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Council adopts 2025 Vision Zero action plan; sets 30% by 2030 reduction target and shifts oversight
Summary
The council approved an updated Vision Zero action plan that aligns with the federal Safe Streets for All program, sets a target of 30% reduction in fatal and severe injuries by 2030 and dissolution of the Vision Zero Task Force—moving oversight to the Transportation & Environment Committee.
The San Jose City Council unanimously adopted the 2025 Vision Zero Action Plan, a five‑year policy framework that sets new interim and long‑term targets and aligns local efforts with federal Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grant requirements.
Key elements adopted by the council include a 30 by 30 goal (30% reduction in killed or severely injured, KSI, crashes by 2030) and a longer‑term target of zero fatal and severe injuries by 2040. The plan adopts the federal "safe system" approach, emphasizes equity and protection for vulnerable road users, expands the city's priority safety corridor network, and calls for stronger evaluation and implementation mechanisms—including a staff position to lead before‑and‑after evaluations of quick‑build projects.
The plan also recommends a governance change: dissolving the Vision Zero Task Force and assigning oversight and monitoring to the Transportation and Environment Committee, with guidance from the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. That governance shift was presented as an administrative step to mainstream Vision Zero delivery across city departments.
The plan was accompanied by a memorandum co‑authored by the mayor, Vice Mayor Foley and several councilmembers. That memo urged faster deployment of "quick‑build" safety improvements, better interagency coordination, and budgeting commensurate with the plan's ambitions. Councilmembers and community advocates during the public comment period emphasized quick builds, equity in corridor selection and measurement of impacts; the council approved the plan unanimously.
What changes next: staff will begin implementing priority projects in high‑injury and equity‑priority corridors, seek funding to convert quick builds into permanent infrastructure, and move to more consistent before/after evaluation of safety projects. The plan also clarifies allowable messaging on future dynamic signage projects and aligns local programming with federal grant compliance.
