Envisioning the Future The BQE Triple Cantilever Project

Appendix A Glossary of Frequently Used Transportation Acronyms

ACRONYM

Full Name

AASHTO

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

ACC

Acid Copper Chromate

ACTT

Accelerated Construction Technology Transfer

AGC

Associated General Contractors of America

AMPM

Active Management Payment Method

ASCE

American Society of Civil Engineers

ASR

Alkali-Silica Reaction

BIMRS

Bridge Incident Management and Response System

BQE

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

CAD

Computer-Aided Design

CCA

Chromated Copper Arsenate

CE

Categorical Exclusion

CM at Risk

Construction Manager at Risk

CPM

Critical Path Method

CRCP

Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement

CSS

Context Sensitive Solutions

CTAP

Community Technical Assistance Program

D-B

Design-Build

D-B-B

Design-Bid-Build

DEIS

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

DMS

Dynamic Message Sign

DOT

Department of Transportation

EA

Environmental Assessment

EIS

Environmental Impact Statement

EPS

Expanded Polystyrene

ERB

East River Bridges

EJ

Environmental Justice

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FCO

Field Change Order

FEIS

Final Environmental Impact Statement

FHWA

Federal Highway Administration

GARVEE

Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle

GPS

Global Positioning System

GRS

Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil

HAR

Highway Advisory Radio

HAZMAT

Hazardous Materials

HMA

Hot Mix Asphalt

HOV/HOT

High Occupancy Vehicle/High Occupancy Toll

HPC

High-Performance Concrete

HPS

High-Performance Steel

IM

Incident Management

IT/ITS

Intelligent Transportation/Intelligent Transportation Systems

LIMS

Laboratory Information Management System

LOS

Level of Service

MIS

Major Investment Study

MOT

Maintenance of Traffic

MPO

Metropolitan Planning Organization

MPT

Maintenance and Protection of Traffic

MSE

Mechanically Stabilized Earth

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act

NHI

National Highway Institute

NYCDOT

New York City Department of Transportation

NYSDOT

New York State Department of Transportation

PCC

Portland Cement Concrete

PMT

Project Management Team

PR

Public Relations

PSAs

Public Service Announcements

QA/QC

Quality Assurance/Quality Control

RAP

Reclaimed Asphalt Pavements

RFI

Request for Information

RFP

Request for Proposal

RFQ

Request for Qualifications

ROD

Record of Decision

ROW

Right-of-Way

RPMs

Raised Pavement Makers/Markings

RSCH

Repeated Shear at Constant Height

RWIS

Roadway Weather Information System

SAFETEA-LU

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users

SCC

Self-Consolidated Concrete

SEP

Special Experimental Project

SIP

State Implementation Plan

SIP Forms

Stay-in-place Forms

SMA

Stone Matrix Asphalt

SPDI

Single Point Diamond Interchange

SPMTs

Self-Propelled Modular Transporters

SUE

Subsurface Utility Engineering

TIF

Tax Incremental Financing

TIG

Technology Implementation Group

TMDL

Total Maximum Daily Loading

TRB

Transportation Research Board

TSA

Transportation Security Administration

TSP

Thrift Savings Plan

VMS

Variable Message Sign

VPD

Vehicles Per Day