Thu 3 Jan 2008
Posted by TJ under Clever Commute
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An outgoing 5:59 Harlem line train hit a car some time around 7:35 last night, according to multiple sources on Clever Commute.
“All traffic stopped between Katonah and Gldens Bridge,” writes one. “No fatalities in automobile.”
“Stopped just south of Bedford Hills,” said another. “Train hit unoccupied auto.
No update yet on next steps.”
Thu 13 Dec 2007
Posted by TJ under Clever Commute
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Much like the train-riding tipplers at BeerTrainFriday.com, the good souls over at Clevercommute.com–they of the real-time service updates sent to mobile devices–are thinking about group happy hours. Drop ‘em a line if you’re interested.
From CleverCommute:
I’ve been thinking about pulling together a “Clever Commute Happy Hour”. Just a casual opportunity to get together on a weeknight…probably near Penn Station (this time).
Probably in January…but date and venue TBD…I’d hope and imagine that a watering hole near the station would welcome the exposure to this crowd…but if you have an idea or a connection to share, please let me know.
Would you attend such an event? I’m looking to estimate headcount.
Mon 8 Oct 2007
Posted by TJ under Blackberry, Clever Commute
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Since many find the MTA’s service advisories to be delinquent enough to not even be useful, the Times reports on Clever Commute, a free service with Blackberry updates on delays for New Jersey Transit, Metro-North and the L.I.R.R.
Clever Commute was started by an IT guy named Joshua Crandall in January 2006, who says he simply wanted to meet other commuters (Insert joke about lonely IT guys here.)
Like many citizen-journalism/user-generated content things today, Clever relies on riders to email each other updates, from train delays to someone simply seeing a car with its lights on in the station parking lot.
I just signed up, which took all of about a minute. We’ll see how it works.