2025–26 · City-wide
Funding for clean 24/7 public bathrooms near transit
Resident asks the City to fund more well-maintained 24/7 public bathrooms, ideally near transit, so everyone has access to safe, clean facilities while out in the city.
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The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
The city of Boston should allocate funds for more 24/7 public bathrooms that are cleaned and taken care of. Ideally these will be near transit
Who it helps and why
Everyone should access to safe and clean bathrooms. This will help all Bostonians feel more comfortable being out and about in the city of they always know there is a clean bathroom available
Details
- Cycle
- 2025–26
- Submitted
- July 19, 2025
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Community
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
Themes grouped with AI from resident idea text.
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