Transportation Freedom Day, conceptually akin to Tax Freedom Day, is the day when the “average” Seattle resident has finished earning enough to pay his transportation costs for the year, which happens to fall on March 15th.
The Transporation Choices Coalition, Futurewise, Sierra Club, and WashPIRG are putting a little “transportation awareness” party at the Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club. I’m told there’s cake and games, beginning at 3pm.
I can’t comment on the methodology used to come up with this number, but suffice it to say that the cost angle is one that isn’t exploited enough, particularly a lot of the hidden costs of driving and the one-car-per-adult lifestyle.
hahaha as a New Yorker it occurs to me that I hit transportation freedom prooobably on my January 5, since I don’t need to commute on the subway; I think I spend about $16 a month on subways and maybe an average of 10 on taxis making a grand total of $312 a year.
But I probably hit rent freedom in like November so there you go.