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.
Short Codes for Transit Safety

Short Codes for Transit Safety
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