Acronyms and Terms

3-C: Continuing, Comprehensive and Cooperative Planning Process

3R: Resurfacing, Restoring, and Rehabilitating

AAA: American Automobile Association

AASHTO: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

ACS: American Community Survey

ACT: Area Commission on Transportation

ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act

ADT: Average Daily Traffic (or Average Daily Trips)

AMPO: Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations

APA: American Planning Association

APTA: American Public Transportation Association

AQCD: Air Quality Conformity Determination

ARBA: American Road Builders' Association

ARMA: American Road Makers' Association

AV: Autonomous Vehicle

ARTBA: American Road and Transportation Builders' Association

BMCS: Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety

BMP: Best Management Practice

BMS: Bridge Management System

BRT: Bus Rapid Transit

BTS: Bureau of Transportation Statistics

CAA(A): Clean Air Act (Amendments)

CAC: Citizen Advisory Committee

CATS: (Eugene) Central Area Transportation Study

CDC: Centers for Chronic Disease and Prevention

CFR: Code of Federal Regulations

CIP: Capital Improvement Program

CLMPO: Central Lane Metropolitan Planning Organization

CMAQ: Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program

CMP: Congestion Management Process

CMS: Congestion Management System

COG: Council of Governments

CSZ: Cascadia Subduction Zone

DEIS: Draft Environment Impact Statement

DEQ: Department of Environmental Quality

DLCD: Department of Land Conservation and Development

DOT: Department of Transportation

EEO: Equal Employment Opportunity

EIS: Environmental Impact Statement

EJ: Environmental Justice

EmX: Lane Transit District's Emerald Express bus route

EPA: Environmental Protection Agency

ETR: Emergency Transportation Route

EV: Electric Vehicle

FAA: Federal Aviation Administration

FAP: Federal-Aid Primary

FAS: Federal-Aid Secondary

FAST: Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act

FAU: Federal-Aid Urban

FEIS: Final Environmental Impact Statement

FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency

FHWA: Federal Highway Administration

FRA: Federal Railroad Administration

FTA: Federal Transit Administration

(F)FY: (Federal) Fiscal Year

GHG: Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

GIS: Geographic Information Systems

GPS: Global Positioning Systems

HCM: Highway Capacity Manual

HIA: Health Impact Assessment

HOV: High Occupancy Vehicle

HPMS: Highway Performance Monitoring System

HRB: Highway Research Board

HSR: High Speed Rail

I/M: Inspection and Maintenance

ICC: Interstate Commerce Commission

IHS: Interstate Highway System

IM: Interstate Maintenance

ISTEA: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

ITS: Intelligent Transportation Systems

IVHS: Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems

JARC: Job Access and Reverse Commute

JTA: 2009 Jobs and Transportation Act

LCDC: Land Conservation and Development Commission

LCOG: Lane Council of Governments

LMP: Limited Maintenance Plan

LOS: Level of Service (Traffic Flow Rating)

LRAPA: Lane Regional Air Protection Agency

LRT: Light Rail Transit

LRTP: Long Range Transportation Plan

LTD: Lane Transit District

LUM: Land use measures

MAP-21: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century

MIS: Major Investment Study

MOA: Memorandum of Agreement

MOU: Memorandum of Understanding

MPC: Metropolitan Policy Committee

MPO: Metropolitan Planning Organization

MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area

MTP: Metropolitan Transportation Plan

MTIP: Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program

MUTCD: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

NAA: Non-Attainment Area

NAAQS: National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NACDD: National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

NHS: National Highway System

NHTSA: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NPMRDS: National Performance Management Research Data Set

OAR: Oregon Administrative Rules

ODOT: Oregon Department of Transportation

OHAS: Oregon Household Activity Survey

OHP: Oregon Highway Plan

OM&P: Operations, Maintenance and Preservation

OMPOC: Oregon MPO Consortium

OMSC: Oregon Modeling Steering Collaborative

ORFS: Oregon Roads Finance Committee

OSTI: Oregon Sustainable Transportation Initiative 

OTC: Oregon Transportation Commission

OTIA: Oregon Transportation Investment Act

OTP: Oregon Transportation Plan

PCR: Pavement Condition Rating

PE: Preliminary Engineering

PL: Planning Funds

PM: Particular matter

PMS: Pavement management system

PMT: Project management team

PPP: Public Participation Plan

PRC: Portland State Univesity's Population Research Center

PS&E: Plans, Specifications, and Estimates

RAC: Lane County's Roads Advisory Committee

RACM: Reasonably Available Control Measures

RACT: Reasonably Available Control Technology

RDPO: Regional Disaster Planning Organization

RFP: Request for Proposal

RITIS: Regional Integrated Transportation Information System

ROW: Right of Way

RR: Railroad

RRFB: Rectangular rapid flashing beacons

RTP: Regional Transportation Plan

SAFETEA-LU: Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act - a Legacy for Users

SDC: System Development Charge

SHTF: State Highway Trust Fund

SIB: State Infrastructure Bank

SIP: State Implementation Plan

SLTC: Safe Lane Transportation Coalition

SOV: Single Occupancy Vehicle

SPR: State Planning and Research funds

SRTS: Safe Routes to School 

STA: Special Transportation Area

STBG-S: Surface Transportation Block Grant State Program

STBG-U: Surface Transportation Block Grant Urban Program

STFAC: Special Transportation Fund Advisory Committee

STIF: Statewide Transportation Improvement Fund

STIP: State Transportation Improvement Program

• C-STIP: Construction STIP
• D-STIP: Development STIP

STP: Surface Transportation Program (-U: - Urban)

STPP: Surface Transportation Policy Project

STS: ODOT's Statewide Transportation Strategy: A 2050 Vision for GHG Reduction

TA: Transportation Alternatives 

TAC: Technical Advisory Committee

TAM: Transportation asset management 

TAP: Transportation Alternatives Program 

TASC: Technical Advisory Subcommittee

TAZ: Traffic Analysis Zone

TCM: Transportation Control Measure

TDM: Transportation Demand Management

TDP: Transit Development Program

TEA-21: Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

TIFIA: Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (1998)

TIP: Transportation Improvement Program, either MTIP or STIP

TMA: Transportation Management Area

TMSF: Transportation Management System Fee

TO: Transportation Options

TOAC: Transportation Options Advisory Committee

TOD: Transit Oriented Development

TPC: Transportation Planning Committee

TPR: Transportation Planning Rule

TRB: Transportation Research Board

TRIP: Transportation Rule Implementation Project

TSI: Transportation System Improvements

TSM: Transportation System Management

TSP: Transportation System Plan

TUF: Transportation Utility Fee

UASI: Urban Areas Security Initiative 

UGB: Urban Growth Boundary

UMTA: Urban Mass Transportation Administration

UPWP: Unified Planning Work Program

USDOT: United States Department of Transportation

V/C: Volume to Capacity

VHD: Vehicle hours of delay

VMT: Vehicle Miles Traveled

VPD: Vehicles Per Day

WAI: Walkability Action Institute