Welcome! Clever Commute is the #1 source of information about mass-transit commuting. We are an on-line service, offering free and premium products for commuters…and B2B services for the media / enterprise.
Here is a link to all the resources you may need

• Clever Commute datafeeds – Real-time updates from LIRR commuters
• Alternatives to the LIRR – A growing list of LIRR workarounds
• MTA strike information
  o  High-level overview
  o FAQ
  o MTA Contingency plan

Just for fun: Clever vent (a way for the commuters to let off a little steam) – https://clevercommute.com/vent

Official info from MTA

Welcome! The links below give you real-time access to the alerts which are being shared by LIRR commuters!
These are industry-standard XML feeds which you can view in any RSS reader.

Please visit the Clever Commute LIRR Strike Command Center for more resources.

Please note:

• Here is a link to technical info about the feeds
• These links contain 7 days of rolling information
• Some have more information than others…and are listed in rough order of volume.
• These links will expire on 31-July. Contact us if you like to see them beyond that day.

In order to save bandwith here, we don’t list out the full URL. Rather, you need build the URL’s. It’s simple!
For each branch, take the suffix in the right column, and append it to
the URL “https://www.clevercommute.com/rss/?url=”

Example: For “Test Branch”, the web address would be:
https://www.clevercommute.com/rss/?url=media-lirr-test-branch 

In the event of an LIRR strike, we have crowdsourced these alternative ways to get to/from NYC. Please continue to share via the Contact feature of our web site.

Please visit the Clever Commute LIRR Strike Command Center for more resources.

These are options above and beyond the MTA’s contingency plan. Some of the private carriers take/require reservations

• 7Bus – Serves Riverhead, Ronkonkoma, and Melville
• Bolt Bus – Serves Riverhead, Ronkonkoma and Huntington
• Go Bus – Serves Glen Cove and Roslyn
• NICE Bus – Many locations
• Hampton Jitney – Serves Amagansett, East Hampton, Wainscott, Bridgehampton, Water Mill, Southampton, and Manorville
• Hampton Luxury Liner – Serves Amagansett, East Hampton, Wainscott, Bridgehampton, Water Mill, and Southampton
• The Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company – Take the ferry across the Sound…and catch Metro North. Special rates.
• MTA Bus – North Shore LIRR riders, the N20, N21, Q12 buses go to Flushing Queens where you can take the # 7 subway
• Other MTA Buses (credit: LI Press)
  • Take the n20/21 bus to the 7 line at Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing.
  • Take the n31/32 bus or the n33 bus to the A line on Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway.
  • Take the n4 bus to the E, J, and Z lines at the Jamaica Center on Parsons Boulevard and Archer Avenue in Jamaica.
  • Take the n1 bus, the n6 bus, the n22/A bus, the n24 bus, or the n26 bus to the F line at 179 Street and Hillside Avenue in Jamaica.

Related resources:

• A great listing from Long Island Press – Many options
• NY DoT –  http://511ny.org – Ridesharing information

In the Summer of 2012, as a member of NJ Transit’s Developer program, Clever Commute built an app which gave commuters track number information in advance of being announced by NJT.

The information Clever Commute shared came directly from a NJT datafeed…and was delivered to the commuters in compliance with the NJT/Clever Commute partnership agreement.  Both sides openly acknowledged that the advance-track-number information was not 100% accurate/complete. However, Clever Commuters raved about this service.

NJT expressed displeasure with the fact that we were indeed using one of the data fields that they included in the field provided to us (and to all developers). Details of NJT/Clever Commute story can be found in this Wall Street Journal story.
To make a long story short: NJT stopped sharing that particular data feed with all developers.

However, Clever  Commute used this series of events as a catalyst to build an amazing suite of premium services which meets the needs to today’s commuters. We spent two years working / building / designing. After putting in over 1,200 enhancements, we are announcing the next version of The Inside Track – a portfolio of amazing features which empowers the commuters and gives them control over the data they need.

Today’s big news: Early-notice track numbers are coming back. In many ways our new approach makes “Round 2” better than before. 

Please follow this link to see all the details.

We can provide you with real-time info about what is happening on every major commuter line. We cover LIRR, NJ Transit, Metro North, PATH and more! 

Here is what the commuters are saying

How to read this: Within each provider (Metro North, LIRR, NJ Transit, and DeCamp Bus lines) alerts are sorted by time (see timestamp in parenthesis) …with newer ones at the top.

There will be plenty more as the evening rush continues.

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More info about our B2B service can be found here