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Why don't American cities have more public bathrooms?

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban
Dec 1, 2021
Writer Elizabeth Yuko explains why Americans use toilets in private businesses instead of those maintained by the government.
"9/11 really was the final nail in the coffin for a lot of the remaining public restrooms and a lot have been closed since," says Elizabeth Yuko, a contributing writer for Bloomberg CityLab.
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What happened to America’s public toilets?

by Chelsea Wald
Apr 13, 2021
In an excerpt from her new book, science journalist Chelsea Wald writes on the unintended result of a movement to ban pay toilets.
In her new book, “Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet,” Chelsea Wald explores the problem and promise of toilet technology.
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When did upscale office bathrooms become a thing?

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 29, 2019
We're talking soft lighting, colorful wallpaper, even cricket sounds.
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Why hotels are installing fewer bathtubs

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
Apr 22, 2019
Shower-only hotel rooms in the U.S. now make up nearly a quarter of all rooms.
Shower-only hotel rooms in the U.S. now make up nearly a quarter of all rooms.
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North Carolina's "Bathroom Bill" appears headed for the toilet

by Reema Khrais
Dec 19, 2016
The law requires trans people to use bathrooms corresponding to their sex.
A unisex sign and the 'We Are Not This' slogan are outside a bathroom at Bull McCabes Irish Pub on May 10, 2016 in Durham, North Carolina.   
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