Services
We provide the following expertise and professional services based on our decades of experience in the following disciplines
Systems Engineering
System and software documentation lifecycle; User needs and requirements research and specification; Development, refinement, and application of the customer’s requirements to appropriate systems or software solutions, including commercial off the shelf (COTS) or custom software or computer system products. Sutra assures their client obtains the best value by verifying that the product meets or exceeds designated requirements and applying appropriate documentation or data standards (such as IEEE, ISO, ANSI, MIL, TMDD and ITS National Architecture), and validating that the product is the right fit for the application. We are often tasked as the project technical liaison to help bridge the gap between the technology/software/system developers and the agency or corporate project management and stakeholders. Sutra’s principals have extensive expertise in assessing and refining the needs and requirements of the system’s end user and administrator to successful product deployments… this is our specialty.
Transportation Safety and Security Coordination, Implementation & Training
Safety compliance program planning and implementation; BIT program planning and implementation; Access management system planning, design, implementation oversight, and testing; Safety system and policy training.
Business Planning and Change Management Consulting
Business Intelligence Research & Analysis; Change management; Program and Project Management & Administration; Short and long term strategic planning; Master planning; Operations Evaluation; Business Process Reengineering; Performance Measurement and Standardization.
Information Technology Assessment & Planning
Information technology services, assets & process assessments; IT policy development and best practices; IT and data governance & standards adherence, management & planning; Life cycle assessment; IT service strategy, design & transition; inter-departmental coordination & collaboration guidance.
Stakeholder & Community Engagement
Outreach strategy and implementation, identifying stakeholder goals, integrative reporting mechanisms, collaborative processes, manage expectations and mitigate opposition.
Pedestrian, Bicycle & Equestrian Facilities Planning
Pedestrian and bicycle facilities planning including: Bike lanes, Complete Streets, and Vision Zero planning and research. Equestrian facility and trails safety research and planning; Equestrian facility ingress and egress planning in rural environments.
Leadership, Mindfulness, and Emotional Intelligence Consulting, Training & Guidance
Through our sister organization, Wiser Everyday, we provide consulting and instruction in mindful practices to individuals, corporations, public agencies, and non-profit organizations. Wiser Everyday’s work with individuals spans all career levels and life stages. Special focus is provided to women and C-level leaders to help cultivate the clarity, consciousness, compassion, and resonance required to better guide their organizations.
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Planning, Concepts of Operation, Evaluation, Implementation Management, Project Oversight & Training – for technologies including Traffic Signal Priority (TSP) systems, Wireless detection systems, Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I), Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V), Vehicle to Pedestrian (V2P) technologies (collectively Vehicle to Everything (V2X)), Transportation Management Systems (TMS), Changeable/Variable Message Signs (CMS/VMS), DSRC/RFID systems, WIM systems, wireless technology applications, CVO by-pass systems, vehicle and roadside technology testing, parking management systems, and transit management and monitoring systems, travel time and traveler information systems.
Transportation Safety and Security Coordination, Implementation & Training
International border planning, research, and operational evaluation; maritime port and intermodal operations, security, safety and access systems; Environmental compliance program planning, development and implementation; Freight information systems planning, design & industry engagement; Commercial Vehicle routing and parking strategies and technologies.
Commercial Vehicle Operations Research, Analysis, Reengineering
All aspects of commercial vehicle operations, planning, research, and technology application for vehicle, driver, company and regulatory agency projects. Sutra’s leadership routinely serves as a liaison for the trucking industry within public agency projects…based on our strong industry relationships and decades of work within the trucking community.
Independent Validation & Verification, Quality Assurance
Quality assurance (QA), independent verification and validation (IV&V), systems integration management, and hardware and software acquisition services to government agencies and private sector organizations.
Parking Master Plans & Demand Management
Occupancy, duration and use studies & assessments, permit systems & planning, demand assessment and innovative management solutions; Yield management, best practices
Data Collection, Web-based and Traditional Survey Design and Implementation
Intercept, web-based, and combination surveying, Focus group planning and implementation; Traffic and transit surveying and data collection; International border stakeholder liaison, research and data collection planning and implementation.