Did you know Tokyo’s public toilets have become tourist attractions? 🚻✨ Kaori Suzuki shares how design, art, mobile toilets, and technology can make public washrooms cleaner, safer, and more welcoming. What can Ottawa learn? Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZrX... #GottaGoOttawa #PublicToilets

An Ottawa baseball team pays $350/m for a portable toilet because its park has no city-funded washroom. Each ward gets just $4,500/yr for portable washrooms - about 3 units. We don’t ask community groups to fund roads or streetlights. Why washrooms? Link follows.

Shouldn’t public spaces work fairly for everyone? For 110 years, men in Saskatchewan’s legislature had a dedicated washroom, while women MLAs did not. This is a reminder that equitable washroom access matters. #GottaGoOttawa #EquitableAccess globalnews.ca/news/1187082...

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💬 What’s the most unexpected place you’ve had to change a diaper? Comment Below 👇 #GottaGoOttawa #PublicToilets #AccessibleWashrooms

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh0S... "Do you have any potty-training tips that worked for your family?” 👀 Comment Below 👇

Some public toilets are so pretty, you forget why you came in !! 🚻✨ Here’s another post from our Pretty Friday Series 👀✨ Comment below the location or share a picture of any such beautiful public toilet you know 📍👇

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Excited to share the Article by Councillor Ariel Troster Link to the article: www.arieltroster.com/swm_69 @en.ottawa.ca @brenttoderian.bsky.social @graphicmatt.com @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social @theneworleans.bsky.social @arieltroster.com @canurbanism.bsky.social

🌍 Cities we can learn from: Japan is using AI-powered Public Toilets that detect: ⚠️ Falls & emergencies ⚠️ Vandalism or misuse ⚠️ Unusually long stays! Link is here : www.sat.co.jp/product/othe... @en.ottawa.ca @brenttoderian.bsky.social

Can Ottawa have this Smart Toilet System—offering safer spaces, reduced wait times, faster emergency response, and preventing vandalism and misuse? @graphicmatt.com @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social @en.ottawa.ca

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New York is investing in public toilets NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani just announced plans to add new modular, self-cleaning public toilets across the city. Other WORLD-CLASS Cities make public toilets a priority Can Ottawa get this Right? Link is here 👇 www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

With cities struggling to maintain clean public washrooms, solutions like Urben Blu show how design + technology can improve everyday experiences. Link is here.... www.urbenblu.com/en/company/ @en.ottawa.ca

CFRA and CTV brought GottaGo! into an important conversation 🚻 Our fearless leader, Bessa Whitmore, shared insights on solutions for the closed O-Train washrooms. @graphicmatt.com @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social Link is here👇 www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

As the LRT Washrooms closed, see this thoughtful Ottawa Lookout News article highlighting why long-term investment matters. Link is here 👇 www.ottawalookout.com/p/growing-pr...

GottaGo! spoke with CBC about public washroom access in Ottawa, where Bessa shared why Public washrooms are essential, how Technology isn’t enough, and why People-centered solutions matter. @graphicmatt.com @octranspo.com Link is here👇 www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Chicago experimenting with self-cleaning toilets: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD3L...

Sneak peak of the inside of OC Transpo Trim LRT Station. Looks like transit riders and the general public will have access to public toilets here!

Did you get the answer to yesterday's pop quiz?

Do you know the answer, Ottawa? We'll post it tomorrow!

Retail outlet B&Q in the UKhas launched toilets in its stores designed for people living with a stoma. "Not all disabilities are visible". www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2026/02...

New #publictoilets arriving on the Tube. Would love to see a similar announcement for the LRT! tfl.gov.uk/info-for/med...

1 in 5 Dutch residents avoid going out due to lack of public toilets. That's not just a social impact, that's an economic impact! www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/d...

Remember when the Diefenbunker issued an SOS because of the state of its public toilets? We do! nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

In Northern Ireland, local government is paying local businesses to open their toilet facilities to the general public. www.loveballymena.online/post/communi...

New York considers public toilets 'basic infrastructure', does @en.ottawa.ca? www.nyc.gov/.../mayor-ma.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-SO... "In the biggest city in the country, access to public bathrooms is basic infrastructure, not a luxury." -- Speaker Julie Menin

The City of Vancouver's Washroom Strategic Framework is a model for City of Ottawa to follow. Recommendation CW 2026-3 is something we care deeply about. Read it all at council.vancouver.ca/20260120/doc... and share it with your city councillor!

Bessa Whitmore on the aesthetics of public toilets: "There's no reason they need to be ugly". source:https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/downtown-ottawa-getting-a-new-place-to-go-when-you-gotta-go/

📷 Public toilets are essential to healthy, inclusive cities. Ottawa's limited access to public toilets affects seniors, families, people with disabilities and those with health conditions. Follow us to support better public infrastructure for everyone. #Ottawa #PublicHealth #Accessibility

Great news! Downtown is getting a new public toilet -- not immediately, though: www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Good news: your park has a porta-potty Bad news: it seems to be locked all the time

If Ottawa has a 24h public toilet, we haven't spotted it. Did we miss it? Let us know!

Bernie agrees: Ottawa needs more signs showing where public toilets are!

Public toilets in City of Ottawa need publicly-visible signs!

One of our intrepid team paid a visit to Göreme national park, Türkiye. Here we see the imposing Uçhisar Castle -- and a prominent sign for a public toilet!

This image, an 1823 painting by Duvernet depicting the Mill and Tavern of Philemon Wright at the Chaudière Falls can be seen at central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?ap.... We like it because it's a very early look at a public toilet!

The City of Hobart has done some impressive work on making public toilets accessible. Read more at insidelocalgovernment.com.au/hobart-launc... and access the map at accessmap.hobartcity.com.au

The Japanese show us the way to make public toilets a unique attraction. City of Ottawa's answer to public toilets is mostly porta-potties, with music provided only by users. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/r...

Best- in-class public toilets found in the city of Paris. Free, auto-cleaning, and plentiful.

How can we not love a story about "Dr. Toilet", identified as a "supoohero"? www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/as...

GottaGo! celebrated #WorldToiletDay this year by unhiding @en.ottawa.ca's public toilets. We have some suggestions on how to improve things in the city, too! Help us spread the word! youtu.be/fBY51xrmm0s

GottaGo!'s fearless leader, Bessa Whitmore, was recently quoted in an article that appeared in the @ottawacitizen.com: ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

The Royal Borough of Greenwich produced a public toilet map and released it on #WorldToiletDay. Nice. www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/news/2025/ne...

417 public toilets deployed in 18 months in Ville de Paris. Happy #WorldToiletDay everyone! www.jcdecaux.com/news-media/p...

One of our intrepid globetrotting supporters shared this with us and described it as "a handy dandy porta potty outside Olympic stadium in Madrid"