Acronyms
ADA Americans With Disabilities Act
ADT Average Daily Traffic
APTA American Public Transit Association
ATC Automated Toll Collection
CAAA Clean Air Act Amendments
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CMS Congestion Management System
CMAQ Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
CMP Congestion Management Process
CTP Comprehensive Transportation Plan
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FONSI Finding of no significant impact
FTA Federal Transit Administration
HOV High Occupancy Vehicle
HPMS Highway Performance Monitoring System
ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transp. Efficiency Act of 1991
ITRE Institute for Transportation Research and Education (NCSU)
ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems
JARC Job Access – Reverse Commute
LAPP Locally Administered Projects Program
LOS Level of Service
LRTP Long Range Transportation Plan (now MTP)
MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress – 21st Century
MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area
MTP Metropolitan Transportation Plan (formerly LRTP)
NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NHS National Highway System
PM-10 Particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter
PMS Pavement Management System
PRT Personal Rapid Transit
SAFETEA-LU
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient
Transportation Equity Act – A Legacy for Users
SIP State Implementation Plan
SMSA Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
SPOT Strategic Planning Office of Transportation
SRTS Safe Routes to School
STIP Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
STP-DA Surface Transportation Program-Direct Allocation
TAC Transportation Advisory Committee
TAZ Traffic Analysis Zones
TCC Technical Coordinating Committee
TEA-21 Transportation Efficiency Act of the 21st Century
TDM Travel Demand Management
TIP Transportation Improvement Program (formerly MTIP)
TOD Transit Oriented Design/Development
TMA Transportation Management Area
UPWP Unified Planning Work Program
VHT Vehicle Hours of Travel
VMT Vehicle Miles of Travel
VOC Volatile Organic Compound