● Use unisex stalls so individual toilets can be cleaned or repaired without closing facility. ● Choose vandal-resistant hardware and make surfaces graffiti resistant. ● Lower risk of in-stall vandalism by putting sink and trash bin outside in the open. ● Install tap for power washing and utility cupboard for supplies. ● Establish monitoring and…

● Focus on restrooms as positive attractors, incorporating historical artifacts, artwork, and text in the design. ● Involve users in restroom design and aesthetics as well as function. ● Give the community an opportunity to take pride in and responsibility for restrooms.

● Place sinks outside of stalls so users do not tie up toilets while hand washing. ● Make the flow of users more efficient by using unisex stalls ● Plan for restrooms that can function year round and 24/7. ● Use directional signage to restrooms, signs on facility listing hours, number to call for maintenance,…

● Adhere to standards of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). ● Choose unisex stalls to accommodate families and opposite sex caregivers.

Site restrooms to benefit from natural surveillance by the community. Apply Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) in location, layout, lighting, surface, materials, fixtures and hardware. Read more about Building Safe Toilet Design into Shared Urban Space. Protect users, especially children, from inappropriate contact with strangers in “gang toilets” by providing individual direct entry stalls.…

● Save space with single door direct entry stalls rather than “gang toilets”. ● Increase capacity and solve gender parity issues by making stalls unisex. ● Think public comfort station ie a place the public feels comfortable making short stops rather than an interior room for rest.