Chicago’s long-awaited pilot program for public restrooms finally has lift-off. After years of pushing an initiative to trial public restrooms in the city and finally brokering a deal with JCDecaux last year, Alds. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez (33rd) and Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) recently announced that bathrooms were “ready for installation” and locations are now in the process of being finalized. “We have never been closer to having a public bathroom pilot in Chicago,” Ald. Daniel La Spata told constituents in a newsletter. “Meeting with JCDecaux today, they confirmed that the first four high-quality public bathrooms are ready for installation as part of their contract with the City. I’m excited to see the City work with such an experienced operator and hopeful that we can determine appropriate locations in the very near term.” https://www.instagram.com/p/ClGYJUhoD5i/?img_index=1 According to their website, French company JCDecaux, who was chosen to install and manage the public bathrooms, is the operator of the world’s largest network of self-cleaning public toilets with over 2,500 toilets in 28 countries.