But you still have to pay for it .....

Going to the toilet is a biological necessity, and the idea of charging money for it has no place in a civilised society. Any party whose manifesto included outlawing pay toilets would get my vote.

It would be easier to find one.

I know my local authority has started doing this but I think it's to help cover the costs of running therm and also keeping them free from vagrants etc who normally abuse them so charging actually has some benefits as it should reduce the amount of abuse facilities experience making them more available for people who need them.

At least for quite a few of the pay one's I don't have to pay due to a key I've got due to my problems.

What is the correct El Reg unit for this? or maybe 45,460litres is a "London night out"

would be to analyse the locations from which the service was requested and use that information to guide the in-stall-ation of further conveniences.

Joined up government.

Since Macs are de facto toilets anyway I suggest forcing them to add additional free bogs. Extra entrance needs to be created so people won't have to navigate through throngs of yobs stuffing themselves on big macs. If MacDonalds doesn't agree - close their shop:)

It beggars belief that we can put a person on the surface of the Moon, yet we cannot design a public toilet which is physically impossible to vandalise.

(My suggestion: have French-style squatting toilets -- after all, it's only the same as what you'd have to do anyway otherwise -- so no seat to rip off and also providing a handy floor drain; flushed from the main, so no cistern to break and flood the place, and entered via a labyrinth, so no lock to break. This probably can be improved upon.)

Public toilets should be funded from general taxation -- after all, taxes are the subscription charge we pay to live in a civilised society.

As a matter of fact, any restaurant, particularly fast food ones, has toilets that you may use. Ditto for petrol stations. And they're so ubiquitous that you don't even have to ask anyone for directions to the nearest McDonalds or BP.