Exemplary Human Environment Initiatives (EHEI) Award

• About the Award   Award
• EHEI Overview
• Category: Encouraging Non-Motorized Transportation
• 2010 Recipients

State-of-the-Art Technology Award

• About the Award
• Award

• Signage and Milestone Marker Guidelines
• About the award program and other award winners

2010 Transportation Planning Excellence Award (TPEA)

• Program Overview
• Category: Livability / Sustainability
• The 2010 Winners
• August 17, 2008 award presentation to Mayor and Council

2010 Trails and Greenways Conference Award of Merit

• Albertson Parkway and Case Study
• About Gary Albertson

2009 National Recreation Trail Photo Contest

• Guadalupe River Trail - Photo by Yves Zsutty

2009 CPRS Award of Achievement

• Coyote Creek Trail
• Overview of entire trail system
• About CPRS

2009 Award of Merit - Web Site

• Web site overview
• About the conference

2008 CPRS Award of Excellence for Airport Parkway Undercrossing

• Project Overview
• Pictures

2008 Award of Merit - Trail Program

2007 American Trails Website Contest - American Trails

2004 CPRS Award of Excellence, Facility Design

• Overview: Guadalupe River Trail, Cilker Park, Coleman Road Pedestrian Bridge

• San José ranked No. 1 healthiest in nation.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranks San José No. 1 for longest life span.  CBS News video report interviews trail users in San José .

• No. 10 Least Stressful City partly due to abundant access to nature

• No. 7 for a Healthy Retirement (biking and strolling along the trails - image of Coyote Creek Trail)

• No. 1 among 50 largest cities, no.1 for health

• US News & World Report ranks best cities for kids, with San José ranked as No. 3 in 2009
• "50 miles of trails" highlighted

• San José ranked No. 1 for Large City Standard of Living - No. 5 overall;
• "transportation" ranking criteria includes trails

• San José ranked No. 3 Best City for Outdoors in 2009

• San José ranked No. 3 Best City for Outdoors in 2008

• San José ranked no. 19 in the 2009 Top 100 Walking Cities list. More trails than any other city reviewed!

• San José ranked no. 8 in the 2007 Top 100 Walking Cities list

• San José ranked no. 38 in the 2006 Top 100 Walking Cities list

• 2006, March 28: City Council Commendation for the Guadalupe River Park Project

• No. 1 healthiest city.

Women's Health & Fitness

• No. 4 healthiest city for women.

• San José ranked No. 6 healthiest city for men.

• Three trail systems within San Jose's growing Trail Network designated as part of National Recreational Trail System.  More about NRT Designation. .
  • Lower Guadalupe River Trail
  • Coyote Creek Trail
  • Highway 237 Bikeway
  • Penitencia Creek Trail (Alum Rock Park) - designated October 1973
  • Find San Jose trails in the national database

• City of San José is awarded Platinum Status as Bicycle Friendly Workplace
• Awarded by the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition

• 2008, October 25 - Penitencia Creek Trail designated as part of Bay Area Ridge Trail

• 2008 (Renewal) Bicycle Friendly Communities - League of American Bicyclists

• 2006 Bicycle Friendly Communities - League of American Bicyclists

San Jose is seeking designations for trails that are part of larger state and national systems.

• Advocate for one trail system in San Jose as part of the US Bikeway System.
• Develop the San Francisco Bay Trail in San José
• Seek designation of a trail alignment as part of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail. systems.
  
• Designation a portion of the Coyote Creek Trail as a valley-floor alignment within the Bay Area Ridge Trail system.