I just spoke with Sergio Ruiz at Caltrans again, and he told me that, for the moment at least, the Skyline bike ban is on hold and the issue is being sent up to District 4 Director Bijan Sartipi for further review.
The other good news: it was clear form my convo that he's been deluged with calls and emails, and this helped convince the Traffic Safety Committee to put it on hold.
So if you care about this, I'd say send the same respectful but firm emails to Director Bijan Sartipi at
Bijan....@dot.ca.gov and cc Sergio Ruiz at
sergi...@dot.ca.gov.
Brian