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    This document discusses adopting a new passenger restroom policy to supersede an earlier motion. It provides background on a previous board motion regarding restroom locations and the criteria for evaluating new locations. Staff reviewed restroom policies at other transit agencies and recommended criteria of 10,000 daily boardings, multi-modal hubs with 5+ routes, and 20 minute travel time between facilities. The document outlines existing and planned restroom locations, total operational costs, and staff recommendations to provide strategically located restrooms in fare paid zones with standard design and security presence.

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    This document discusses adopting a new passenger restroom policy to supersede an earlier motion. It provides background on a previous board motion regarding restroom locations and the criteria for evaluating new locations. Staff reviewed restroom policies at other transit agencies and recommended criteria of 10,000 daily boardings, multi-modal hubs with 5+ routes, and 20 minute travel time between facilities. The document outlines existing and planned restroom locations, total operational costs, and staff recommendations to provide strategically located restrooms in fare paid zones with standard design and security presence.

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    This document discusses adopting a new passenger restroom policy to supersede an earlier motion. It provides background on a previous board motion regarding restroom locations and the criteria for evaluating new locations. Staff reviewed restroom policies at other transit agencies and recommended criteria of 10,000 daily boardings, multi-modal hubs with 5+ routes, and 20 minute travel time between facilities. The document outlines existing and planned restroom locations, total operational costs, and staff recommendations to provide strategically located restrooms in fare paid zones with standard design and security presence.

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    Passenger Restrooms

    Executive Committee
    10/7/21
    Why we are here

    • Adopting a Passenger Restroom Policy and superseding Motion


    No. M98-67.

    2
    Summary of Board Motion No. M2019-31
    Staff had been asked to:
    • Review and propose updates to Motion No. M98-67
    • Present low and no-cost opportunities for customer access to
    restrooms at future light rail stations
    • Evaluate and recommend opportunities including wayfinding,
    requiring leased retail spaces to provide access, and on-site
    restrooms
    • Provide suggestions for Board actions to expand restroom
    access
    • Consider budget and proposed implementation plan

    3
    Motion No. M98-67
    Restroom locations cited
    • Northgate Transit Center, Bellevue
    Transit Center, King/Union Station,
    Everett Sounder Station, Tacoma Dome
    Sounder Station
    • On board Sounder trains
    • Additional restrooms may be provided
    when funding, staffing and maintenance
    arrangements can be made that do not
    affect Sound Transit’s goal to meet
    budgets and schedules and in
    coordination with local jurisdictions

    4
    Locations
    9 Passenger Restroom
    Locations
    • Decisions have been made on a project
    by project basis
    • In addition to locations cited in Motion
    No. M98-67, restrooms are now located
    at
    • Auburn Sounder Station
    • Sumner Sounder Station
    • Federal Way Transit Center
    • SeaTac Airport Link Station
    • Tukwila Link Station

    5
    Locations by 2024
    16 Passenger Restroom
    Locations

    • Lynnwood Link Extension (4 locations)


    • Federal Way Link Extension (2 locations)

    • Locations have been determined on a


    project-by-project basis and in conjunction
    with local jurisdictions

    6
    What are other agencies doing?
    Common theme among the nine agencies we
    talked to:

    (LA Metro, Long Beach, Trimet, Valley Metro, Charlotte, Miami,


    Toronto, New York Metro, WMATA)

    • Passenger Only
    • Only at major hubs
    • Within fare paid zones
    • Locked and have to request access

    7
    Customer Restroom Criteria
    Sound Transit Working Group Recommended
    Passenger Restroom Criteria:

    • Minimum 10k boardings per day


    • Multi-modal locations with 5 routes or more
    • Approximately 20 min ride time between restroom access

    8
    Total Operational Costs
    Passenger Restroom Operational Costs

    Description Average Annual Costs

    Daily Cleaning $113,556

    Security/Customer Service
    $188,291
    Presence
    On-Call Maintenance $20,327
    Average Annual Cost Per Facility $322,174

    9
    Passenger Restroom System Costs
    Direction Facilities Annual Costs*

    Existing passenger restrooms 9 $2,899,566

    Planned passenger restrooms


    14 $4,510,430

    Proposed policy criteria would add two


    additional passenger restrooms (Issaquah, 16 $5,154,777
    Seattle Center)

    * Does not include design and engineering cost


    10
    Passenger Restrooms:
    Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace,
    Shoreline North/185th, Shoreline
    South/145th, Northgate,
    Seattle Center, Bellevue, Issaquah
    International District/Chinatown, Tukwila
    Intl. Blvd, SeaTac/Airport, Kent/Des
    Moines, S 272nd Star Lake, Federal
    Way, Auburn, Sumner and all Sounder
    Trains
    Other Transit Restrooms:
    Everett, Tacoma Dome

    11
    Passenger Restroom

    Staff Recommendations:
    • Provide passenger only restrooms strategically throughout the
    system in fare paid zones.
    • Implement the standard restroom design and operational
    considerations to enhance safety and maintainability and
    passenger access.
    • Use a mix of security and customer service presence to control
    and monitor the passenger restrooms.

    12
    Questions?
    Thank you.

    soundtransit.org

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