Portable Toilets on Yongchuan Commercial Street
No direct information on portable toilets on Yongchuan Commercial Street has been found yet, but its possible situation can be inferred based on relevant measures for public toilet construction in Yongchuan District.
I. Overall Layout of Public Toilet Construction in Yongchuan District The Urban Management Bureau of Yongchuan District directly manages a total of 84 public toilets. In terms of supporting facilities for public toilets, 15 third toilets have been standardized and constructed. These public toilets are mainly located in areas with sufficient space such as the core squares of the urban area, newly-built business districts, and main roads of the new town. Although business streets are not explicitly mentioned, newly-built business districts and business streets share certain functional similarities, both being public areas with dense populations and high mobility. From the perspective of meeting the toilet needs of citizens and tourists, it is necessary to build public toilets around or inside business streets. As a flexible form of public toilets, portable toilets may also be applied in business streets.
II. Planning Direction for Portable Public Toilets In response to the difficulty in finding toilets along the urban section of the Linjiang River, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of Yongchuan District carried out consultation activities and proposed the establishment of portable public toilets according to local conditions. In 2023, based on the actual situation of urban rivers, reasonable layouts will be made, and assembled portable public toilets will be constructed in phases and batches. Abandoned and idle houses near the rivers can be transformed and utilized as public toilets. This indicates that Yongchuan District has plans and actions to flexibly set up portable public toilets according to actual needs. As an important public activity space in the city, business streets have a high frequency of people coming and going and a large demand for toilets. If the existing fixed public toilets cannot meet the demand, portable toilets, with their advantages of mobility and easy installation, are likely to be introduced into business streets to alleviate toilet pressure.
III. Advantages and Applicability of Portable Toilets Portable toilets have the characteristics of small floor area, strong mobility, and short construction period. In areas such as business streets where space resources are relatively tight and the pedestrian flow is large, portable toilets can be flexibly adjusted and arranged according to the changes in pedestrian flow at different times and in different areas. For example, during holidays or business activities when the pedestrian flow increases significantly, portable toilets can be added at key locations on the business street; while during normal times when the pedestrian flow is relatively small, the number of portable toilets can be appropriately reduced or their positions can be adjusted to improve resource utilization efficiency.
