Not sure whether this is a win or a loss...

[pauamma]

Public library with 2 1-person-at-a-time bathrooms, one for men, one for women, both(*) with a sink and both wheelchair-accessible (or intended to - I'm not an expert or even an enlightened amateur). I think that it would be possible to fit 2 AB-only bathrooms (1 for men and 1 for women) and 1 (unisex) wheelchair-accessible bathroom within the same footprint as the layout I described, and I'm curious: which layout would likely lead to less contention?

(*) Technically making an assumption there, since I checked only one, but I'm not a Fair Witness.

Comments

[azurelunatic]

Did the one you checked also have a changing table?

[cesy]

If you're only going to have a couple of bathrooms, and they're the type with a sink inside, why not make them both unisex?

[jesse_the_k]

In re: contention, the any-gender larger 1-seater is a win. If it's big enough, not only will it work for a wheelchair user, it will work for a wheelchair user plus an aide/family member. Plus, as a single-seater it works for people on any part of the gender spectrum.

[exor674]

In stalled restrooms, people who (probably) don't need the larger stall always seem to use it anyway -- I don't see how going from two wheelchair-accessible rooms down to one would help -- making both unisex would have made sense.