A Tulsa-born civic infrastructure project
THE TREKK CART

DIGNITY
ON
WHEELS.

A $60 mobile hope-cart replaces the stolen shopping cart — turning "litter" into a managed civic asset, and the unhoused into citizens with legitimate, personal property the city must respect.

A man standing proudly beside his TREKK metal hope-cart at golden hour
Field render · Tulsa, OK
"It's not a cart. It's the first thing that's been mine in years."
ShelterStorageMobilityLegitimacy$60 / UnitOpen-source
ShelterStorageMobilityLegitimacy$60 / UnitOpen-source
01 / The Problem

The cart
is criminal.
The person
isn't.

Cities treat shopping carts as abandoned property, litter, or obstructions. Because the carts are stolen, they're inherently illegitimate — giving officers the legal pretense to seize, destroy, and displace.

In Tulsa, initiatives like Operation SAFE clear encampments by destroying the only property the unhoused possess: the cart that holds their bedding, medication, ID, and memory of a life. Every sweep restarts the clock at zero.

100%
Carts deemed illegal today
100%
Legal protection with TREKK
0
Displacement cycle
02 / The Shift

From "litter"
to managed asset.

A

City-issued

When a nonprofit or municipality provides the cart, it stops being stolen. It becomes transitional mobile equipment — authorized personal property.

B

Legally protected

Authorities can no longer justify destruction. Any interaction must follow due process for personal property — humane, regulated, accountable.

C

Dignifying

The user becomes a documented participant in a civic program — not a target. Stability is the prerequisite for everything that follows.

03 / The Design · Meet TREKK

Two modes.
One home.

TREKK is an all-metal telescopic cart: rolls by day, shelters by night. Powder-coated steel frame. Welded wire basket. Waterproof canopy. Engineered for strength, affordability, and human dignity.

  • Powder-coated steel tubing frame
  • Welded steel wire basket · perforated steel platform
  • 300 lb load capacity (shelter mode)
  • 72" telescopic sleeping platform (6 ft) · 24" wide
  • 600D waterproof, UV-resistant polyester canopy
  • 4" swivel casters, 2 locking · ~68 lbs total
Engineering blueprint of the TREKK metal cart in transport mode and extended shelter mode
Standard metal shopping cart
$150+
TREKK unit
$60
60% less · purpose-built
04 / In Use

What dignity
looks like.

Renderings of the cart in the hands of the people it's built for. Real production units begin with the first 100 funded pilot.

A man laughing on a sunlit sidewalk, his belongings folded neatly beside him
Mode 01 · Mobility — a life, kept moving
A woman at sunrise with her belongings organized in labeled crates, folded blankets, and books beside her
Mode 02 · Storage + Shelter — everything in its place
A volunteer in a denim jacket laughing with an older man on a sunny sidewalk
Mode 03 · Community — connection, not displacement
05 / Invest

$6,000 funds
100 homes.

We're seeking pilot partners — civic foundations, donors, and municipalities ready to replace criminalization with infrastructure. A single pilot can re-pattern how a city relates to its most vulnerable residents.

Builder
$60

Funds one cart. One person off the ground tonight.

Block
$600

Outfits a full block — ten units with locks and bedding.

Pilot Sponsor
$6,000

Underwrites the founding 100-unit Tulsa pilot.

invest@thehopecart.org →501(c)(3) fiscal sponsorship in process · Tulsa, OK