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.
Santa
Barbara Mission Bike Ride
For
over 200 uninterrupted years, religious services have been held
at the Santa Barbara Mission, the "Queen of the Missions."
Photo by Ralph Fertig.
Highlights
of the Ride
1.
MTD Shuttle barn.
The Metropolitan Transit District has the largest fleet of electrical
transit vehicles in the United States. This is where the Shuttles
and larger electric vehicles are recharged overnight.
2. Santa Barbara Mission. Although early mission structures
were built here in 1786, the present building dates from 1820, with
only minor additions and changes since then. The classic façade
was taken from the Roman architect Vitruvius. For over 200 years,
religious services have been conducted in what is still a functioning
Catholic church.
3. Womens' Club of Santa Barbara. This 1927 building uses
Spanish revival elements in its multiple-level structure in oak-studded
Mission Canyon.
4. Museum of Natural History. The museum complex of buildings,
built in 1922, includes courtyards and houses displays and artifacts
from native people, plants and animals. A blue whale skeleton,
located outside, was taken from a dead whale that washed ashore
nearby a few years ago.
5. Fox-Arlington Theater. This spectacular fortress-like
movie house from 1929 covers most of a city block. The inside
recreates a Spanish village along the walls, and a dark blue
concave ceiling twinkles with star lights.
6. State Street Plaza. In the last 15 years, eight blocks
of Santa Barbara's main Downtown street have had parking removed,
sidewalks widened, and landscaping added.
7. Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Originally a Neo-Classical
1914 post office, the Art Museum has experienced a removal of
ornament and several additions that create its current austere
appearance.
8. Paseo Nuevo. This newer shopping center is a redevelopment
project covering two city blocks. Anchored by Nordstroms and
Macy's, it has underground parking and open space where a city
street previously ran through.
9. Undercrossing of Highway 101. This freeway undercrossing
gives bicyclists and pedestrians open views, plantings, minimal
drop, and sidewalks raised above the roadway.
Route
sheet
| At Mile Distance |
Bicycle Direction |
Name of Street or Path | Distance on Street |
| START | DoubleTree Resort entrance |
|
|
| 0.0 | West | DoubleTree entry drive | 0.3 |
| 0.3 | R | Calle Cesar Chavez | 0.6 |
| 0.8 | S | becomes Salsipuedes Street | 0.5 |
| 1.4 | L | Cañon Perdido Street | 0.3 |
| 1.6 | R | Garden Street | 1.1 |
| 2.7 | R | Mission Street | 0.1 |
| 2.8 | L | Laguna Street | 0.1 |
| 3.0 | R | Los Olivos Street | 0.2 |
| 3.1 | S | becomes Mission Canyon Road | 0.2 |
| 3.4 | L | Las Encinas Road | 0.1 |
| 3.4 | L | Puesta del Sol Road | 0.1 |
| 3.5 | L | Puesta del Sol Road | 0.1 |
| 3.6 | R | Mission Canyon Road | 0.1 |
| 3.7 | S | Los Olivos Street | 0.6 |
| 4.3 | L | State Street | 2.1 |
| 6.4 | L | Cabrillo Boulevard | 0.6 |
| 7.0 | L | Calle Cesar Chavez | 0.1 |
| 7.1 | R | DoubleTree entry drive | 0.3 |
| 7.4 | END | DoubleTree Resort entrance |
|
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