University of Minnesota Researchers launching app for finding restrooms
The app will help bikers find bathrooms when on trails and routes
Posted: May 20, 2021 6:52 PM
Posted By: Jeremy Wall
KIMT NEWS 3.- Minnesotans love a good bike ride, especially during the warm months. But finding a restroom on trails and paths is challenging. Soon though, there will be an app for that.
University of Minnesota researchers are creating one that will show bikers where the closest bathrooms are. The app, MN Bike and GO! isn t downloadable yet but is set to launch next month. A web version is available for guidance, allowing cyclists to leave reviews on restroom facilities.
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Researchers from the University of Minnesota are launching a website to collect crowdsourced information about the amount of public bathrooms near bike trails.
U of M project tracks public restrooms near Minnesota bike trails
The MN Bike and Go project is asking for the public s help in locating and rating public restrooms near bike trails across the state. Author: Heidi Wigdahl Updated: 5:45 PM CDT May 13, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota It s a beautiful time of year to be out on the trails. But when you re on the go, you may need to go to the bathroom. A new University of Minnesota project is helping track where these restrooms can be found on bike trails across the state. We are really excited about this project. My research expertise is in bowel and bladder health and I am aware of a couple of interactive maps in Australia and the UK starting one that are doing something similar, said Donna Bliss, a UMN School of Nursing professor.
Dec 31, 2020
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Fred Bliss and his wife Dorothy Bliss tour the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where Fred Bliss was a member of the class of 1955. DONNA BLISS/Submitted
Donna Bliss says some of her earliest memories were with her father at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. I was 3, 4 and 5 when he was stationed there, she said. That s how he met my mom. She was from New York City. They met by chance at West Point and were married three years later.
Bliss wants to honor her father, retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Charles F. (Fred) Bliss III, for his 90th birthday. She scheduled a drive-by celebration for 2 p.m. Tuesday by Eastgate Village Healthcare Center. Vehicles are to gather at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at Muskogee Seventh-day Adventist church parking lot.