There’s an opportunity cost associated with using land for parking
That’s not a cost of provision. Who’s to say that the medical benefit of many friends or relatives visiting is worth less than a house. Their is an opportunity cost of not having parking.
In general activities that have a negative impact on society should be discouraged, and certainly not subsidized so that they’re favored over the alternatives. There are many ways to make it easy to visit a hospital, not the least of which is simply allowing people to live in close proximity to one, which is something that has a positive impact on medical outcomes.
That’s not a cost of provision. Who’s to say that the medical benefit of many friends or relatives visiting is worth less than a house. Their is an opportunity cost of not having parking.
American mind cannot comprehend public transit.
Doctors and medical researchers are in a position to say what the effects of public policy are on public health. And they’re saying that car-centric urban design has a negative impact on it, and that we should be building transit and pedestrian oriented urban environments instead.
In general activities that have a negative impact on society should be discouraged, and certainly not subsidized so that they’re favored over the alternatives. There are many ways to make it easy to visit a hospital, not the least of which is simply allowing people to live in close proximity to one, which is something that has a positive impact on medical outcomes.