If You Are Considering Our Free Service
Yes (push notifications)
E-mail and Text messages are offered via our premium service
The beauty of the app-based approach is that you can receive notifications right on your phone...and handle them as you'd like.
Yes - iPhone, iPad and Android devices are ALL supported!
See your app store or clevercommute.com/app for details.
- All 8 NJ Transit commuter lines
- All 10 LIRR branches
- All 6 MNR branches
- PATH trains
- And about a dozen buses from NJ to Port Authority Bus Terminal
We've seen a transit strike, power outages, police activity, gas leaks, switch problems, disabled trains, trouble with the bridges, overturned trucks, and an unruly person who was able to close down the Port Authority with his suspicious behavior.
The content in the Clever Commute free service comes exclusively from your fellow commuters.
We have found our alerts to be more user-friendly, action-oriented, targetted, and in many cases they are more timely.
For Current Users of Our Free Service
If it is the case that there are no Recent Alerts, then we (1) give a message saying so...and (2) show some recent examples.
Remember: Users of the free service only receive alerts via push notification. So instead, we show examples of well-formed (upvoted) alerts from your route/branch of travel.
Users of Premium can see up to 12 hours
Not to be salesy, but users of our Premium service have a lot more control over the info they see.
They can set the Recent Alerts page to show more history...from more routes...refreshed more-quickly.
See picture below: We added the green arrow and box for emphasis.
When you sign up, we ask you to select a nickname. Your nickname will be associated with any posts you make using the app.
We ask that you select a nickname which meets these criteria
- Serves as a proxy for you...while not revealing personal information (e.g., smitty is better than JohnSmithFromReuters)
- Will not cause confusion (e.g., we do not want to see anything such as OfficialLIRRInfo)
- Please avoid profanity or anything even mildly offending
If you want to change your nickname, please contact us (at this time, you can not change it yourself).
If it is the case that there are no Recent Alerts, then we (1) give a message saying so...and (2) show some recent examples.
FYI "Recent" means "from the previous 2 hours"
In the picture below, we added the green arrow and box for emphasis/
Remember: Users of the free service only see the previous 2 hours of alerts. So if there have not been any in that window, you'd then see an unwelcoming blank page. Instead, we show examples of well-formed (upvoted) alerts from your route/branch of travel.
| Not to be salesy, but users of our Premium service have a lot more control over the info they see. They can set the Recent Alerts page to show more history...from more routes...refreshed more-quickly. |
When you sign up, we ask you to select a nickname. Your nickname will be associated with any posts you make using the app.
We ask that you select a nickname which meets these criteria
- Serves as a proxy for you...while not revealing personal information (e.g., smitty is better than JohnSmithFromReuters)
- Will not cause confusion (e.g., we do not want to see anything such as OfficialLIRRInfo)
- Please avoid profanity or anything even mildly offending
If you want to change your nickname, please contact us (at this time, you can not change it yourself).
SRO - Standing room only
MTD - Mid Town Direct
Helix - the Lincoln Tunnel Route 495 roadway approach
We're working on it.
- The major terminals are listed (including Port Authority Bus Terminal)
- Just be sure to populate your profile with your home zip code
- For the Origin and Destination fields just pick the nearest ones
Use the Contact feature of our web site to send a request to us via e-mail...and we'll take care of of it.
Just let us know "Old" and "New"
That is something you'd need to pursue with your carrier.
FYI - Clever Commute serves riders from dozens of service providers...and the process is different at each one.
Howver, you may want to use our Vent service to let off a little steam 🙂
For User Of Our Premium Service
For now, you may indeed receive messages from a handful of numbers.
Tip: Create a new contact in your address book...and the various numbers to that one contact. That way, it will appear as one number.
We can't think of any other reason for someone to leave this amazing service 🙂
In all seriousness: If you are thinking about leaving, please contact us and let us know why.
But in any event, here are the instructions for iOS users and for Android users.
Please consider our Premium version (30-day free trial)
As of now, there are at least 9 ways to get the Premium service for free.
The free app is downloaded from iTunes / Google Play.
After (or during) the 30-day free trial of Premium, you subscribe via an in-app purchase in your app store.
It is a subscription product, with a cost of just $4.25 a month (billed annually).
A lot. It are literally dozens of features on top of all the free features.
When you install the free app, we give you 30 days of Premium for free.
When you purchase after the trial expires, your first 30 as a paid user are actually free, as well.
Yes! It's way more than just crowdsourced.