Public Restroom Locator

[lethjakman]

What is the idea

1. A way to combine the public knowledge of Denver's/other cities public restrooms.
2. Educate local businesses why it can be good to allow people to use their restrooms, and volunteer them if seen fit.
3. Allow Denver to easily see "public restroom deserts."

Why

1. Many homeless people are charged for using the restroom in public because nothing is easily available.
2. Keep Denver clean.

Potential Partner(s)?

No

Additional ideas

1. Safety indicator of every restroom
2. Cleanliness indicator of each restroom

Related information

1. https://www.charmin.com/en-us/about-us/sitorsquat # Abandoned. Doesn't scrape public sources
2. https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/denver-department-of-public-works/projects/current/public-restrooms.html

Additional Background Context

No

Details

Champion: [To be filled out during exploration stage]
Repo: [To be filled out during exploration stage]
Waffle Board: [To be filled out during exploration stage]

[wdoug]

Let's research what has been done on this. I feel like I've heard of this being done, but I could be wrong

[maxorser]

Just looked this up. Not sure how the progress on it is going.

https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/denver-department-of-public-works/projects/current/public-restrooms.html

[dalecb13]

After some preliminary research, it seems that PUMA, "Progressive Urban Management Associates", conducted some research about the viability of a public restroom initiative. Here's the link to the study conducted back in 2018.

However, the trail seems to have run cold at that report. It seems like the report has satisfied the 3 criteria outlined by the website at the time:

1. Tier 1: Activate existing public restroom facilities in downtown and surrounding neighborhoods and parks
2. Tier 2: Evaluate locations for a pilot program utilizing mobile restroom facilities
3. Tier 3: Determine best location for possible placement of a fixed, permanent restroom facility

At this point, next steps would be to follow up with

• Denver's Department of Public Works
• Progressive Urban Management Associates