John Cochran
Appearances
Planet Money
Why it's so hard to find a public toilet
I think the activists who wanted toilet equity did not imagine the solution would be no toilet or a fight with businesses over who's going to be able to use the toilet.
Planet Money
Why it's so hard to find a public toilet
There needs to be incentive for somebody to build and maintain the toilets.
Planet Money
Why it's so hard to find a public toilet
Anytime the government says, here's the price at which you can charge, you can't charge anything more, then more people want it than would want it otherwise. And then other people don't have the incentive to provide it. So there's less supply and more demand and you can't get what you want.