These are a horrible option. They tried them in Boston and no one used them. The thing is they were all pay, so unless you had exact change you weren’t using it. But even worse they had signs all over them that if you took too long they would automatically open, and if you tried to hold the door closed, you’d get soaked from the self-cleaning. And of course they were in prominent spots, rather than being off to the side, so no matter what you were walking into a crowd directly from the bathroom
I have no idea how long they considered too long, but it’s not worth the risk, especially since who ever carries change anyway,
Or you could try normal public restrooms. Or mandate that restaurants have them. Both of these used to be true in at least some places and more or less worked. Maybe a few tweaks to discourage camping, assault, and drugs and you’re good to go.
In a normal public restroom I’ve never seen anything dangerous or overly bad. It can happen
The one I’ve been in years ago had a sign saying a red light would light up after 15 minutes, 5 minutes later the door would open. If you can’t finish your business in 20 minutes, you need to seek a doctor, but also, when you have 5 minutes left, pinch it off, get out, get back in, problem solved. It’s meant to make sure people don’t use them to shoot up, or make sure homeless people don’t hog the toilets to sleep in (obviously homelessness needs to be dealt with, but building toilets for the public isn’t how you deal with homelessness).
Also, I’d be very very surprised if any of these wouldn’t be installed with the ability to pay by credit card and/or phone.
These are a horrible option. They tried them in Boston and no one used them. The thing is they were all pay, so unless you had exact change you weren’t using it. But even worse they had signs all over them that if you took too long they would automatically open, and if you tried to hold the door closed, you’d get soaked from the self-cleaning. And of course they were in prominent spots, rather than being off to the side, so no matter what you were walking into a crowd directly from the bathroom
I have no idea how long they considered too long, but it’s not worth the risk, especially since who ever carries change anyway,
Yeah so we should never try to solve this problem cuz it didn’t work this one time
Or you could try normal public restrooms. Or mandate that restaurants have them. Both of these used to be true in at least some places and more or less worked. Maybe a few tweaks to discourage camping, assault, and drugs and you’re good to go.
In a normal public restroom I’ve never seen anything dangerous or overly bad. It can happen
The one I’ve been in years ago had a sign saying a red light would light up after 15 minutes, 5 minutes later the door would open. If you can’t finish your business in 20 minutes, you need to seek a doctor, but also, when you have 5 minutes left, pinch it off, get out, get back in, problem solved. It’s meant to make sure people don’t use them to shoot up, or make sure homeless people don’t hog the toilets to sleep in (obviously homelessness needs to be dealt with, but building toilets for the public isn’t how you deal with homelessness).
Also, I’d be very very surprised if any of these wouldn’t be installed with the ability to pay by credit card and/or phone.