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The article discusses need for restaurants in California with single-user bathrooms to designate them as gender specific or unisex, with signage indicating their accessibility by people. It mentions the rules are followed by the Equal Restroom Access Act, or AB 1732, signed by California Governor Jerry Brown. It also presents views of Aaron Colby, an employment attorney with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, on the rules and reversal of a federal directive by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The article reports on the plan of Boeing to offer several options for wheelchair access to lavatories on its 787 jet transport. According to the author, Boeing will offer features that will make it easier for disabled people to use lavatories. Partnering with the National Center for Accessible Transportation of the Oregon State University, Boeing designed interior and exterior door handles that are easier to use for people with limited hand agility.

The article highlights the construction of 3 public toilets in New York City after 9 years of hard work and planning. Topics covered include the building of exclusive luxury toilet complexes in Midtown Manhattan by Posh Stow and Go, claims that the 8 U.S. dollars - day-price as a little steep and for the city to be the one providing residents with facilities and arguments by Wayne Park, founder by Posh Stow and Go that the pay-to-go facilities are what the city needs to encourage tourism.

The article reports on the luxury restroom facility construction plans of Posh Stow and Go in Manhattan, New York City. It describes the small number of public toilet construction projects in the city unlike the building of bus shelters and newsstands due to its lack of profitability for the city. Brief details about the luxury toilet fees and features being considered and feedback it earned from Douglas Lasdon of nonprofit group Urban Justice Center are also presented.

The article focuses on the report of the Associated Press (AP) regarding the new waterfront fountain and public toilet in New London, Connecticut. It says that the residents in the area have misidentified the public fountain as the public toilet and use it for urinating, defecating and showering. According to city manager Denise Rose, the police are establishing a plan to monitor the area.

The article reports that the Boston, Massachusetts Parks and Recreation Commission has asked permission from state lawmakers to lease two former public restrooms for possible use as eateries.

The article reviews the article "Public Comfort Stations: Their Economy and Sanitation," by Donald Armstrong, which appeared in the August 1914 issue of "The American City."

This section offers news briefs in the U.S. Angela Tuttle, a Hancock County, Tennessee, nursing assistant, ran as a write-in candidate for the local constable election, winning the August 2008 contest with her own vote. Seattle officials decided to sell five of the city's public toilets on the online auction site eBay as the self-cleaning units were not cost effective and had become hotspots for prostitution and drugs.

Reports on the findings of the periodical `Business Week' regarding the rising practice of posting advertisements in comfort rooms in restaurants in the United States. Effectiveness of the advertisements.