Per Paris Update, by the 1930s Paris, France contained around 1,200 pissoirs, and they became a source of much interest and amusement among foreign tourists visiting the city. By 1966, just 329 remained, and by the 1980s they were replaced by public sanisette toilets, which are more easily used by anyone in need of a bathroom break, regardless of their anatomy. As reported by French Moments, as of 2017 there were 420 sanisettes available around the city, with just one vespasienne remaining on Boulevard Arago near the Santé Prison. It is apparently still in use by the public and has the unpleasant smell to prove it.

Despite the presence of sanisettes, public urination remained an issue in Paris. In 2018, per CNN, city officials installed bright red, open air uritrottoirs in "problem areas" where large numbers of people had been seen relieving themselves. The new school public urinals were even eco-friendly and meant to harness the nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium found in urine to create compost to be used in the city's parks and gardens. Nevertheless, angry residents wrote to town hall insisting they were unattractive and made their neighborhoods less desirable. 

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