South of Santa Barbara there is also a stretch where
the old Highway 1 disappears. For a stretch (5 miles?)
cyclists are allowed on Highway 101. Club rides
frequently go down there. I have not heard of a
bicyclist getting damaged, but there were a few car
accidents, including one with a person I knew involved
(not at fault and badly injured).

Going north from SB you also can ride on 101 for many
miles.

bjorn

--- Jim Haagen-Smit <jimwhs@...> wrote:

> --- In bikingroseville@yahoogroups.com, Biking
> Roseville
> Sometimes, it's the only way to get from A to B. In
> California, you
> can ride the freeway shoulder when there is no other
> alternate route -
> This is not all stretches by any means. Look for
> the sign: "Bicycles
> and Pedestrians Prohibited." If this sign isn't
> there, one should be
> able to ride the freeway shoulder. Jim & I ride the
> stretch of I-80
> between the Ophir Road and Old Town Auburn on a
> regular basis. That
> shoulder is about 20 feet wide & is amazingly safe.
> still it's weird
> to ride a freeway shoulder! (Note: the Auburn
> off-ramp is dicey for
> bikes.)
> Cathy Haagen-Smit
> <bikingroseville@...> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for sharing this, Nineta.
> >
> > I was traveling I-80 across Nevada recently and
> saw a cyclist
> pulling a BOB trailer riding the shoulder. I guess
> if there's no
> better way to pedal from A to B so be it, but the
> speed delta would
> give me the willies. I'll stick to the safety of
> city streets.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: ninetav <ninetav@...>
> > To: bikingroseville@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, December 7, 2007 8:29:01 AM
> > Subject: [bikingroseville] Biking on the freeway
> >
> > Coming to you from Washington State...
> >
> > From the Seattle Times Eastside bureau
> >
> > Q: Before the Issaquah-High Point Trail Connector
> opened last week,
> > the designated biking route from the Issaquah
> Highlands to the city's
> > center was pedaling down Interstate 90, said Lee
> Haro, project manager
> > for the connector.
> > Cyclists on the freeway? Is that allowed?
> > A: Trooper Jeff Merrill, a State Patrol spokesman,
> said he receives
> > many concerned phone calls from motorists who spot
> bikers on the
> > freeway.
> > "It's kind of unusual," he said, but it's legal to
> ride your bicycle
> > on part of Interstate 90 — on the shoulder, that
> is.
> > Starting from the Eastgate exit in Bellevue, a
> cyclist could bike east
> > on the shoulder all the way to Spokane on
> Interstate 90. Same goes for
> > the other direction: riding the Interstate 90
> westbound shoulder is
> > fair game until Eastgate, he said.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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