• 2009 National Recreation Trail Photo Contest
• Guadalupe River Trail - Photo by Yves Zsutty

• 2009 CPRS Award of Achievement for 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

• 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 Jose ranked as No. 3 in 2009
• "50 miles of trails" highlighted

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

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

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

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

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

• San Jose 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 Jose 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

• City of San Jose 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 Jose
• 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.