Our projects bring community voices to the forefront — co-creating solutions that advance mobility justice, reimagine how public space is used, and center those historically excluded from decision-making.
We integrate cultural strategy and justice-driven design into every phase, translating lived experience into actionable, resilient outcomes. Each project is grounded in local context and shaped in partnership with communities to advance equitable outcomes.
Our Projects
Mobility Hubs for Women and Caregivers
Shared Use Mobility Center
Centering the specific mobility needs of women and caregivers, we led justice-oriented workshops and guided project design to develop a framework for mobility hubs that reduces emissions, supports an underserved population and addresses gender-based equity issues. Learn more here.
Clean Mobility Options Transportation Equity Partner
CALSTART/CARB
Delivering equity-focused guidance, training, and tools that support implementation, build capacity, and center community needs in long-term mobility solutions. An embedded partner, we provide hands-on equity training, strategic advising, and actionable strategies and solutions that empower communities and drive systemic change. Learn more here.
East County Community Mobility Hubs
Tri Delta/MTC/Fehr & Peers
Actively engaging East County communities through inclusive outreach strategies, including hosting pop-up events, neighborhood workshops and gathering direct community input to ensure mobility hub designs reflect local needs and advance transportation equity across Antioch, Pittsburg and Oakley. Learn more here.
Power the People Shoreline Access Study
East Oakland Collective/City of Oakland
Led community-based planning, design, and activation efforts, including the development of culturally grounded engagement strategies. Conducted a clean mobility and affordability analysis and co-created a community-facing plan reflecting East Oakland residents’ lived experiences, priorities, and vision for equitable shoreline access.
East Oakland Futures Fest
City of Oakland/Philanthropic Partners
Leading the conception, development and production of the annual street festival along Scraper Bike Way that celebrates the present state of East Oakland and envisions a thriving future for the Black community in the Bay Area and beyond. In partnership with local organizations, the festival centers eight key themes—from Mobility and Youth Activism to Afrofutures and Food Sovereignty. Learn more here.
“Spaces can tell stories and unfold histories. They can be interrupted, reclaimed, and transformed through collective memory and community power.”
— emergent labs / adapted from bell hooks