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Appendix A: Glossary of Frequently Used Transportation Acronyms

AASHTO

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

ACC

Acid Copper Chromate

ACTT

Accelerated Construction Technology Transfer

ADT

Average Daily Traffic

AGC

Associated General Contractors of America

ASCE

American Society of Civil Engineers

ASR

Alkali-Silica Reaction

ATCs

Alternative Technical Concepts

BIMRS

Bridge Incident Management and Response System

BMPs

Best Management Practices

CAD

Computer-Aided Design

CATV

Community Antenna Television

CB

Citizen Band

CCTV

Closed Circuit Television

C-D

Collector-Distributor

CDC

Community Development Center

CE

Categorical Exclusion

CM at Risk

Construction Manager at Risk

CMAQ

Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality

CMP

Congestion Mitigation Plan

COA

Control of Access

CPM

Critical Path Method

CRCP

Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement

CSO

Combined Sewer Overflow

CSS

Context Sensitive Solutions

D-B

Design-Build

D-B-B

Design-Bid-Build

DEIS

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

DMS

Dynamic Message Sign

DOT

Department of Transportation

DRB

Dispute Review Board

EA

Environmental Assessment

EIS

Environmental Impact Statement

EJ

Environmental Justice

EMS

Emergency Management System

EPS

Expanded Polystyrene

ESA

Endangered Species Act

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FEIS

Final Environmental Impact Statement

FONSI

Finding of No Significant Impacts

FFY

Federal Fiscal Year

FHWA

Federal Highway Administration

GARVEE

Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle

GPS

Global Positioning System

GRS

Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil

HAR

Highway Advisory Radio

HfL

Highways for LIFE

HMA

Hot Mix Asphalt

HOT

High Occupancy Toll

HOV

High Occupancy Vehicle

HPC

High-Performance Concrete

HPS

High-Performance Steel

IM

Incident Management

IMAP

Incident Management Assistance Patrols

IT/ITS

Intelligent Transportation/Intelligent Transportation Systems

LOS

Level of Service

MIS

Major Investment Study

MOA

Memorandum of Agreement

MOT

Maintenance of Traffic

MPH

Miles per Hour

MPO

Metropolitan Planning Organization

MSE

Mechanically Stabilized Earth

NCDOT

North Carolina Department of Transportation

NCHRP

National Cooperative Highway Research Program

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act

NHI

National Highway Institute

NPDES

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NS

Norfolk Southern

PAB

Private Activity Bond

PCC

Portland Cement Concrete

PCMS

Portable Changeable Message Signs

PIO

Public Information Officer

PMT

Project Management Team

PPP

Public-Private Partnerships

PR

Public Relations

PSI

Pounds per Square Inch

PUE

Permanent Utility Easement

QA/QC

Quality Assurance/Quality Control

RAP

Reclaimed Asphalt Pavements

RFP

Request for Proposal

RFQ

Request for Qualifications

ROD

Record of Decision

ROW

Right-of-Way

RPMs

Raised Pavement Makers/Markings

RR

Railroad

RSCH

Repeated Shear at Constant Height

RTA

Regional Transit Authority

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

SPMTs

Self-Propelled Modular Transporters

SUE

Subsurface Utility Engineering

TDM

Traffic Demand Management

TIF

Tax Incremental Financing

TIFIA

Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act

TIG

Technology Implementation Group

TIP

Transportation Improvement Program

TMC

Traffic Management Center

TMP

Traffic Management Plan

TRAC

Transportation Review Advisory Committee

TRB

Transportation Research Board

TSA

Transportation Security Administration

TSP

Thrift Savings Plan

VE

Value Engineering

VMS

Variable Message Sign

VPPP

Value Pricing Pilot Program

WiFi

Wireless Fidelity