Bay Area

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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.

Going North or East

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 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.

To Santa Cruz

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

You can also take SamTrans (it's $1.50 from Daly City, $3.00 from downtown SF) to Pacifica, and get off at Reina Del Mar and Hwy 1. Much more low key than dealing with the city, if you have the spare cash.

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

To Los Angeles

Take the I-5 if you want to get there fast. Otherwise you might better off with the Route 1 and/or US-101.