Acronyms galore

			Transportation- related Acronyms (compiled by Alan Lehto)
	See also http://trinet.trimet.org/itc/new_dev/glossary.htm
	Acronyms	Definitions
1	A/C	Asphalt Concrete (e.g., asphalt roads - on plans)
2	AA	Alternatives Analysis
3	AAS	Adopt-A-Stop
4	AASHTO	American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
5	ABG	Above Grade (on plans and cost estimates)
6	ABS	Automatic Block System (train signals)
7	ACID	Accident / Incident Database
8	ACT	Association for Commuter Transportation
9	ADA	Americans with Disabilities Act
10	ADT	Average Daily Traffic
11	ANPRM	Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (federal process)
12	AORTA	Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates
13	APC	Automated Passenger Counter
14	APE	Area of Potential Effect (formally defined area of potential effect for NEPA Analysis)
15	API	Area of Potential Impact (larger, more general area of potential impact for NEPA Analysis)
16	APTA	American Passenger Transit Association
17	APTS	Advanced Public Transportation System (Electronic tracking and information about transit vehicles)
18	ARB	Architectural Review Board
19	ASA	Automatic Stop Announcements
20	ASDEIS	Amended Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement
21	ATC	Automatic Train Control (stops trains automatically for safety if needed)
22	ATIS	Automated Traveler Information System
23	ATP	Accessible Transportation Program (Also 'LIFT')
24	ATP	Automatic Train Protection
25	ATR	Above Top of Rail
26	AVL	Automated Vehicle Locator (typically satellite)
27	BA	Biological Assessment (Fed environ. Process)
28	BANANA	"Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything" (see "NIMBY")
29	BCID	Bus Catcher Information Display
30	BDS	Bus Dispatch System
31	BDS	Bureau of Development Services
32	BES	Bureau of Environmental Services
33	BHCD	Bureau of Housing and Community Development (City of Portland)
34	BMP	Best Management Practices
35	BO	Biological Opinion (result of Fed environ. Process)
36	BR	Boarding Ride
37	BRT	Bus Rapid Transit, HCBS or 'B-Line' (Rapid Bus Lines)
38	CAC	Citizens Advisory Committee
39	CAC	Community Advisory Committee
40	CAD	Computer Aided Design
41	CAT	Citizens for Accessible Transit (Organization)
42	CAT	Committee on Accessible Transportation (advisory committee to TriMet)
43	CBC	Capital Budget Committee (for TriMet)
44	CBD	Central Business District
45	CBO	Community Based Organization
46	CBT	Citizens for Better Transit
47	CCB	Change Control Board
48	CCIP	Contractor Controlled Insurance Program
49	CCTMP	Central City Transportation Master Plan (eventually incorporated into TSP)
50	CCTV	Closed Circuit Television (security cameras)
51	CDP	Conceptual Development Plan
52	CDR	Conceptual Design Report
53	CE	Categorical Exclusion (Federal environmental process)
54	CEI	Cost Effectiveness Index
55	CETAS	Collaborative Environmental and Transportation Agreement for Streamlining (Oregon State for environmental review streamlining)
56	CEU	Continuing Education Unit
57	CEVP	Cost Estimate Validation Process (by WSDOT)
58	CFI	Continuous Flow Intersection
59	CFP	Certified for Payment
60	CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
61	CI	Community Involvement
62	CIP	Cast In Place (concrete)
63	CIP	Capital Improvements Program or Plan
64	CMAQ	Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality (Federal $Grants)
65	CMGC	Construction Manager/ General Contractor (Construction Contracting Option)
66	CMU	Cement Masonry Units (aka cinder blocks and cottage stones)
67	CNG	Compressed Natural Gas (Bus)
68	CNU	Congress for the New Urbanism
69	CoP	City of Portland
70	CP&F	Capital Projects and Facilities
71	CPM	Critical Path Method (type of schedule)
72	CPM	Critical Path / Milestones (type of schedule)
73	CPTED	Crime Prevention through Environmental Design
74	CRA	Cost Risk Assessment
75	CRC	Columbia River Crossing
76	CRCET	Columbia River Crossing Environmental Technical Committee
77	CSI	Customer Service Information (System)
78	CSI	Construction Specification Institute (construction specs)
79	CSO	Community Service Overlay
80	C-STIP	Construction - State Transportation Improvement Plan (funding category)
81	CTC	Clackamas Town Center/Transit Center
82	CTC	Centralized Traffic Control
83	CTPP	Census Transportation Planning Package
84	CU	Conditional Use
85	CUTA	Canadian Urban Transit Association (Canada's APTA)
86	CW	Carriage Walk
87	CWE	Closed With Exception (term for status of review items, e.g., safety review)
88	C-zone	Conservation Zone (CoP environmental designation)
89	DB	Design - Build (construction contracting technique)
90	DBB	Design - Bid - Build (construction contracting technique)
91	DBE	Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
92	DCE	Documented Categorical Exclusion (Fed environ. Process)
93	DCV	Documentation of Continuing Validity (mostly FHWA - to revive old DEISs)
94	DDA	Development and Disposition Agreement
95	DEIS	Draft Environmental Impact Statement
96	DEQ	Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
97	DF	Direct Fixation (option in laying rails)
98	DHS	Department of Homeland Security
99	DLCD	Department of Land Conservation and Development
100	DMEF	Dredged Material Evaluation Framework
101	DMU	Diesel Multiple Unit
102	DOE	Department of Energy
103	DOS	Development Opportunity Services
104	DPCP	Downtown Parking and Circulation Plan (precursor to CCTMP)
105	DPM	Downtown People Mover
106	DRAC	Downtown Rail Advisory Committee (reconfirmed LRT on Mall in 90s)
107	DSDC	Design Services During Construction
108	DSL	Division of State Lands
109	D-STIP	Development - State Transportation Improvement Plan (funding category)
110	DTAC	Development Technical Advisory Committee
111	E&A	Engineering and Administration (category in cost estimates)
112	E&D	Elderly and Disabled
113	EA	Environmental Assessment
114	ECO	Employee Commute Options
115	EDTP	Elderly and Disabled Transportation Plan
116	EIS	Environmental Impact Statement (See 'FEIS' and 'DEIS')
117	EJ	Environmental Justice
118	EJAG	Environmental Justice Action Group
119	EJWG	Environmental Justice Working Group
120	EMCTC	("Ee-muck-tuck") East Multnomah County Transportation Committee
121	EMU	Electric Multiple Unit
122	EPA	US Environmental Protenction Agency
123	EPNO	East Portland Neighborhood Office
124	ER	Environmental Review
125	ESA	Endangered Species Act
126	FABB	Faster And Better Bus
127	FBO	Fixed-Base Operations (general aviation support near airport)
128	FD	Final Design
129	FEIS	Final Environmental Impact Statement
130	FFGA	Full Funding Grant Agreement
131	FFY	Federal Fiscal Year
132	FHWA	Federal Highway Administration
133	FIR	Financial Issues Report
134	FLAG	Freeway Loop Advisory Group
135	FMO	Financial Management Oversight
136	FMP	Facilities Management Plan
137	FO	Field Operations
138	FONSI	Finding of No Significant Impacts
139	FS	Farside (of an intersection)
140	FTA	Federal Transit Agency
141	FY	Fiscal Year
142	G&A	General and Administration (budget category)
143	GAO	Government Accountability Office
144	GBL	Goofy Block Locations (pertains to Mall - locations where design is unlike the stereotypical design)
145	GIS	Geographic Information Systems
146	GRDC	Gresham Redevelopment Commission
147	GMA	Growth Management Act (Washington State)
148	GMP	Guaranteed Minimum Price
149	GSA	General Services Administration
150	HAP	Hazardous Air Pollutant
151	HB	House Bill
152	HBRR	Highway Bridge Rehabilitation and Repair (federal grant category)
153	HCBS	High Capacity Bus Shelter
154	HCBS	High Capacity Bus Service
155	HCM	Highway Capacity Manual
156	HCS	Highway Capacity Software
157	HEV	Hybrid Electric Vehicle
158	HOT	High Occupancy / Toll (Lane allowing HOV, or those who pay, to use)
159	HOV	High Occupancy Vehicle
160	HRB	Historic Resources Board
161	HRMS	Human Resources Management System
162	HSIS	Highway Safety Information System
163	HSR	High(er) Speed Rail
164	HUD	Housing and Urban Development (US federal department)
165	IAMP	Interchange Access Management Plan (ODOT process)
166	ICE	Internal Combustion Engine
167	ICU	intersection capacity utilization (more refine V/C analysis)
168	ICURA	Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Area
169	IFB	Information for Bid
170	IGA	Intergovernmental Agreement
171	IJ	Insulated Joint (boundary between train circuits)
172	I-J	Origin (i) - Destination (j) in regional model
173	IMAX	Interstate Max (DON'T USE - IMAX corp -movies - ordered us to stop)
174	IMSA	International Municipal Signal Association
175	IOS	Initial Operating Segment
176	IS	Information Systems
177	ISSR	Information Systems Service Request
178	IT	Information Technology
179	ITE	Institute of Transportation Engineers
180	ITS	Intelligent Transportation Systems
181	JARC	Job Access and Reverse Commute
182	JPACT	Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation
183	JV	Joint Venture (group on contractors on one project)
184	KPI	Key Project Indicators
185	KPM	Keep Portland Moving (group of government staff coordinating major project impacts in central Portland)
186	LAG	Local Advisory Group
187	LCDC	Land Conservation and Development Commission
188	LCR	Lower Columbia River
189	LEM	Location Efficient Mortgage
190	LEP	Limited English Proficiency
191	LEq	Equivalent Noise Level
192	LFB	Low Floor Bus
193	LIA	Local Industrial Area (potential designation under RTP)
194	LID	Local Improvement District
195	LID	Low-Impact Development (typically connected to water and ESA issues)
196	LNG	Liquid Natural Gas (Bus)
197	LOA	Leave of Absence
198	LOI	Letter of Intent
199	LOMR	Letter of Map Revision (FEMA map change)
200	LONP	Letter of No Prejudice
201	LOPT	Lake Oswego to Portland Transit project
202	LOS	Level of Service (roadway capacity measure)
203	LPA	Locally Preferred Alternative
204	LPR	Low Performing Routes
205	LPS	Locally Preferred Segment
206	LRT	Light Rail Transit
207	LRTP	Long Range Transit Plan
208	LRV	Light Rail Vehicle
209	LS	Lump Sum (Cost estimation)
210	LUFO	Land Use Final Order
211	LUSTs	Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
212	MAP	Million Annual Passengers
213	MAX	Metropolitan Area Express
214	MAX	Modesto (CA) Area Express
215	MB	Mid Block (designation for a bus stop in the middle of a block rather than at the intersection)
216	MBTA	Massachusettes Bay Transportation Authority
217	MBTA	Migratory Bird Treaty Act
218	MDBF	Mean Distance Between Failures
219	MDS	Mall Development Strategy
220	MIS	Major Investment Study
221	MMIS	Maintenance Management Information System
222	MOB	Medical Office Building
223	MOB	Montreux-Oberland Bernois-Bahn (in Germany)
224	MOE	Measure of Effectiveness
225	MOS	Minimum Operable Segment
226	MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
227	MOW	Maintenance of Way
228	MPAC	Metro Policy Advisory Committee
229	MPO	Metropolitan Planning Organization
230	MSA	Metropolitan Statistical Area (Census designation for larger cities with suburbs)
231	MSE	Mechanically Stabilized Earth (type of retaining wall)
232	MTAC	Metro Technical Advisory Committee
233	MTIP	Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program ($, see 'JPACT')
234	MTP	Medical Transportation Program
235	MUP	Multi Use Path
236	MUTCD	Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
237	NAAQS	National Ambient Air Quality Standards
238	NACTO	National Association of City Transportation Officials
239	NAD 27	North American Datum (standardized geolocational data format) from 1927
240	NAD 83	North American Datum (standardized geolocational data format) from 1983
241	NCRA	North Clackamas Revitalization Area
242	NCTRP	National Cooperative Transit Research and Development Program
243	NDA	Neighborhood District Association
244	NEPA	National Environmental Protection Act (Capital Projects Must Go Through This Process)
245	NFA	No Further Action
246	NG	Neil Goldschmidt
247	NGVD	National Geodetic Vertical Datum (floodplain elevation standard)
248	NHS	National Highway System
249	NIMBY	"Not in My Backyard"
250	NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
251	NPDES	National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
252	NPRM	Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (federal process)
253	NPTS	Nationwide Personal Transportation Stucy
254	NRAB	Natural Resources Advisory Board
255	NRHP	National Register of Historic Places
256	NRV	Non-Revenue Vehicle
257	NS	Near Side (of an intersection)
258	NTD	National Transit Database
259	NTP	Notice To Proceed
260	NTPM	Non-Traditional Performance Measures
261	OAR	Oregon Administrative Rules
262	OCC	Operations Control Center
263	OCIP	Owner Controlled Insurance Program
264	OCS	Overhead Catenary System (electrical wires for LRT)
265	OCS	Obstacle Clearance Surface (aviation term)
266	ODFW	Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
267	ODOT	Oregon Department of Transportation
268	OECDD	Oregon Economic and Community Development Department
269	OERHS	Oregon Electric Rail Historical Society
270	OHP	Oregon Highway Plan
271	OHWM	Ordinary High Water Mark
272	OIG	Office of Inspector General
273	OMAP	Oregon Medical Assistance Program
274	OOH	Out Of Home (advertising term - e.g., billboards, etc.)
275	OPAL	Organizing People Activating Leaders
276	OPDR	Office of Planning and Development Review (now called BDS)
277	ORS	Oregon Revised Statutes
278	OTC	Oregon Transportation Commission
279	OTIA	Oregon Transportation Investment Act
280	OTP	Oregon Transportation Plan
281	P&R	Park & Ride
282	PA	Preventable Accident
283	PAG	Project Advisory Group
284	PAL	Planning Activity Level
285	PAYGO	Pay As You Go (federal funding term)
286	PD4T	Planning and Design for Transit
287	PDA	Project Development Agreement
288	PDC	Portland Development Commission
289	PDH	Professional Development Hour
290	PDOT	Portland Office of Transportation
291	PDT	Project Development Team
292	PE	Preliminary Engineering (formal stage of New Starts project development)
293	PE	Professional Engineer
294	PECBA	Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act, ORS 243.650-243.782
295	PFB	Portland Fire Bureau
296	PHA	Preliminary Hazard Analysis
297	PIC	Portland International Center
298	PIMBY	"Put It in My Backyard"  (see NIMBY)
299	PIO	Public Involvement Officer
300	PIP	Productivity Improvement Program
301	PLPA	Preliminary Locally Preferred Alternative
302	PMAC	Portland Mall Advisory Group
303	PMG	Project Manager's Group
304	PMMC	Portland Mall Management Corporation
305	PMO	Project Management Oversight
306	PMOC	Project Management Oversight Consultant
307	PMP	Project Management Plan
308	PMSA	Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area
309	PO	Purchase Order
310	POE	Permit of Entry
311	POEM	Portland Office of Emergency Management
312	PR	Program Requirements
313	PR	Public Relations (see CI)
314	PRC	Policy Review Committee
315	PSC	Project Sponsors Council
316	PTBA	Public Transit Benefit Area (one way to set up a transit system in Washington State, e.g., C-TRAN)
317	PTR	Part Time Restriction
318	PVR	Peak Vehicle Requirement
319	P-zone	Protection zone (CoP environmental designation)
320	QA/QC	Quality Assurance/Quality Control
321	QD	Quick Drop
322	RACC	Regional Arts & Culture Council
323	RBSM	Registered Building Services Management
324	RCRC	Rail Change Review Committee
325	RCW	Revised Code of Washington (Washington State Laws)
326	RDC	Rail Diesel Car
327	REA	Revised Environmental Assessment
328	RF	Route feet (feet of LRT route - used for cost estimation purposes)
329	RFIC	Request for Industry Comment
330	RFP	Request for Proposal
331	ROD	Record of Decision
332	ROE	Right of Entry
333	ROI	Return on Investment
334	RON	Remain Overnight (airplanes at airports)
335	ROW	Right of Way
336	RPG	Regional Partners Group
337	RQ	Rose Quarter
338	RSIA	Regionally Significant Industrial Area (potential designation in RTP)
339	RTC	Regional Transportation Council (Clark Co., WA)
340	RTCC	Elderly and Disabled Regional Transportation Coordinating Committee
341	RTO	Regional Travel Options (new name for TDM under Metro)
342	RTP	Regional Transportation Plan (Metro 2040)
343	RUGGO	Regional Urban Growth Goals and Objectives
344	SAC	Signatory Agency Committee (Washington State environmental review streamlining)
345	SAFETEA	Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act (Senate Version 2004)
346	SAFETEA-LU	Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act - A Legacy for Users (final version, August 2005)
347	SASSI	Schedules at Stops and Shelters Initiative
348	SB	Senate Bill
349	SCADA	Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (data system for LRT ops)
350	SCC	Standard Cost Categories (cost estimation template from FTA)
351	SCC	South Corridor Constructors
352	SDC	Seismic Design Criteria
353	SDEIS	Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement
354	SEE	Social, Environmental and Economic Analysis (generally all the non-transportation, non-financial analyses in a NEPA document)
355	SETS	Special Events Transit Service (committee at TriMet)
356	SHPO	State Historic Preservation Office
357	SOJ	Shiels Obletz Johnsen (consultant on Portland Mall and Streetcar)
358	SOLV	(this is no longer an acronym… formerly known as Stop Oregon Litter and Vandalism)
359	SOP	Standard Operating Procedure
360	SPRT	Service Provider Response Team
361	SPs	Special Provisions
362	SRTP	Short Range Transit Plan
363	STA	Special Transportation Area (ODOT designation)
364	STAWG	Surface Transportation Analysis Working Group
365	STF	Special Transportation Funds
366	STIP	Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan ($)
367	STP	Surface Transportation Program (federal)
368	T&E	Threatened and endangered species
369	TAC	Technical Advisory Committee
370	TANF	Temporary Aid to Needy Families (federal program)
371	TBA	To Be Announced
372	TBD	To Be Determined
373	TC	Transit Center
374	TCL	Transit Choices for Livability (a Past Tri-Met initiative)
375	TCM	Transportation Control Measure
376	TCP	Traditional Cultural Property (related to Native American Tribes)
377	TDA	Tire-Derived Aggregate (ground up bits of tire for various paving uses)
378	TDM	Transportation Demand Management
379	TDR	Transfer of Development Rights
380	TEA-21	Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
381	TEA-LU	Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (House Version 2004)
382	TEI	TriMet Employees, Inc. (TriMet Health Club)
383	TFHRC	Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
384	TGM	Transporation and Growth Management (DLCD/ODOT grant program)
385	TIP	Transit Investment Plan (TriMet 5-year plan)
386	TIP	Transportation Improvement Plan
387	TMP	Transportation Management Plan
388	TMS	The Master Scheduler (scheduling software - used by C-TRAN)
389	TOD	Transit Oriented Development
390	TPAC	Transportation Policy Advisory Committee
391	TPE	FTA Office of Planning and Environment
392	TPR	Transportation Planning Rule (State)
393	TriMet	Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon
394	TS&L	Type Size and Location (refers to bridge engineering)
395	TSCC	Tax Supervising & Conservation Committee (Multnomah County)
396	TSP	Transit Signal Priority
397	TSP	Transportation Systems Plan
398	TSUB	Transportation System User Benefits (FTA cost-effectiveness measure - currently only measures transit benefits)
399	TTI	Texas Transportation Institute
400	TVM	Ticket Vending Machine
401	TWC	Train-to-Wayside Communications
402	UBA	Urban Business Area (ODOT designation)
403	UGB	Urban Growth Boundary
404	UP	Union Pacific (freight rail)
405	UPWP	Unified Planning Work Program
406	URAC	Urban Renewal Advisorty Committee
407	USACE	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
408	USFWS	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
409	USTs	Underground storage tanks
410	UWP	Unified Work Program
411	V2V	Vehicle - to - Vehicle (communiciations - especially in private vehicles for smart navigation/steering, etc.)
412	VE	Value Engineering
413	VF	Vertical feet (used for unit cost estimation purposes)
414	VRU	Vulnerable Road User
415	WBS	Work Breakdown Structure
416	WCCR	Washington County Commuter Rail
417	WEA	Westside Economic Alliance
418	WRBAC	Willamette River Bridge Advisory Committee
419	WSL	Willamette Shore Line
420	WTS	Women's Transportation Seminar (Professional Development Organization)
421	WVR	Weekday Vehicle Hours
422	YOE	Year of Expenditure
423	ZZZZ	Fell asleep from reading too many acronyms