Toronto Needs A Public Toilet Strategy.....

.......starting at Toronto City Hall. There has to be a cheaper way to have a crap than $2ooK....maybe open city hall, metro hall and other city buildings that already have staffing 24 hours a day.

Public toilet open for business on 17th

Colette Derworiz

Calgary Herald

Friday, February 08, 2008

Calgary's first automated public toilet opened this morning in Tomkins Square - a busy park along 17th Avenue - in an attempt to provide more washrooms in the downtown and the Beltline.

The toilet, which cost $220,000, is part of a pilot project by the city to determine how suitable the toilets are in terms of usage, public acceptance and safety.

The fully automatic toilets self-sanitize and monitor the length of time each user is in the restroom to minimize loitering and crime.

It will initially be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The costly toilet will be up for review in July when a public toilet strategy for the downtown and the Beltline is expected to be complete.

cderworiz@theherald.canwest.com