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.
Zeitgeist Community in partnership with the Duluth Transit Authority (DTA) is seeking visual artists in Duluth and Superior to develop original artwork that will be featured on the outside and inside of DTA buses as part of Transit Equity Day 2025. Transit Equity Day is recognized nationally on February 4 (Rosa Parks’ birthday) to promote public transit as a civil right and a strategy to combat climate change.
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.
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.