Could pay toilets help San Diego cope with downtown's homelessness crisis? City officials lobbying state to lift pay toilet ban, contend revenue could cover cost for many safe, clean restrooms.

Pay toilets created a system of haves and have nots when it came to bathroom access. So in the 60s, movements sprung up to ban pay toilets. Problem is: when the pay toilets went away, ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego city leaders want the state to lift a nearly 50-year-old ban on pay toilets, which they say could solve a shortage of clean and safe downtown restrooms that repels tourists ...

Pay toilets were seen as a way to recoup costs of operation and encourage people to keep them clean. But by the '70s, pay toilets were falling out of favor. Toilet equity was one issue.

If pay toilets are implemented, they must be safe and kept clean and maintained. Pay toilets are quite common outside of the U.S. in metro areas, and the fees could help with maintenance and ...

The blessed invention of Titus Flavius Vespasianus, pay toilets allowed citizens of expanding Rome to relieve themselves in a clean, enclosed space for one obolus, a bit of stamped copper, but ...

Pay toilets are very common across Europe. In general, the fee is relatively small. Most pay toilets requiring only around 0.50€ (~$0.57 USD), though some can cost as much as 1€.

The Demolished Toilet. The notion of a pay toilet seems reasonable: Charge the public some small change when they need to relieve themselves.

Europe’s pay-to-pee culture, explained. Paying for public toilets is the norm in Europe, but free bathroom advocates are bringing relief to tourists and locals.

NYC pay toilet charges $8 a day New York company is marketing an upscale potty break. Published: Feb. 23, 2014 at 9:14 a.m. ET. Share. Resize. ILLUSTRATION: FocusDzign / Shutterstock.com.