The short answer
Most Burnaby SkyTrain stations and bus exchanges have no public washroom, so seniors, people with medical conditions and parents with young children plan their whole day around it. Vision 2030 would work with TransLink to bring clean, safe, accessible washrooms to Burnaby's busiest transit hubs.
Three things to know
- Burnaby's SkyTrain stations and bus exchanges generally have no public washroom available to riders.
- For seniors, people recovering from surgery, pregnant riders and parents with toddlers, that turns an ordinary trip into a problem to plan around.
- Washrooms at transit hubs need a partner agreement with TransLink plus clear cleaning, lighting and safety standards — not just an announcement.
Why this matters to me
My commitment to accessible washrooms at transit hubs was inspired by my father. After prostate surgery, having quick access to a washroom became a basic necessity — not a luxury.
Seniors shouldn't have to plan their day around finding a bathroom. Neither should a parent with a toddler, a shift worker between buses, or anyone managing a medical condition. This is a small piece of infrastructure that says something big about whether a city respects the people who use it.
The honest comparison
What residents are asking
- Why can a rider pass through Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed or Edmonds and find nowhere to go?
- Why is a basic amenity treated as somebody else's file — TransLink's, the province's, a developer's?
- If the city can fund studies and announcements, why not the everyday basics?
My approach
- Bring TransLink, the health authority and the city to one table with a named lead and a deadline, instead of trading letters.
- Start with the busiest hubs and the ones closest to seniors' housing and health services.
- Publish cleaning and safety standards, and report against them, so a washroom that opens stays open.
What you can hold me to
- 01Immediately convene TransLink, the health authority and the Province to agree a funded plan for clean, accessible washrooms at Burnaby's SkyTrain hubs — and report it publicly.
- 02Prioritise locations near seniors' housing, health services and major bus exchanges.
- 03Publish a maintenance and safety standard for every facility, with response times residents can check.
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“Seniors shouldn't have to plan their day around finding a bathroom. Accessible washrooms at transit hubs are a basic necessity — not a luxury.”
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Questions people ask
- Are there public washrooms at Burnaby SkyTrain stations?
- Generally no. Riders are usually directed to nearby malls or businesses, which only works during business hours and only if you are able to walk that far.
- Isn't this TransLink's responsibility, not the city's?
- Transit stations are TransLink's, but the land around them, the plazas and the community facilities are the city's business. A mayor's job is to convene the partners and keep the file moving rather than pointing elsewhere.
- Won't public washrooms be vandalised?
- It is a fair concern, and it is why design, lighting, staffing and maintenance standards matter as much as the decision to build. Cities across Canada run modern, self-cleaning facilities in busy locations.
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