TRANSFORMING TRANSPORTATION
Zeitgeist is embarking on a transforming transportation journey to connect, educate, and advocate around barriers that persist in our transportation networks. Our mission is to address historic inequities in our transportation infrastructure, structures, and cultures by working creatively with diverse regional coalitions in leveraging change, and by centering those most impacted in visioning the solutions. Our aim is a regional transportation network that’s fully responsive to the needs of all our community members, connecting people to all the resources they need to thrive.
We Bike
The Transportation Equity We Bike series of free events, created in partnership with Continental Ski & Bike, aims to celebrate, welcome, and empower members of historically marginalized communities within cycling. Designed with low-income, BIPOC, youth, disabled, women, and gender-nonconforming people in mind, We Bike hopes to dismantle barriers to access and pave the way for a more diverse and vibrant cycling community across the Twin Ports region by providing essential bicycling education, maintenance resources, and enriching group rides.
Zeitgeist and Continental Ski & Bike share a commitment to fostering inclusivity and accessibility in cycling to support a healthier, happier, and more equitable society. Everyone should be able to bike safely and enjoyably! Join us as we pedal towards a future where we all can bike with comfort and confidence.
A surplus of abandoned bikes are gathered each month by the Duluth Transit Authority (DTA) and Duluth Police Department (DPD). At the same time, road-ready bikes are hard to come by for low-income community members who often have limited transportation options and rely on busing, biking, and walking to get around. The Bicycle Rehab Program takes secondhand bicycles and rehabilitates them for distribution to low-income community members through Zeitgeist and Continental’s We Bike events. We’re looking for:
- A free storage facility for gathering bikes and building a community workshop space
- Equipment donations of bicycles, helmets, u-locks, lights, car racks, bike trailers, and cargo racks
- Volunteer mechanics—20 volunteers by April 1st!
- Financial donations—$5,000 by May 1st!
HELP TRANSFORM TRANSPORTATION!
Learn about local transportation projects in the works along with community groups working on transportation efforts.
Help shape conversations to center historically-marginalized populations in our region’s transportation plans.
Become a champion of transportation equity in our region by getting involved in one or more grassroots efforts.
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
Turning a former highway into a great place for people
Adding a multimodal transportation lane to an interstate highway
Reestablishing a central artery as “main street” with attractive, safe, and walkable designs
Addressing traffic flows and adding safety improvements for all users
Re-envisioning current and future transportation needs – Learn more about potentials for reconnecting communities
Reenvisioning the street as an active corridor with multimodal treatments
Redefining an industrial corridor as a connected, safe place for all
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY RESOURCES
ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY DOC & TALK SERIES
Follow the history of transportation in this country, from buses and bikes to super highways and self-driving cars, as we examine the barriers that persist in our transportation networks. The Transportation Equity Doc & Talk Series includes monthly screenings of transportation documentaries followed by community conversations with speakers from the Twin Ports advancing transportation equity through their work.
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY BLOG
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