Did you know that the average person drives almost 30 miles in 1 day? This is about 411 grams of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere according to the EPA. However, with a little planning and re-thinking your daily trips, you can easily help reduce your carbon impact by ditching the car and opting for walking and cycling! Join this webinar on Active Mobility to hear our experts, Nicole McSpirit (Safe Streets & Active Mobility Advocate), David Chen (Denver Bicycle Lobby) and Darcy Kitching (Walk to Connect) discuss ways that you can create changes in your daily habits, why it's important and how you can get involved to help make streets safer for all. Are you ready to be more active by re-thinking your transportation? It's time to get moving for a cleaner and greener future!

About the Presenters

David Chen, Denver Bicycle Lobby

David Chen is a Denver-based research consultant, father of three young children, and spouse of a CU Denver professor in the Ethnic Studies Department. He is also a committed family cyclist and street safety advocate. He was named an Asian American Hero of Colorado in 2020 for his advocacy work, was a featured speaker at the 2019 Colorado Bike Summit, and has helped lead numerous community initiatives around Denver to raise awareness of multimodal equity issues.

Darcy Kitching, Walk to Connect Cooperative

Darcy Varney Kitching is a mother, a world traveler, and a researcher focused on planning for sustainable youth and family transportation. She has been a co-owner of the Walk2Connect Cooperative since 2016 and serves as the coordinator of the Walk2Connect community in Boulder - the Boulder Ramblers. Darcy worked with the City of Boulder's transportation planning team for five years, developing the Boulder Walks program, and she authored her first trail guide last year, "The Best Urban Hikes: Boulder," published by the Colorado Mountain Club Press. She has earned master's degrees in education and urban planning and is now finishing her doctorate after many years of alternate immersion in academia and the practice of community engagement.

Nicole McSpirit, Safe Streets and Active Mobility Advocate

Nicole is relatively new to the world of mobility advocacy. Although she frequently used a bike for transportation while growing up in New Orleans and now in Denver, the climate crisis and epidemic of traffic violence compelled her to become involved in community activism. She promotes walking, biking and transit use as a means of fighting climate change, mitigating socioeconomic and racial inequalities and combating the multitude of negative health and mental impacts of a car-dominated sedentary lifestyle.

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