Of the city’s 1,000 public restrooms, just 30 percent are located outside of parks.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a $4 million investment to install 20 to 30 modular public restrooms throughout the city, reports Danielle McLean in Smart Cities Dive.
The city’s parks department is working on a project that will build or rebuild over 80 restrooms in parks, where around 70 percent of the city’s 1,000 public restrooms are located. The new initiative will install restrooms outside of parks to fill this gap.
According to McLean, “The design and locations of the free, accessible and self-cleaning new toilets have yet to be determined, as the city is still reviewing bids to complete the work.” One popular design, the Portland Loo, is already in use in three NYC boroughs and other cities including Hoboken, New Jersey and Philadelphia.
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