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Living Green: Active Transportation 101

With Montclair Climate Action and Bike & Walk Montclair

Learn safe routes to walk, bike and e-bike Montclair, lowering your use of fossil fuels and raising your activity level. Discover the Bike Bus. Find out about "micro-mobility" and the 15-minute city.

Whether you’re curious about lowering your use of fossil fuels while raising your activity level, or you’re passionate about advocating for safer streets, the library is here to help. In this afternoon with local cyclists and activists, you’ll learn about safe routes to walk, bike and e-bike Montclair, discover the Bike Bus, find out about "micro-mobility" and the 15-minute city–and so much more. A question and answer period will follow. Registration is required. Register at montclairlibrary.org/events.

Montclair Climate Action is a group of local residents that formed out of concern over the climate crisis, but also a faith that Montclair can become a leader in its response to the climate crisis. They work with the township government to promote policies that will drive the transition to renewable energy, such as adoption of town-wide renewable energy, town-wide composting, and purchasing of electric vehicles. MCA also works with the public to increase support for these policies and to encourage residents to do what they can for themselves, whether that is reducing waste, buying renewable energy, or taking public transportation. Through systemic change, MCA hopes to create a Montclair and a world where we can all live in a way that leaves a better world for our children and grandchildren.

Bike & Walk Montclair advocates for policies, programs, and street designs that make Montclair a better place to bike, walk, and live. 

Paul Mickiewicz is the bicycle education coordinator for the New Jersey Bike Walk Coalition, certified as a cycling instructor through the League of American Bicyclists and the American Bicyclist Education Association. As a lifelong, all season bike commuter with years of experience leading a variety of Learn to Ride and Smart Cycling programs for individuals, group classes, school districts and municipalities, he sees developing bike and walk friendly culture as part of the solution for addressing climate change, mobility equity and creating livable, healthy communities.

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