How are the Statewide Transportation Plan and the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program related?
The Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) identifies multimodal transportation projects for a four year period. The STIP incorporates projects from urbanized transportation studies Transportation Improvement Programs, as well as for rural and small urban areas. The STIP is financially constrained – so that there are sufficient funds available to complete the four-year program of projects. Projects in urbanized areas that do not have an identified funding source can be included in the program as “illustrative” projects.