Clarity, mobility, and trustworthiness make short codes ideally suited for community-sourced public service notifications by people in the community, from information about potholes to public disturbances and beyond.

Situation

When subway riders in a metropolitan area see something amiss or someone in trouble, they can notify the right people quickly. 

 

Solution

Short codes delivered a solution to customers’ fingertips. Users simply text a message to a short code to alert Transit Police of disturbances.

 

 

 

Results

With the MyMTPD vanity short code, WMATA extended the reach of its “See Something? Say Something!” campaign with a trusted, easy-to-use communications channel.

 

STATS

83K

daily riders (March 2021)

 

APPLICATION

Rider communications

 

RESULTS

Quick, discreet alerts

 

USE CASES

Public Safety