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Let’s post and share about RTO (Return to office)

Let’s post and share about RTO (Return to office)

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Hammer and Wrench on Apple iOS 13.3 The one-liner: Feel free to post on CleverCommute using the "Return to office" category...or simply use the abbreviation rto (or RTO) in your message...and the app will categorize it for you.

Has something changed?:  Yes! Due to the unique Covid-related environment, we have modified our filtering logic. Users can now use the app's Participate feature to share (and ask) in ways that previously may have been set aside for moderator review.  So if you want to know if the trains are safe/crowded/clean ... then ask the folks who have the info: the people who ride.

Why the change?: As discussed in early October, it has become clear that this network of commuters wants to help each other...share with each other. Some of you have been commuting throughout the pandemic. Some of you recently started. Some may be starting soon (or later).
So let's do what Clever Commuters do best: let the information flow.

How?: For the most part, you post your comment or question as you always have (instructions). But please identify your return to work-related message as such in one of two ways when using the app's Participate feature:
1. Set option #2 (What's happening) to the first choice: Return to office
-or -
2. Simply use the acronym rto (lower or upper case) in the body of your message. Our technology will auto-categorize it!
Note: rto is not a hashtag. It's simply the three-letter abbreviation.

 

 

 

Let’s post and share about RTO (Return to office)

I’m [encouraged]/[horrified] because NYC is [rebounding]/[worse than ever]

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Here at Clever Commute, we're evolving our model in order to help people prepare for the eventual return to work (RTW). No one expects RTW to happen all at once...and I expect that the experience will vary by location, person, industry, etc.

But when I recently asked folks who are currently are commuting "what do you see?"...I was surprised at the diversity of replies I received. The 2 in the table below came into my mailbox virtually back-to-back.

Clearly: perceptions will vary. Both of the commuters have a long history of sharing reliable info on Clever Commute.
So, as I was once told: "Don't listen to anybody. Rather, listen to everybody."

Maybe you love NYC. Maybe you need NYC. Maybe both. Let's give it our support...with an open mind.

Commuter A said... Commuter B said...

There are so many misperceptions on the news
People say to me: "I would commute except I'm scared of the homeless."
However, I haven't found that to be a problem at all.
In fact I see less homeless than usual (and I've taken the train, the bikes, and the subway, so I've had lots of opportunities).

The homeless population is worse now then early 90’s and it is under reported.
The aggressive nature of those seeking money is unreal.
It is hard to believe how dirty and disgusting the area around Penn Station is.

 

Let’s post and share about RTO (Return to office)

You want an example?

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Simple as that…

  1. 4:14 PM: a commuter posted an alert on his line to share what he heard on the train
    “Conductor just announced single-tracking in/out of Penn”
  2. Clever Commute Artificial Intelligence technology recognized that an alert about “single-tracking” is something that affects users on all NJT lines.
    We therefore automatically re-shared it to all of our NJT riders.
  3. 4:59 PM: NJT first notifies users of the issue
    https://twitter.com/NJTRANSIT_MOBO/status/1227351567105429506
  4. 5:02 PM: a different commuter Tweeted their frustration (to NJT) that CleverCommute broke the story
    and that NJT “announced this [problem] only 50 minutes after @clevercommute did”
    See the Tweet here – https://twitter.com/jeffalexander19/status/1227352176298610688

    NJT said they are looking into this…but as of the update time on this blog post, the original Twitter user is still awaiting a reply
    https://twitter.com/StewartMader/status/1227446819506020353

Let’s post and share about RTO (Return to office)

Let’s post and share about RTO (Return to office)

Sneak peek at train performance metrics

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Just another test of the power of the data that commuters are sharing…

These are the data points for January 2019.

This train is #1152 on the Main/Bergen line. Scheduled Hoboken arrival is 7:40 AM.

It did not even once arrive at (or before) that time.

Disclosure

  • On some days, there was no data shared for this train
  • On Jan 29, the train was roughly 50 min late…so we have removed it from this view

Let’s post and share about RTO (Return to office)