Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 20, 2014

I think this is a brilliant idea: New York has failed to deliver clean public toilets for decades, so a New York firm wants to charge people up to $8 a day to use “luxury” toilet complexes in Midtown. Posh Stow and Go plans to open “clean, safe and soundproof” toilets with lockers, showers and baby-changing stations near Grand Central Terminal by summer 2014.

Passes would cost $24 for three days, or $8 per day, along with a $15 annual sign-up fee. Those planning long-term can sign up for 10 days at $60. For anyone with a baby, or possibly those with germophobia, this will come as a welcome relief. The toilets will be cleaned after each use.