Re: Pay Toilets (was: DO THEY STILL SERVE FRANKFURTERS IN THE SUBWAY (97974)

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Posted by Larry Littlefield on Mon Feb 21 10:11:52 2000, in response to Re: Pay Toilets (was: DO THEY STILL SERVE FRANKFURTERS IN THE SUBWAY,
posted by J. Lee on Sun Feb 20 21:14:02 2000.

The whole idea was to force people to provide something for nothing, and guess what, they chose not to.

The rule against pay toilets hit just as social disintegration raised the cost of operating a facility. With crime and vandalism and general littering (and other things, as someone mentioned) a public toilet has to be attended to remain clean, safe, and operable. How can you pay for that if you have no revenues.

BTW, this law came from Long Island, not the Upper West Side. A Long Island Assemblywoman got it passed because she objected to paying to go to the bathroom at Thruway rest stops.

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