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What Is Denver Learning From Its Public Restroom Pilot Program?
Some preliminary observations and trends already have surfaced in the year since the project’s launch.
The idea of the government studying public restroom users’ habits might sound unusual, but it’s happening in Denver as part of a community improvement effort.
The city’s pilot program collects data about public restroom use and placement to clean up a tricky problem: There are too few public restroom facilities, leading to incidents of public urination and defecation.