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El Cerrito/Richmond Annex

Walk & Roll

GO GREEN! Mobility Fair

When: Saturday, April 26, 11AM–3PM

Where: El Cerrito Plaza BART Northeast Parking Lot (515 Richmond St.)

In advance of mixed-use housing development construction at El Cerrito Plaza BART station planned for later this year, learn about all the easy and fun ways to walk and roll to useful and exciting destinations at the GO GREEN! Mobility Fair. Find out how our community is transforming streets and neighborhoods into safe spaces, improving air quality, fighting climate change, and connecting people.

Celebrate Earth Month at the Fair while you discover resources to reduce your carbon footprint. In the Bay Area, transportation makes up half of our cities’ greenhouse gas emissions. By switching even a few car trips per week to other ways of getting around, we can all make a huge difference in reducing our contribution to global warming, and help El Cerrito meet the greenhouse gas reduction goals of the City’s Climate Action & Adaptation Plan

At the Fair you can:

  • Test ride e-bikes

  • Check out innovative and discounted mobility options

  • Learn about getting to exciting destinations without a car

  • Discover plans for development at El Cerrito Plaza and North Berkeley BART

  • Enjoy music, food, fun and games for all ages

Bike East Bay will be offering a free Family Cycling workshop at the fair. Registration is required — sign up here!  

The GO GREEN! Mobility fair is sponsored by the City of El CerritoECRA Walk and Roll, City of Berkeley, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), and Bike East Bay. For more information, click here.

We need volunteers for this exciting event! If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up here.

Travel, shop, and live locally

Join El Cerrito/Richmond Annex Walk & Roll (ECRA Walk & Roll) in advocating for mobility choice — streets that safely welcome sustainable, equitable, and alternatives to the automobile for both necessary and fun local travel in El Cerrito and adjacent neighborhoods.

EC/RA Walk & Roll believes that the future of personal transportation for the Bay Area can't just be two- or three-ton cars, even if they are electric. Forty-two percent of travel trips in America are for two miles or less. In El Cerrito, where geographically nothing is very far from anything else, it shouldn't be necessary to drive a freeway-grade car to get to BART, get a haircut, or pick up a prescription. We live in a town with significant topographic challenges, yet electrified micromobility is rapidly addressing this challenge. Let's prepare for a green and prosperous future without requiring the financial burden of car ownership.

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Write to us at info@ecrawalkroll.org

Upcoming meetings

Business Meetings: Every other 2nd Wednesday, 7–8:30 p.m. on Zoom

Remaining dates for 2025 are Apr. 9, June 11, Aug. 13, Oct. 8, and Dec. 10.

Happy Hours: Every other 2nd Wednesday, 5-7 pm, at Fatapples

We’ll gather to hang out, eat, or have a beer at family-friendly Fatapples. Look for us at the picnic tables or indoors, depending on the weather.

Remaining dates for 2025 are May 14, July 9, Sept. 10, and Nov. 12.

Take action!

RICHMOND STREET COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT:

Richmond Street is in the process of being redesigned as a Complete Street and we need your help! Join us at the EC city council meetings on the first and third Tuesdays of the month to let the city staff know the community desires a more walkable city. Learn more about the Richmond Street Complete Streets Improvement Project here.

Join our Google discussion group to participate in conversations about pedestrian and bike issues in El Cerrito.