El Cerrito/Richmond Annex Walk & Roll

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.

ECRA 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.

ECRA Walk & Roll has joined the El Cerrito Chamber of Commerce to help promote better access to local businesses by foot and bike.

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IN THE NEWS

KneeDeep Times: “El Cerrito Bets on Car-free Living” by Juan Carlos Perez-Burgos (March 19, 2026)

Hoodline: “El Cerrito driver hit with manslaughter rap in crosswalk death” (Feb. 5, 2026)

Livable El Cerrito: “A Safer San Pablo” (Dec. 22, 2025)

El Cerrito Chamber of Commerce: “ECRA Walk & Roll Champions Small Businesses and Community Health,” by Skye Christensen (Dec. 18, 2025)

El Cerrito candidate forum explores views on safe streets, parks, and wildfire safety

Since El Cerrito/Richmond Annex Walk & Roll is a fiscally sponsored nonprofit, we are not allowed to endorse individual candidates. But to help inform your vote, we partnered with El Cerrito FireSafe Council and El Cerrito Trail Trekkers to host a candidates forum on Thursday, Oct. 8 at the Veterans Hall. All six candidates for El Cerrito city council were in attendance, and it was a full house! ECRA Walk & Roll’s Carrie Schulman asked our questions about safety on San Pablo Avenue and around El Cerrito schools.

The forum was recorded and is posted online (our questions start at about 29:00), plus you can read the full, unedited (spell-checked) transcript or a concise summary generated by AI and reviewed by humans.

Upcoming events

ECRA WALK & ROLL BUSINESS MEETING – OCT. 14, 7 P.M.: Consultants for the City of El Cerrito’s Crosstown Connect project will share information on the planned all-ages-and–abilities bikeway, which will link south El Cerrito neighborhoods to schools, parks, shopping, the El Cerrito Plaza BART Station, and the Bay Trail. A study underway will consider several potential routes for the BART-to-Bay bikeway, refine options through public and stakeholder outreach, and ultimately select a preferred alternative for conceptual design (learn more below in News and Views). Please attend the meeting to share your priorities for this new bikeway connection on Wednesday, October 14, 7 p.m., on Google Meet.

RICHMOND ANNEX NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MEETING, Oct. 22, 7–9 P.M.: The Richmond Annex Neighborhood Council’s next meeting is October 22, 7–9 p.m. at the Richmond Annex Senior Center, 5801 Huntington Ave. Sign up for updates and learn more here. Source: Richmond Annex Neighborhood Council

ECRA WALK & ROLL FAMILY-FRIENDLY HAPPY HOUR – NOVEMBER 11, 5–7 P.M.: Join us to hang out, eat, have a beer, and talk multimobility and safer streets with like-minded neighbors! Bring the kids/family/friends/partners to family-friendly Fatapples, 7525 Fairmont Ave. (Watch this newsletter for a NEW Happy Hour schedule and locations in 2027!)

Left to right, Carrie and Owen Schulman and Stuart and Gaia Sonatina accept ECRA Walk & Roll’s Best Community Advocacy Award at Bike East Bay’s Biketopia event. Photos by Olivia Smartt

ECRA awarded Bike East Bay’s Best Community Advocacy Award for 2025!

On September 17, 2025, El Cerrito/Richmond Annex Walk & Roll was honored to receive Bike East Bay’s Best Community Advocacy Award at its annual Biketopia fundraiser.

“El Cerrito/Richmond Annex Walk & Roll is a small team of volunteer advocates making a big impact,” Bike East Bay wrote in its award announcement. “They’ve worked within their cities to improve projects underway and advocate for undertaking new projects.”

ECRA Walk & Roll coordinating committee members Carrie Schulman, Gaia Sonatina, and Stuart Sonatina accepted the award at Preservation Park in Oakland.

“Every year I see more and more people riding their bikes. This is such an exciting movement to be a part of,” Schulman told 300 attendees of Biketopia. “On behalf of our whole group, thank you to Bike East Bay for providing your support and expertise and thank you for honoring us with this award.”

OHLONE GREENWAY TREE WALK, NOV. 15, WITH ECRA WALK & ROLL’S STEVE PRICE: In the early 1990s, El Cerrito’s 2-mile stretch of the Ohlone Greenway had exactly one tree — until someone cut it down (above). For the verdant landscape we have there today, thanks go to volunteers, a city contract arborist, and a dedicated city official and staff. El Cerrito Historical Society invites all to join them for a Greening the Greenway walk with Steve Price, organizer and lead volunteer of the tree-planting effort, and Steve Batchelder, then El Cerrito’s consulting arborist. Meet for the free tour on Saturday, November 15, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the intersection of the Ohlone Greenway and Fairmount Avenue, adjacent to El Cerrito Plaza BART Station. Note: The flat, 2-mile walk ends at Del Norte BART station. For more information, contact Dave Weinstein: davidsweinstein@yahoo.com.