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The '''Bay Area''' is an area in [[California]], containing '''San Francisco''', '''Oakland''', '''San Jose''' and other urban centres. It's fairly extended, with millions of inhabitants. There's a plethora of highways, and it's probably better to see the Area as one huge city, with "The City" (San Francisco) as its cultural centre.

You can take the BART to '''Richmond''' (about 4 US$), get off, walk East, where there is the on ramp to the I-80 East. See [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Richmond,+CA&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=37.936312,-122.333064&spn=0.016044,0.05403&om=1&iwloc=A Google maps].

For going north from San Francisco, best place to hitch is on approach to Golden Gate Bridge from Lombard Street. Just before it reaches the Presidio, it makes an angular turn toward the bridge, and a block or so down that angular street is a perfect hitching spot.

From San Francisco, Go to the 19th Avenue, which is also Highway 1. Find a good traffic light while walking South. You can even start in the Golden Gate Park.

Once you're out of the city and dealing with smaller town traffic (Pacifica and South), getting picked up is a piece of cake.

Take the I-5 if you want to get there fast. You might want to take the BART train to '''Dublin/Pleasanton'''. The BART station is located next to a highway on ramp, but you might have better luck if you walk further East to the following onramp.