TO: TRANSPORTATION AND
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
FROM: Manuel Pineda
SUBJECT: City Infrastructure Strategy
Semi-Annual Status Report
DATE: September 14, 2026
Approved Date:
RECOMMENDATION
Accept the semi-annual status report on the City Infrastructure Strategy, including progress on quarterly Key Results, project highlights, and any updates on key workstreams.
SUMMARY AND OUTCOME
Staff will provide an update on the City Infrastructure Strategy workstreams, the results of the previous Quarter’s commitments (July - September 2026), and committed deliverables for the current Quarter (October - December 2026). The Committee will provide feedback to staff on their update.
BACKGROUND
The City Infrastructure Strategy is a focused framework to concentrate attention and resources on priority initiatives. Workstreams selected under this strategy are typically transformational in nature, require significant cross-departmental coordination, involve new or complex project types, or necessitate close collaboration with external partners.
While departments continue to advance many projects through their individual workplans, the Infrastructure Strategy highlights a select portfolio of efforts that warrant elevated visibility and support.
T&E AGENDA: 10/5/2026
ITEM: (d)2
September 22, 2026
TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
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Subject: City Infrastructure Strategy Semi-Annual Status Report
The City Infrastructure Strategy is shown in Figure 1 below.
Figure 1: City Infrastructure Strategy for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 This refreshed Infrastructure Strategy positions the City of San José to address current and future infrastructure challenges more effectively, emphasizing resilience, sustainability, and innovation. The Analysis section below describes the City’s achievement status of our Q1 Key Results.
ANALYSIS
As a reminder, each workstream is led by workstream drivers who are empowered to define clear and specific Key Results that align with the delivery of each workstream.
These Key Results should be measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound to a quarterly delivery cycle. Workstream drivers are individuals or teams with the necessary expertise and authority to execute the initiatives and projects related to the objectives.
Each quarter, the workstream drivers and their respective departments develop their committed Key Results for each initiative within the City Infrastructure Strategy. At the end of the quarter, we evaluate each workstream on completing their planned Key Results and assign an overall rating of Green, Yellow, or Red. Green means the workstream is solidly on track with no course corrections required, Yellow means the workstream is largely on track but requires minor course correction or problem-solving, and Red means the workstream is off track or has experienced a significant shift in work
TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
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Subject: City Infrastructure Strategy Semi-Annual Status Report
during the last quarter.1 Staff uses these scores as part of execution as learning and use these ratings to identify where teams need additional support or a change in direction to be successful.
The image below illustrates the color-coded Red, Yellow, and Green status across the 14 workstreams. In the first Quarter of FY 2026-2027, eight workstreams finished Green (57%), six were Yellow (43%), and zero were Red (0%).
2 Figure 2: Q1 Key Result Completion Status for City Infrastructure Strategy Workstreams (July through September 2026)
The completion status for all the individual Key Results, within each workstream, is detailed in the Attachment.
1 Each Key Result is individually scored as Red, Yellow, or Green and then given a score of 0, 1, or 2, respectively. The Average of the Key Results across a work stream are scored as Red if the average is less than 1, Yellow if the average is 1 or greater, and Green if the average is 1.6 or greater. 2 If we dig down one level deeper to the Key Result level, there were 56 Key Results across the 19 workstreams. Of these 56 Key Results, teams completed 41 (80%), partially completed another 12 (24%), and did not complete 3 (6%).
TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
September 14, 2026
Subject: City Infrastructure Strategy Semi-Annual Status Report
Evaluation Program for DOT Safety Projects
Although not a fit within the City Infrastructure Strategy, staff is taking the opportunity to highlight a key infrastructure priority for the City, the evaluation of transportation safety projects. DOT is advancing a standardized, data-driven evaluation program to assess project effectiveness, improve project design, and strengthen Vision Zero outcomes.
The Department evaluates major project types, including Priority Safety Corridor improvements, lane reductions implemented through the paving program, grant-funded capital projects, and, more recently, programmatic initiatives such as automated enforcement and Walk N’ Roll.
Evaluations follow a consistent process of identifying projects, collecting and analyzing data, reporting findings, and incorporating lessons learned into future improvements.
Staff use police crash reports, vehicle speed and volume data, bicycle and pedestrian activity, travel times, and GIS analytics. Quick-build projects are generally evaluated during the first and second years following implementation, while larger capital projects are evaluated over longer periods.
DOT has completed evaluations on multiple roadways, including Hillsdale Avenue, Saratoga Avenue, Curtner Avenue, and Senter Road. Findings are already being used to adjust project designs, develop speed-management strategies, and inform permanent capital improvements. DOT is also developing public-facing StoryMaps, dashboards, and summary sheets to improve transparency and communicate project outcomes.
In Fiscal Year 2026–2027, DOT’s evaluation work includes four Priority Safety Corridors, speed safety and red-light camera programs, lane-reduction analyses, and multiple grant-funded projects. The Department’s Unity platform currently centralizes data used to track evaluations, while a planned Decision Support System will further integrate performance measures, evaluation results, and supporting data to strengthen long-term performance monitoring and decision-making.
As the evaluation program expands, additional dedicated staffing and improved qualitative data, including near-miss reporting, will help DOT more comprehensively.
Staff continues to make progress on the 14 Workstreams in the City Infrastructure Strategy. Staff will return to the Transportation & Environment Committee in Spring 2027 to provide our next update.
TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
September 14, 2026
Subject: City Infrastructure Strategy Semi-Annual Status Report
COORDINATION
This memo has been coordinated with the Airport Department, City Attorney’s Office, City Manager's Budget Office, City Manager's Office of Emergency Management, Energy Department, Environmental Services Department, Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement Department, Public Works Department, and the Transportation Department.
/s/
Manuel Pineda
Deputy City Manager,
City Manager’s Office
For questions, please contact Manuel Pineda, Deputy City Manager, at [email protected].
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment – City Infrastructure Objectives and Key Results Q1 Scored (July through September 2026 and Q2 In Progress (October through December 2026)