Politicians in New York in the late 1960s railed against the pay toilet scourge, saying it was unfair to force people to use them in time of need (plus, some of the early equal rights advocated pointed out, the larger restrooms were biased against women because there were no pay urinals). So the pay toilets were banned and the result was -- no toilets! Or, at least, no toilets most people would go into, at least until the past few years with the crime rate drop.
You saw a mini-version of this flap a few years ago with the battle over the self-cleaning toliets, complete with the 1990s-updated ADA dispute.
All in all, another example of the law of unintended consequences rearing its ugly head.