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SBAY Geek Ride Milpitas Loop [back up to the SBAY Geek Ride] This page contains directions to sbay.org's Geek Ride when it is held on the "Milpitas Loop" route starting from the Cisco Way Light Rail Station in North San Jose and ending at the I-880/Milpitas Light Rail Station in Milpitas. The route follows several creek levees before winding up at the Milpitas City Center Road bikes will have problems on the heavy gravel so mountain bikes are recommended. This route is about 10 miles. This is the SBAY Geek Ride route for May 2001. See an overview of this route at Ian Kluft's web page on "Cycling the Milpitas Loop Route".

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GPS Coordinates:

If you have a GPS receiver, enter this as a waypoint in order to get a direction pointer and enroute distances.

• Latitude: 37 degrees 24.743 minutes North (37° 24' 44.580" N)
• Longitude: 121 degrees 55.694 minutes West (121° 55' 48.580" W)

These coordinates will put you on the Cisco Way Light Rail Station platform in the median of East Tasman Drive at Cisco Way.

Via Public Transportation:

• VTA Light Rail: Unless you already have a pass (such as an Eco-Pass), purchase a ticket at the station before boarding the trolley. Bikes board at the center of each light rail car - the doors have bicycle symbols next to them. There are four bike racks per car and room for two more cyclists to hold their bikes. Stay in the center/turntable area of the car.
  • From anywhere on the Guadalupe Light Rail line (San Jose):
    • Depending on the boarding point, allow 10-60 minutes for trolley travel each way.
    • Take the Guadalupe Light Rail line, northbound to Baypointe at the end of the line in North San Jose.
    • Transfer to an eastbound Tasman line trolley. Note that the Baypointe station has two platforms. Signs on the station columns point at which sides of the platforms to board trolleys for Mountain View, San Jose and Milpitas. You want the trolleys to Milpitas.
    • Take the trolley to the next station at Cisco Way.
  • From anywhere on the Tasman Light Rail line (Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara): Depending on the boarding point, allow 5-30 minutes for trolley travel each way. Take the Tasman Light Rail line eastbound to the Cisco Way light rail station in North San Jose.
• VTA Bus: the following routes operate on Sunday afternoons.
  • VTA Bus Route 33: Baypointe LRT Station to Weller and Main (Milpitas)
  • VTA Bus Route 74: Eastridge to Baypointe LRT Station (last return trip at 6:05PM)

From I-880:

• Exit in Milpitas at Tasman Drive westbound. (In the other direction the road is called Great Mall Parkway.)
• Follow the light rail tracks in the median of Tasman Drive. Continue westbound past the bridge over Coyote Creek.
• Immediately after the bridge, turn right at the traffic signal at Cisco Way. This enters into the Cisco parking lot. Park anywhere that isn't in the way of Cisco employees or customers. (There isn't likely to be any activity on a Sunday.)
• Get your bike out and meet us at the light rail station in the median of Tasman.

From Hwy 237:

• Exit at Zanker Road southbound.
• Turn left on Tasman Drive.
• Turn left at the second traffic light at Cisco Way. This enters into the Cisco parking lot. Park anywhere that isn't in the way of Cisco employees or customers. (There isn't likely to be any activity on a Sunday.)
• Get your bike out and meet us at the light rail station in the median of Tasman.

From US 101:

• Exit at Montague Expressway northbound. (In the other direction, the road is named San Tomas Expressway.)
• Go over 1-1/2 miles on Montague.
• Turn left on Zanker Rd.
• Go about 3/4 mile on Zanker.
• Turn right on Tasman Drive. You can recognize it by the 3 sets of light rail tracks in the median of the road.
• Turn left at the second traffic light at Cisco Way. This enters into the Cisco parking lot. Park anywhere that isn't in the way of Cisco employees or customers. (There isn't likely to be any activity on a Sunday.)
• Get your bike out and meet us at the light rail station in the median of Tasman.

From downtown and South San Jose:

• Take Hwy 87 northbound until it ends.
• At the 87/101 interchange, just before the 101 entrance, take the exit to the right to North First Street.
• Turn left on North First Street, at the second traffic light.
• Go about 2 miles on N First Street.
• Turn right on Tasman Drive.
• Go about 1 mile on Tasman Drive.
• Turn left at the traffic light at Cisco Way. This enters into the Cisco parking lot. Park anywhere that isn't in the way of Cisco employees or customers. (There isn't likely to be any activity on a Sunday.)
• Get your bike out and meet us at the light rail station in the median of Tasman.

From Santa Cruz, Los Gatos, Campbell and Saratoga:

• Take Hwy 17 northbound until it becomes I-880.
• Continue with the directions from I-880 above.
• Use caution near the 101 interchange as the road narrows from three to two lanes. Traffic tie-ups are likely even on weekends.

From Cupertino and Los Altos:

• Take Hwy 85 northbound.
• Exit in Mtn View at Hwy 237 eastbound.
• Continue with the directions from Hwy 237 above.

Last updated: October 16, 2009