Equiticity, based on the city’s West Side, is leading multiple initiatives to address BIPOC communities’ unique barriers to non-motorized transportation.

Struggling with depression and on medical leave from his corporate job, Olatunji Oboi Reed decided to get his bike out of the basement and go for a ride. That ride set him on a new path that led to his current work: promoting racial equity in transportation and beyond, through his organization Equiticity.

On Wednesday, October 13, 2021, Equiticity President & CEO Olatunji Oboi Reed provided public comments at the Chicago City Council’s Committee on Transportation & Public Way, with regards to the City of Chicago’s proposed scooter ordinance and a permanent scooter program in Chicago.

On Monday, November 8, 2021, Equiticity President & CEO Olatunji Oboi Reed provided public comments at the Chicago City Council’s Committee on Pedestrian & Traffic Safety, with regards to our advocacy position calling for the removal of enforcement from Vision Zero Chicago and establishing a racially equitable traffic safety framework.

Our Racial Equity Statement of Principle seeks to define and envision racial equity and its guiding principles.