/cleveradkit
An army of commuters: We are nearing the 10,000 member mark…and literally growing every day
A proven, 2-pronged business model:
– keep it free for commuters via non-intrusive relevant advertising
– Serve as the authoritative source of real-time data about the commute. (we license a datafeed to transit / news agencies)

Want to learn more about this exciting, patent-pending innovation? We’d love to talk to potential strategic partners, the press, and advertisers.

Contact
Joshua Crandall (Founder / CEO)
joshua – dot – crandall at clevercommute dot com
www.clevercommute.com
About us: https://clevercommute.com/blog/?page_id=2

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What a day – The Sunday Star Ledger!

August 16, 2009 by Administrator

We are thrilled to share a link to a Clever Commute story from NJ’s largest newspaper – The Star Ledger. And…it’s the Sunday edition!

We are featured prominently on page 1 of the NJ section.

It’s been a great day…with lots and lots of new people signing up. Welcome aboard!

“Too much e-mail”?…Not from us ;)

July 22, 2009 by Administrator

A few weeks back, we told you about a new feature that would actively seek to find and eliminate duplicate messages in the Clever Commute system.

We continue to phase it in…but in case you are interested, here is an example from today’s commute (on NJ Transit Northeast Corridor Line – the largest commuter rail line in North America)

6:55 AM
HAMLTN 6:36 to NYP is now 14 minutes late. NJT says 18 minutes due to mech failure. Empty train blew by the station 3 minutes ago.

6:56 AM
646 out of PJ 18 minutes late

As you’d expect…the 6:55 message was sent along to the Clever Commuters…and the 6:56 message was suppressed.

Just one more example of how we are continually working to make Clever Commute better.

How we manage duplicate messages

July 6, 2009 by Administrator

Here is how it works:

If user A tries to Send an alert which is similar to a previous messge from user B” the app will pop-up a message with details of B’s message to expain that they are potentially sending a duplicate.

User A then has 3 choices

Edit their message…and therefore differentiate it from the one sent by user B
(an then re-send)
Cancel their message…since the one sent by user B suffices
Send the message as-is

Our intent here is to fully leverage the wisdom of the crowd…while also being sensitive to the amount of data you get.

We certainly don’t mean to frustrate anyone….or fail to share relevant information.

But also want you to understand that it is very difficult for technology to determine true duplicates. Our approach will never be perfect. However, as time goes by, we “tune the dials” to improve the features and richness of this algorithm.

A quick note re: “Too much mail”

June 16, 2009 by Administrator

Some Clever Commute communities are experiencing what we call “a good problem” as follows: when there is an issue, we may see several mails which effectively share the same update.

Here at Clever Commute, we’ve anticipated this challenge…and have a solution at the ready. We’ll be rolling it out in the next week or so, but here is an overview:

Our technology will seek to screen out redundant messages sent within a pre-defined timeframe. If YOUR message does not get sent to your fellow commuters…we’ll let you know that. Don’t despair! If (after seeing posts from your fellow commuters) you feel that you STILL have something unique to add, we’ll have a way for that to happen

We’ll be sharing more info soon…but we just wanted to let you know that we saw this day coming…and we are “on the case”

Yet ANOTHER free service – Track Number Announcements

June 4, 2009 by Administrator

The idea: “What track is my train on?” delivered to your inbox! (for NJ Transit Trains from Penn Station and Metro North Trains from Grand Central)

More info

How to sign up:
a. Go to https://clevercommute.com
b. Click on “Find your line”
c. Change “Select provider type” to “Trains (track numbers)”
d. Select your carrier and line
e. Fill in the required info…and you should be all set once we OK your request.
f. Sign up for as many as you’d like
It’s “beta”. We have given a lot of thought and time to the idea and the programming, but you should definitely verify that you are on the right train 😉 We will listen to your feedback and do our best to enhance it based on what you say

A video that explains it