TO: TRANSPORTATION AND FROM: Bicycle and Pedestrian
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE Advisory Committee
SUBJECT: Move San Jose Annual Report DATE: 5/19/25
______________________________________________________________________________ Your Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) would like to submit the following comments on the "Move San Jose Annual Report":
1. We support and applaud our City’s efforts to reduce San José’s air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions by adopting Move San José’s aggressive climate action goals.
2. Given the financial shortfall that now constrains many of our City’s most worthy programs, we hereby remind you of our City Council’s November 2021 decision to reach an equitable and communitywide carbon neutrality by 2030. Our Councilmembers also approved the initiative called “Pathway to Carbon Neutrality” by 2030. The year 2030 is five years from now.
3. Please enable our City’s upcoming budget to fund the programs that have proven and effective strategies for reaching Move San José’s aggressive climate action goals. a. These are our City’s Vision Zero program; the Annual Bikeways Program; Better Bike Plan 2025; Transit First; our City’s Vehicle Miles Traveled goals, and the programs that maintain our bikeways, trails, and its bicycle and pedestrian safety accommodations.
b. These programs not only get us closer to achieving Move San José’s goals. These programs enable individuals of all ages and abilities to walk, wheelchair, and bicycle safely within our City.
These comments were appoved unanimously at the May 19th, 2025 BPAC meeting.
Sincerely,
Aarshdeep Kahlon, Chairperson