October 6, 2025
Transportation and Environment Committee
(d)4.Vision Zero Program
Status Report
John Ristow – Director, Department of Transportation
Jim Bittner – Acting Division Manager, DOT Safety Division Lt. Hatzenbuhler – San Jose Police Department
Tim Claes – Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee
Traffic Data Trends:
Killed and Severe Injury
(KSI)
Monthly Traffic KSI Trends
3 Monthly Traffic KSI
Speeding & Red Light Running 94
98 111 113
124 126 128 128
144
121
114
0 20
40 60
80 100
120
140
160
'15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
Jan Feb Mar Apr* May* Jun*
26 24
27 33
41 47
50 44
54 44
34 0
10 20
30 40
50 60
'15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
Jan Feb Mar Apr* May* Jun*
*The data from Q2 2025 is based on crash reports received as of 8/1/2025 and is subject to change.
Monthly Traffic KSI
Total 26
24 27
33 41
47 50
44 54
44 34
0 10
20 30
40 50
60 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
Jan Feb Mar Apr* May* Jun*
Monthly Traffic Fatality Trends
4 In the first six months of CY 2025:
• 15 fatalities
• Reduced 38% from the same
period in 2024 and 2023
• Lowest in past 10 years
24 21
25 23 23
25 26
37 24 24
15 0
5 10
15 20
25 30
35 40
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Jan Feb Mar Apr* May* Jun*
Active Vision Zero
Projects and Efforts
6 Lowering Speed Limits
8/26/25 City Council
ETS Segment ETS Limit Existing PSL Proposed PSL
11th St Humboldt St - Hedding St 30 25
Blossom Hill Rd Santa Teresa Bl - Snell Av 40 35
Snell Av - US 101/Coyote Rd 40 35
Camden Av Branham Ln - Hillsdale Av 40 35
Fruitdale Av Bascom Av - Meridian Av 35 30
Hillsdale Av Camden Av - Meridian Av 40 35
Jackson Av Story Rd - McKee Rd 35 30
McKee Rd US 101 - White Rd 40 35
McLaughlin Av Tully Rd - William St 35 30
Monterey Rd Capitol Ex - Tully Rd 45 40
Bernal Rd - Blossom Hill Rd 55 50
Moorpark Av Winchester Bl - SR 17 40 35
Quimby Rd Capitol Ex - White Rd 40 35
White Rd - Murillo Av 40 35
I 880 - Woz Wy 35 30 San Carlos St/
Stevens Creek Bl
Santa Teresa Bl Blossom Hill Rd - SR 85 40 35
Cottle Rd - Bernal Av 45 40
Saratoga Av Lawrence Ex - Stevens Creek Bl 40 35
Senter Rd Capitol Ex - Keyes St 40 35
Monterey Rd - Capitol Ex 35 30
Story Rd Senter Rd - US 101 40 35
Tully Rd Senter Rd - Capitol Ex 40 35
White Rd Alum Rock Av - Story Rd 35 30
13 segments from 40 mph to 35 mph
6 segments from 35 mph to 30 mph
7 VZ Data Dashboard – All Crashes
8 VZ Data Dashboard – KSI
Quick-Build Priority Safety Corridors
Project Evaluation
9 Evaluation Complete/Published: Hillsdale Avenue (1 Year) Evaluation Complete/ Report Pending: Curtner Avenue (1 Year) Saratoga Avenue (1 Year) Senter Road (2 Years) Evaluation in Progress: Hillsdale Avenue (2 Years) • Funded through OTS, $50K for 10 videos, translation, and social media shorts • Video topics:
• Driver – Pedestrian – Cyclist
• Helmets for Kids
• Leading Pedestrian Interval
• Pedestrian
• Roundabouts
• Created (with DOT input) through consultant Ani & Cat LLC (done most of the CMO videos). • All videos launched at the end of September.
Traffic Safety Education Videos
10 • Safety at Night for Bike/Ped
• School Zones
• Slow Turns
• Rail Safety
• WnR Program
Traffic Safety Education Videos:
Roundabouts
11 • Spanish version • Vietnamese version • Simplified Mandarin version https://youtu.be/Drznc5Q1rqU?si=ASBFJ8-vRY_Eixhk
Vision Zero Collaboration
12 Crash Database Improvements
• Expressway crash data – adding into San Jose’s crash database • Started Jan 2025, completed
• Railroad-related fatalities – adding into the San Jose’s crash database • Collaborating with the SJ DOT IT and Railroad teams – In Progress • Shared jurisdiction crash data – adding into San Jose’s crash database • Collaborating with Campbell, Milpitas, Los Gatos, Santa Clara, Saratoga, County – In Progress • Crash data entry process
• Identifying opportunities to automate/streamline crash data entry • Collaborating w/ SJPD – In Progress
Vision Zero Collaboration
13 Further Collaboration with Other Jurisdictions and Organizations • Walk n’ Roll schools: 105 participating schools as of August 2025 (90 schools in 2024) • City of Santa Clara: Draft Vision Zero Action Plan
• Vision Zero Working Group/Task Force: plan to establish bi-annual meetings • Messaging on shared jurisdiction roadways and Walk N’ Roll: explore future partnership • Design Review: coordinate on shared-jurisdiction corridors with QB and Signal Design teams • City of Los Angeles: Knowledge exchange about Vision Zero website and data dashboards • Key Takeaway: LA’s dashboard built on external vendor’s platform, they could not update it independently • MTC relaunched the Regional Vision Zero Working Group in July 2025 • Vision Zero Implementer Peer Exchange – collaborating w/ over 30 other US cities • Interview with California Safe System Leadership Institute and Vision Zero Network leaders Bicycle and Pedestrian
Advisory Committee
(BPAC)
(d)4. Vision Zero Program
Status Report – Questions?
October 6, 2025
Transportation and Environment Committee
John Ristow – Director, DOT
Jim Bittner – Acting Division Manager, DOT Safety Division Lt. Hatzenbuhler – San Jose Police Department
Tim Claes – Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee