The following abbreviations are used within this document. This list is provided for quick reference.
| AASHTO |
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
| ACS |
Adaptive Control Systems |
| ALERT |
Police Specialty Vehicle System |
| ASCE |
American Society of Civil Engineers |
| ATIS |
Advanced Traveler Information System |
| ATMS |
Advanced Traffic Management Simulator |
| BTS |
Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
| CAD |
Computer Aided Design |
| CD |
Compact Disk |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control |
| CERF |
Civil Engineering Research Foundation |
| CFC |
Combined Federal Campaign |
| CIP |
Cast-in-place |
| CLAIRE |
Expert decision software for real time traffic management developed in France |
| COST |
Concrete Optimization Software Tool |
| COTR |
Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative |
| CPTP |
Concrete Pavement Technology Program |
| CRADA |
Cooperative Research and Development Program |
| CRCP |
Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavements |
| CRREL |
U.S. Army Cold Region Research and Engineering Laboratory |
| DAV |
Dynamic Angle Validation |
| DDETFP |
Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program |
| DMS |
Dynamic Message Sign |
| DOC |
Department of Commerce |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOS |
Department of State |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| DynaMIT |
Prototype for the Real-Time Traffic Estimation and Prediction System TrEPS |
| DynaMIT-P |
Prototype for the Traffic Estimation and Prediction System for Operations Planning |
| DYNASMART-P |
Prototype for the Traffic Estimation and Prediction System for Operations Planning (TrEPS-P) |
| DYNASMART-X |
Prototype for the Real-Time Traffic Estimation and Prediction System |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| EQ |
Earthquake |
| ETG |
Expert Task Group |
| EU |
European Union |
| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
| FEHRL |
European Federation of Highway Research Labs |
| FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
| FMCSA |
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
| FOIL |
TFHRC Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory |
| FRA |
Federal Railroad Administration |
| FRP |
Fiber-reinforced Polymer |
| FSHRP |
Future Strategic Highway Research Program |
| FTA |
Federal Transit Administration |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| GAO |
Government Accounting Office |
| GPRA |
Government Performance and Results Act |
| GRF |
Grant for Research Fellowships |
| GRS |
Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil |
| HAAM |
Office of Acquisition Management |
| HA-NDGPS |
High Accuracy Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System |
| HERMES |
HERMES is a bridge inspection trailer unit |
| HHS |
Human and Health Services |
| HID |
high intensity discharge |
| HIPERPAVTM |
High-Performance Paving Software |
| HITEC |
Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center |
| HMA |
Hot-mix Asphalt |
| HPC |
High-Performance Concrete |
| HPS |
High-Performance Steel |
| HRDI |
Office of Infrastructure R&D |
| HRDO |
Office of Operations R&D |
| HRDS |
Office of Safety R&D |
| HRPD |
Office of Program Development and Evaluation |
| HRRM |
Office of Resource Management |
| HRTS |
Office of Research and Technology Services |
| HSIS |
Highway Safety Information Systems |
| HUD |
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| HYRISK |
Software for inspecting bridges |
| HYSIM |
Highway driving simulator |
| IDEA |
Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis |
| IDP |
Individual Development Plan |
| IPRF |
Innovative Pavement Research Foundation |
| IPWV |
Integrated Precipitable Water Vapor |
| ISHDM |
Interactive Highway Safety Design Model |
| ITE |
Institute of Transportation Engineers |
| ITS |
Intelligent Transportation Systems |
| IVI |
Intelligent Vehicle Initiative |
| IVIS |
In-Vehicle Information System |
| JCP |
Jointed Concrete Pavements |
| JPCP |
Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement |
| K-12 |
Kindergarten through Senior High School |
| KGM |
Turkish Highway Agency |
| Labs |
Laboratories |
| LADS |
Learning and Development System |
| LAST |
Laboratory Asphalt Stability Test |
| LC |
RD&T Leadership Council |
| LCPC |
Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées |
| LED |
Light Emitting Diode |
| LEI |
Leadership Effectiveness Inventory |
| LTPP |
Long Term Pavement Performance |
| MARAD |
Maritime Administration |
| MIHE |
Minority Institutes of Higher Education |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPO |
Metropolitan Planning Organization |
| MS |
Microsoft |
| MUTCD |
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NBI |
National Bridge Inventory |
| NCHRP |
National Cooperative Highway Research Program |
| NDGPS |
Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System |
| NGSIM |
Next Generation Simulation Modeling |
| NHI |
National Highway Institute |
| NHTSA |
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NSTI |
National Summer Transportation Institutes |
| NTIA |
National Telecommunications and Information Administration |
| NTPEP |
National Transportation Product Evaluation Program |
| OECD/RTR |
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Developments Road and Transport Research Program |
| OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| ORES |
Office of Real Estate Services |
| OST |
Office of the Secretary of Transportation |
| PAT |
Particle Additive Test |
| PBCAT |
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool |
| PCC |
Portland Cement Concrete |
| PCCP |
Portland Cement Concrete Pavement |
| PDG |
Pavement Design Guide |
| PIARC |
World Road Association |
| QuickZone |
Work Zone Delay Estimation Software |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| R&T |
Research and Technology |
| RABA |
Revenue Aligned Budget Authority |
| RD&T |
Research, Development, and Technology |
| RMRC |
Recycled Materials Resource Center |
| Roadmaps |
Multiyear Plans |
| RRPM |
Raised Retroreflective Pavement Marker |
| RSPA |
Research Special Programs Administration |
| RTCC |
Transportation Research Board's Research and Technology Coordinating Committee |
| SAIC |
Science Applications International Corporation |
| SBIR |
Small Business Innovation Research |
| SHRP |
Strategic Highway Research Program |
| SP&R |
State planning and research |
| STECRP |
Surface Transportation-Environment Cooperative Research Program |
| STIPDG |
Summer Transportation Internship Program for Diverse Groups |
| Superpave® |
Superior Pavement System |
| SUPPS |
Shared Unit Performance Plan System |
| SWAT |
Strategic Work Zone Analysis Tools |
| T2 |
Technology Transfer |
| TBD |
To Be Determined |
| TCT |
Technical Career Track |
| TEA-21 |
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century |
| TFAP |
Technology Facilitation Action Plan |
| TFHRC |
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center |
| TIN |
Technology Innovation Network |
| TMC |
Transportation Management Center |
| TRB |
Transportation Research Board |
| TReL |
Traffic Research Laboratory |
| TrEPS |
Traffic Estimation and Prediction System |
| TrEPS-P |
Traffic Estimation and Prediction System for Operations Planning |
| TRIS |
Transportation Research Information Service |
| TSIS |
Traffic Software Integrated System |
| TWG |
Technical Working Group |
| U&GP |
Universities and Grants Program |
| UAV |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| UHPC |
Ultra-high performance concrete |
| USCG |
United States Coast Guard |
| USLIMITS |
Preliminary Expert System for Speed Zoning |
| UTC |
University Transportation Center |
| UTCP |
University Transportation Centers Program |
| VHS |
Very High Speed |
| Web-NBI |
Web-based National Bridge Inventory system |
| WIM |
Weigh-in-motion |
| WRC |
Western Resource Center |
