The Friends of the Public Garden reports it's hoping to wheel a portable comfort station onto the Common this week - placed to offer relief to Public Garden visitors as well.

Under a pilot program funded by the Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust, the trailer will house three stalls for women, one stall and three urinals for men, one ADA-compliant restroom, sinks for everybody and a baby-changing station. And, yes, of course, there will be a security guard on duty to keep things under control.

The commodious commodes will be placed on the MacArthur Mall walkway along Charles Street and will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., through October.

The Common once had permanent restrooms, but they were shut decades ago. The old men's comfort station, known as the Pink Palace, was cleaned up and turned into the Earl of Sandwich in 2012.