March 2 in Hoboken
When I arrived in Hoboken on Friday morning, I looked up and said “the falling snow looks pretty”. Then I looked down and said “If this is 8:00 AM…then tonight’s commute will be a tough one” (and it was)
Category: NJT
Clever Commute’s “NJ Transit Strike” Command Center
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 B2B services for the media / enterprise. Resources NJT’s contingency plans A growing list of workarounds / alternatives to NJ Transit trains News articles curated by Clever Commute Title Source Date CleverRead more about Clever Commute’s “NJ Transit Strike” Command Center[…]
NJT Transit Strike – Contingency Plans
As of 28-Feb, NJ Transit has not yet published any formal contingency plans. However, here are links to related resources (including what happened during the interruption caused by super storm Sandy) How an NJ Transit rail strike would affect your commute NJ Transit gets loan of 31 buses from SEPTA (2012 Sandy-related article)
Strike? Sneak behind the paywall to unlock premium features!
Our premium app is not yet available for sale. When it is, on “Day 1” it will give you dozens of amazing new features. However, in support of the commuters in the event of an NJT rail strike, we have unlocked 2 premium features. These will remain available to you for the duration of the strike: (1)Read more about Strike? Sneak behind the paywall to unlock premium features![…]
NJ Transit Workarounds
In the event of an NJ Transit strike, we have crowdsourced these alternative ways to get to/from NYC. Please continue to share via the Contact feature of our web site or via our Facebook page. Please visit the Clever Commute NJT Strike Command Center for more resources. These are options above and beyond NJT’s contingencyRead more about NJ Transit Workarounds[…]
A shout out (literally)
How about this testimonial… My friend and I made the 5:43 tonight because of Clever Commute! We got to Penn at 5:49. The track assignment was off the board. BUT the track assignment was IN our text inbox. Making the train saved us our prepaid fee with our fitness trainers and gave us an eveningRead more about A shout out (literally)[…]
How to beat the crowds at Penn Station
Here is a fantastic example of how a commuter can use The Inside Track to determine which track their train will be on…before it is announced. In this scenario, it’s 5:58 PM and the rider is shown the track number for the 6:10 PM…with 92% probability (see disclaimer below). The transit providers claim to announceRead more about How to beat the crowds at Penn Station[…]
Our premium service lets you manage the alerts from your transit provider
This is another feature of Clever Commute Premium. Yes, your transit provider may indeed publish travel alerts on their web site. They may even e-mail some of them. But when you give them your e-mail address, you also may get unsolicited mails from them (promotions, corporate comms, etc). We solve for that, and ALSO give youRead more about Our premium service lets you manage the alerts from your transit provider[…]
Inside Track – Track Number Predictions
For trains departing NY’s Penn Station, the transit providers have a stated policy of releasing each train’s track number assignment “10-15 minutes prior” to the scheduled departure time. However, that is a guideline…not a guarantee. Some trains are announced just a few minutes in advance. Also, there are instances where the train number is known byRead more about Inside Track – Track Number Predictions[…]
Tuesday is the new Monday
Here is a color-coded breakdown of how the news flowed during this morning’s incident. Color key: Red – Information form Clever Commute (not all entries shown) Blue – Information from NJ Transit (e-mail plus web site) The incident began at approx 7:59 AM…and was immediately reported by the commuters. The first e-mail from NJ Transit comes approximately 20 minutes later. Read more about Tuesday is the new Monday[…]