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The
Pro Bike/Pro Walk 98 Conference took place in Santa Barbara
on September 8-11, 1998. There were several bike rides for the
520 conference participants led by members of the Santa Barbara
Bicycle Coalition, the local advocacy group that helped host
the international event. This is one of those rides that anybody
can enjoy. They all start and end at the DoubleTree Pro Bike/Pro
Walk Conference hotel, but you can pick them up anywhere along
the route.
Channel
Drive Bike Ride
This
section of Channel Drive held motorized traffic until cliff erosion
mandated its closure to all but cyclists and pedestrians. Photo
by Ralph Fertig.
Highlights
of the Ride
1.
Cacique Street undercrossing.
Within a few years, a new interchange complex will be created
here, including a new tunnel undercrossing of Highway 101, designed
to increase bicyclist safety by avoiding the two-lane Milpas-Carpinteria
Streets roundabout.
2. Roundabout on Milpas Street. This controversial project
is at the busiest intersection in Santa Barbara.
3. Cacique Street bicyclist/pedestrian bridge. This bridge
provides easy access by people across Sycamore Creek while reducing
motorized traffic.
4. Montecito Country Club. This 1915 structure was designed
by Bertram Goodhue, the architect of West Point academy buildings.
The Goodhue-characteristic tower leads many to mistake the Club
for a church. Building additions have altered the original appearance.
5. Coast Village Road. This part of the original Coast
Highway now serves for local shopping. An unusual feature is
the separated diagonal parking that allows drivers and bicyclists
safer travel on the main through road, free from backing cars.
6. Butterfly Lane tunnel. This tunnel underneath Highway
101 provides residents on both sides access to the beach on the
south and shopping on the north.
7. Channel Drive. This road passes by the Santa Barbara
Cemetery, known for its 1924 cluster of Mediterranian cloister
buildings (bicyclists must walk bicycles inside the cemetery).
A roadway section on the bluffs slipped into the Ocean a decade
ago, so the County decided to close it to motorized traffic,
allowing it to become an attractive bike/pedestrian path.
8. Andree Clark Bird Refuge. This freshwater lagoon is
a popular bird watching location. Islands provide secure nesting
space free from preditors.
9. Niños Drive bikepath crossing. This bikepath
crossing is located back from the intersection to increase user
safety. Note maze at the intersection to admit pedestrians and
slow bicyclists.
Route
sheet
At
Mile
Distance |
Bicycle
Direction |
Name of Street or
Path |
Distance
on Street |
|
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START |
DoubleTree
Resort entrance |
|
| 0.0 |
east |
DoubleTree
entry drive |
0.1 |
| 0.1 |
L |
Calle
Puerto Vallerta |
0.1 |
| 0.2 |
L |
Milpas
Street |
0.3 |
| 0.4 |
R |
Carpinteria
Street |
0.1 |
| 0.5 |
R |
Alisos
Street |
0.1 |
| 0.6 |
L |
Cacique
Street |
0.3 |
| 0.9 |
R |
Canada
Street |
0.3 |
| 1.2 |
L |
Pitos
Street |
0.2 |
| 1.4 |
L |
Park
Place |
0.0 |
| 1.4 |
R |
Old
Coast Highway |
0.7 |
| 2.2 |
R |
Hot
Springs |
0.0 |
| 2.2 |
L |
immediately
onto Coast Village Road |
0.3 |
| 2.5 |
R |
Coast
Village Circle |
0.0 |
| 2.5 |
S |
move
to sidewalk, walk through tunnel |
0.1 |
| 2.6 |
S |
becomes
Butterfly Lane |
0.2 |
| 2.7 |
R |
enter
bike path |
0.3 |
| 3.1 |
S |
becomes
Channel Drive |
0.4 |
| 3.5 |
L |
cross
Cabrillo Blvd, enter bike path |
1.1 |
| 4.5 |
R |
Milpas
Street |
0.1 |
| 4.6 |
L |
Calle
Puerto Vallerta |
0.1 |
| 4.7 |
R |
DoubleTree
entry drive |
0.1 |
| 4.8 |
END |
DoubleTree
Resort entrance |
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R=right L=left S=straight
Map
For
a large printable version of this map, click
here.
Select
another Pro Bike ride:
Channel
Drive
Casa de la Guerra
Eastside Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Mission
Montecito Village
El Presidio
City College
Westside Santa Barbara
Stearns Wharf
Eastern Montecito
South Coast Tour
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