Posts tagged Restrooms
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Nowhere to “go”: DC’s growing need for 24/7 public restrooms
“We need public restrooms” is the growing cry among advocates, public officials, visitors and citizens alike. The People for Fairness Coalition’s Downtown DC Public Restroom Committee has been championing the need for clean, safe, accessible and available public restrooms. Keep reading…
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Tell the DC Council: We need more public bathrooms downtown
Despite the fact that downtown DC receives more than 20 million visitors a year and hosts thousands of more residents every day, it currently only has five public restrooms available during the day off the Mall — all of the rest are privately operated. A bill before the DC Council this fall could change that, but it needs your help. Keep reading…
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DC needs more public bathrooms. Here are three types it could adopt.
As I wrote about last week, DC doesn't have enough restrooms throughout the city, to the detriment of residents' and tourists' comfort and well-being. Adding public bathrooms would help. DC has three options to choose from if it wants to join other world-class cities in ensuring that there are enough clean, safe, and accessible restrooms open to the public. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Kaya calls it quits
Kaya Henderson leaving DCPS; Streetcar going strong; Hogan fights for roads; Library relocation; What’s in a name?; Flow or foe?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mo’ MoveDC
What about drivers?; Lessons from Amsterdam; Remaking Little Washington; Metro opens (restroom) doors; The highest wage in the land; Building for resilience and livability; No drunk driving without driving; An ISO standard for cities; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Hold it
A matter of personal dignity; ICC beats projections; Micro living for the masses; Our suburban presidential candidates; Closing bars for safety’s sake; Purple Line moves ahead; Bluetooth travel time; Redevelopment agencies lose fight; And…. Keep reading…
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Valencia shows new ideas for signs and public space
Most people associate Valencia, Spain with oranges, paella or the fireworks-packed Las Fallas celebrations. Valencia also boasts innovative ways to mark subway stairs and crosswalks, access its bike sharing program, and park cars along its neighborhood commercial districts. Frequent Metro riders in the DC area struggle with the right way to explain the local custom… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dangerous for pedestrians and Transformers
Struck in Montgomery County; Transformers unscripted; Virginia to keep WMATA seats for now; The Monday Metropocalypse that wasn’t; Exercising her right to pee; DC a bargain for singles, PG for families; Chevy Chase retail less limited; Step it up. Keep reading…
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For walkability, install public privies
There are many amenities that residents of a major city in the developed world should be able to take for granted, and one basic and often-overlooked aspect of infrastructure that is severely lacking in most US cities is the public restroom. A stunning graphic appeared in the September/October 2007 issue of GOOD Magazine showing how inferior major US cities are compared to their… Keep reading…
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When you gotta go, where do you go?
We’ve all been there. You’re out and about, and then suddenly, you need a restroom. When I leave home to go on a walk or run an errand, I keep a mental map of the closest available restrooms. I usually rely on restrooms in commercial businesses, largely because it is difficult to find public restrooms in the District. Access to public restrooms is more than a matter of… Keep reading…