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New York Mayor Eric Adams on Monday unveiled a new initiative designed to improve access to public restrooms that includes a new Google Maps layer that shows the locations of every city-owned public restroom in the five boroughs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Google Maps layer<\/a> will include restrooms operated by the city parks department, transit agencies, public libraries and those in privately owned public spaces, officials said during a Monday press conference<\/a>. The effort, called \u201cUr In Luck,\u201d also includes a plan to build 46 new restrooms and renovate 36 of the city\u2019s approximately 1,000 facilities over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPart of making New York City a more livable city is tackling the little things \u2014 the things we don\u2019t think about until we need them,\u201d Adams said in a press release. \u201cAccess to public restrooms is high on that list, maybe even number one or two.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the 100 largest cities in the United States, New York in 2019 ranked at No. 93 for number of restrooms per capita, according to<\/a> the city comptroller\u2019s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials said the new maps layer, which will be updated biannually, will be promoted via advertisements on informational kiosks, taxi televisions and online, from June to September. They said the dataset for the new map layer will be hosted on the city\u2019s open data portal so that developers can integrate it into their software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One project that predates New York\u2019s announcement is Got2GoNYC<\/a>, which in addition to social media accounts with photos and videos of public restrooms, includes a Google map with more than 2,000 restrooms across the city. Its creator, a New Yorker named Teddy Siegel, speaks favorably of the new initiative in the city\u2019s press materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have learned through my Got2Go community that New York City’s lack of public restrooms is not only a quality of life and public health issue, but it is an equity crisis,\u201d Siegel said in the release. \u201cThe city’s action to tackle this pressing issue is a huge step and will improve the lives of all New Yorkers and tourists!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city also announced a new \u201cjoint taskforce,\u201d headed by Chief Public Realm Officer Ya-Ting Liu, charged with \u201cfast-tracking approvals\u201d for 14 new self-cleaning automatic public toilets on city sidewalks and plazas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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