US: Believe it or not, airport bathrooms are getting better (and cleaner)

As airlines continue to shrink the size of their in-flight bathrooms, to make room for more seats in economy, making them all but unusable for tall and overweight passengers, more fliers may increasingly be seeking comfort in places they once avoided at all costs: airport restrooms. But now, increasing numbers of airports seem to have recognised that clean bathrooms are an important aspect of travel and have begun to take steps to improve both the conditions and the monitoring of their facilities. Seven airports around the country have invested in a new software system called TRAX SmartRestroom, which aims to keep bathrooms cleaner and helps move the lines to use stalls more efficiently, and several more airports will introduce the system before the end of the year. <br/>