SOVRA STIP
Statewide Transportation Improvement Program Management, Built for State DOTs
Consolidate Statewide. Report with Confidence.
Managing a Statewide Transportation Improvement Program across a DOT and its partner agencies often means manual work, disconnected systems, and inconsistent reviews that slow every approval down. Plan-to-Program replaces that with one connected system, bringing STIP submissions, amendments, compliance, GIS, collaboration, public engagement, and reporting together for your DOT and its partner agencies. The result: clarity, speed, and accountability across your entire planning and approval workflow, with smoother reviews and more accurate data at every step.
50%
Less Duplicate Data Entry
90%
Less Time on Public Inquiries
65%
Less Time Creating Reports
30%
Less Time on Financial Constraints
Submissions & Amendments
Align Stakeholders and Boost Collaboration, Compliantly Get One Compliant Path for Every Submission
Submitting or amending a STIP project often means routing paperwork through email and hoping the right people review it in the right order. SOVRA’s STIP module lets partner agencies enter and update projects directly in one centralized platform, with amendment workflows that walk every submission through the required steps. Every submission follows the same process, and changes are never a mystery.
- Centralized Entry: Enter and update projects directly in one platform
- Automatic Change Detection: Highlight and summarize what changed, without manual comparison
- Structured Amendment Workflows: Move every amendment through the required review steps
Data Quality & Compliance
Start Enjoying Accuracy You Don’t Have to Chase
Inconsistent or incomplete project data tends to surface only after it’s already published, forcing corrections after the fact and putting FHWA compliance at risk. The STIP module enforces required fields and validation rules as data is entered, and keeps a full version history of every edit. What gets published is accurate the first time, and you can always trace exactly how it got there.
- Required Field Validation: Enforce data rules before submissions are accepted
- Full Version History: Track every edit, from first draft to final publish
- Consistent, Publish-Ready Data: Keep your STIP accurate and compliant at every stage
Collaboration & Access
Get Clear Roles and Common Ground Across Your State
DOTs and their MPO or local agency partners often work from separate systems, with no shared visibility into who’s responsible for what. Plan-to-Program brings every partner into a shared workspace, with role-based permissions and shared workflows that keep everyone aligned. Everyone works from the same data and the same process, no matter which agency they’re from.
- Role-Based Permissions: Control exactly what each user and agency can see and edit
- Shared Workflows: Align DOT, MPO, and local agency teams around one process
- Centralized File Organization: Keep every project file in one organized place
Integrated GIS
Finally, One Screen for Data and Location
Project data and location data often live in separate systems, forcing staff to jump between platforms just to understand where a project sits and what it affects. Plan-to-Program brings GIS directly into the platform, with shapefile support and a direct connection to your existing ESRI environment. Your team can see projects on the map right alongside their data, without leaving the system.
- Shapefile Upload and Export: Move geographic data in and out of the platform directly
- ESRI Integration: Connect Plan-to-Program to your existing GIS environment
- Flexible Filtering: Filter projects by location, priority, or funding source
Public Engagement
Enjoy Fewer Calls and More Clarity
Fielding public questions about the STIP often means manually pulling data and answering the same questions over and over. Plan-to-Program publishes searchable project listings on an interactive public website, with maps and easy comment collection built in. Residents can find answers themselves, cutting down on inbound questions to your team.
- Searchable Public Listings: Publish every project on an interactive public website
- Interactive Project Maps: Let the public explore projects by location
- Easy Public Comment Collection: Gather public feedback without extra tools
Reporting
Generate Insights in Minutes, Not Hours
Building fiscal constraint and compliance reports usually means pulling data from multiple systems and formatting it by hand, cycle after cycle. Plan-to-Program generates fiscal constraint reports that reflect real-time program changes, with flexible export and analytics options. What used to take days of manual work now takes minutes, and your reports are always current.
- Real-Time Fiscal Constraint Reports: Generate reports that reflect the latest program changes
- Flexible Export Options: Export data in CSV or PDF for any external need
- Advanced Analytics Access: Connect to your own tools through API or Data Warehouse options
Pair with add-on solutions, like:
Call for Projects
Calls for projects often break down at the same pressure points: fuzzy criteria, uneven applicant capacity, and scattered submissions across email and spreadsheets. Plan-to-Program Call for Projects launches tailored calls with configurable cycles and collects every submission in one secure system. Every cycle starts with clean, comparable data instead of a stack of mismatched files.
- Custom Call Configuration: Launch tailored calls with questions built for each funding opportunity
- Flexible Call Cycles: Support annual or multi-cycle solicitations without starting from scratch
- Centralized Submissions: Collect every application in one secure, searchable system
[Screenshot: Plan-to-Program Call for Projects intake dashboard]
[Screenshot: Plan-to-Program Prioritization scoring and ranking view]
Prioritization
Without a consistent framework, prioritizing projects often comes down to whoever advocates the loudest, rather than which projects matter most. Plan-to-Program Prioritization applies consistent criteria to every project and ranks them using logic you configure. The highest-priority projects move straight into your STIP, and decisions are easy to defend.
- Consistent Prioritization Criteria: Apply the same evaluation standards to every project
- Configurable Ranking Logic: Rank projects using scoring rules built around your priorities
- Seamless Plan Integration: Move ranked projects directly into your STIP
Delivery
Once a project is funded, it’s easy to lose visibility into whether it’s actually on track — until a missed deadline or budget overrun forces the issue. Plan-to-Program’s Delivery solution monitors progress through electronic updates and flags delays before they cascade. You catch problems early and keep funding moving toward shovel-ready projects.
- Electronic Progress Monitoring: Track milestones through recurring electronic updates
- Early Delay Detection: Identify at-risk projects before problems spread
- Smart Fund Redirection: Redirect funds to shovel-ready projects when delays occur
[Screenshot: Plan-to-Program Delivery milestone tracker]
[Screenshot: Plan-to-Program Fund obligation dashboard]
Fund
Matching federal obligations to the right project by hand makes it easy for funding gaps to go unnoticed until they become compliance issues. Plan-to-Program’s Fund module matches obligations to projects automatically and surfaces gaps in real time. You always know where funding stands, with obligation reporting that’s current the moment you need it.
- Automatic Obligation Matching: Match federal obligations to the right project automatically
- Early Gap Detection: Spot underutilized or missing funds before they become compliance issues
- Real-Time Obligation Reporting: Get obligation data that’s current the moment you need it
Built for Every Stage of Your Process
Run Any Funding Round, on Any Cadence, All in One Connected Platform​
- Custom Call Configuration: Launch tailored solicitations with questions built for each funding opportunity
- Flexible Call Cycles: Support annual or multi-cycle solicitations without starting from scratch
- Centralized Submissions: Collect every application in one secure, searchable system, then move selected projects into other plans with a single click
Evaluate Every Project the Same Way and Turn Top Picks into Programmed Work
- Objective Scoring and Prioritization: Apply the same criteria across every project, tailored for each solicitation or program
- Configurable Ranking Logic: Rank projects using scoring rules built around your agency’s priorities
- Direct Plan Integration: Move ranked projects into your TIP, STIP, or CIP in a single step
Stay Ahead of Risk and Keep Every Dollar Working Toward Ready-to-Build Projects​
- Electronic Progress Updates: Monitor milestones with recurring updates straight from project owners
- Early Delay Detection: Identify at-risk projects before delays cascade through your program
- Smart Fund Redirection: Redirect at-risk dollars to shovel-ready projects to maximize available funds
Capture the Big Picture, and Connect it all the Way to Delivery
- Banded Year Tracking: Capture the right level of detail for projects further down the time horizon
- Cross Plan Visibility: Associate implementing projects from the STIP, TIP, or CIP to its origin in the Long-range Plan
- Integrated GIS Visualization: See every project on an interactive map, filterable by location, priority, or funding
Trusted Across the Country
29
States
480B+
Funding Managed
30,000+
Projects Managed
Join the Agencies Accross the Country Using Plan-to-Program
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What Our Clients Say
“[Plan-to-Program’s] customizable options for us worked great, and [SOVRA] worked to fit our business model and plan, rather than the other way around. Creating a standard look for ADOT’s STIP has been invaluable and makes it easier for FHWA to review. The data always reflects the latest and greatest on a particular project and updates automatically as changes are made. People also love to see these projects on a map — I showed our District Engineer the system and he was blown away!
Bret Anderson, Program Manager at Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)
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