City testing portable, free public restroom downtown

AUSTIN (KXAN) — When you’ve got to go, there’s a new place you can go downtown. The City of Austin installed a temporary, free bathroom downtown on Thursday, as part of a pilot project.
The bathroom is near Interstate 35 and 6th Street, on probationary status for two days, with a plan to assess if it should stay there after that.
The City Council had staff study the feasibility of having a permanent, free downtown restroom in June 2016. Staff worked with the community to find f