Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Council hears Throne Labs pitch for tech-enabled park restrooms; staff directed to explore regional rollout and costs
Summary
Ben Simons of Throne Labs presented a tech-enabled, QR-code-activated portable-restroom system that includes touchless entry, water and sink, remote monitoring and usage-based cleaning; Throne seeks minimum market deployments of 15'20 units and council asked staff to pursue regional partners and budget options.
Ben Simons, speaking for Throne Labs, described a modular, touchless public restroom designed for high-traffic and hard-to-service areas and proposed a pilot deployment in the Norman metro.
Simons said Throne units are unlocked by a QR-code/text workflow that starts a timed, touchless session. He described the user experience and accountability features: a voice prompt in English and Spanish warns users of a 10-minute time limit, the system sends post-use cleanliness surveys and a remote monitoring team can lock or temporarily restrict access for repeated misuse. "They're like a little mini ambulance," Simons said when describing bike medics'(clarifying that quote…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
