Likely Jan Lukas<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>skinnylatte</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@minmi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>minmi</span></a></span> </p><p>So who needs *actual* public toilets?</p><p>Each study, no matter which city it was from, concluded that actual <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PublicToilets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicToilets</span></a> are used overwhelmingly by:<br>- a <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/parent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parent</span></a>/ <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/caregiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caregiver</span></a> with young <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> (often using baby strollers)<br>- <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/elderly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elderly</span></a> people<br>- <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> people<br>- <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/unhoused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unhoused</span></a> people</p><p>… and since basically no one gives much of a rip about the last three on that list, ESPECIALLY unhoused people, there is little political will to ensure <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/accessible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessible</span></a> public <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/toilets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toilets</span></a> are a priority.</p><p>A critical point made most clear by <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Calgary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Calgary</span></a>'s <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/yyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yyc</span></a> report (complete with maps and photos of site incidents!) is that <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HumanWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanWaste</span></a> is a <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/biohazard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biohazard</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HazardousWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HazardousWaste</span></a>, as human diseases can easily pass to others by <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/feces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feces</span></a>.</p><p>TL;DR: Alas, withholding development of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/facilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facilities</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a> that would benefit all people in a community, including unhoused people, is a common policy program driven by political optics. And it stinks. 😡</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/washrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>washrooms</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/bathrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bathrooms</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>