AUTOMATED PUBLIC TOILETS (APT's)
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WARNING! Almost all APT's installed in the U.S. are single toilet units with only limited ability to accommodate the public during high use times. Because they are clean and have lavatory fixtures, individuals will remain in them for longer periods then they would when using a PSU. One person can lock out others for 10 - 20 minutes. This can lead to unacceptable queuing and wait-times. After an initial 'pilot test' of single toilet APT's, Atlanta ordered 'quad toilet' APT's for their main MARTA station.
APT procurement cost analysis is often flawed when single toilet APT are cost-compared to traditional multi-stall facilities that accommodate the sanitation needs of many people at once. ...Councilman Richard Conlin voted in favor of acquiring the toilets but now says,
"They haven't worked out the way we'd hoped. ... We're going to have to go back to the drawing board." "They've become dens of illegal behavior," ....Source: 'Seattle's automated public toilets now haven for drugs' Associated Press 10/06/2006
...high-tech public toilets are not as reliable as someone who really needs a restroom would hope... a little observation showed that plenty of people couldn't get the computerized lock to open with their quarters. Other people have had the opposite problem.
A bus driver told the newspaper the doors opened on one of his passengers just as she was pulling her pants up.Source: 'Boston's High-tech toilets problematic' United Press Intl 06/08/07
Vendors and Manufactures -
Hering Bau GmbH & Co WCMactic APT's
http://www.hering-bau.de/home_e.htmlExeloo East
http://exelooeast.com/Aluline Limited UK
http://www.aluline.co.uk/bvt.htmWall Inc
Cemusa
More:
http://www.americanrestroom.org/apt/index.htmAlso:
Restroom Advertising Companies
BillBoardZ
Flush Media
Jonny Advertising
Insite Advertising, Inc
Wall AG USA
ADpower
NextMedia and AlivePromo
NextMedia and AlivePromo Collaborate for Networked Restroom Advertising
Monday September 13, 8:07 am ET Press Release Source: AlivePromo, Inc. MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ --
NextMedia, the nation's largest provider of indoor advertising, today announced that it has collaborated with digital sign company AlivePromo to install networked digital advertising boards in Minneapolis/St Paul area restrooms. The digital boards, displaying high-resolution, animated advertising, will be managed using AlivePulse, a patent-pending AlivePromo process that allows for content to be changed from anywhere with access to the Internet. The deployment of digital restroom advertising is expected to extend and diversify NextMedia's indoor advertising reach; the addition provides more options for advertisers while making the concept more attractive to certain venues. ...
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http://www.americanrestroom.org/apt/index.htm