AASHTO |
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
ACS |
Adaptive Control Systems |
ATIS |
Advanced Traveler Information System |
CLAIRE |
Expert decision software for real time traffic management developed in
France |
CMP |
Corporate Master Plan |
CMS |
Corporate Management Strategies |
COST |
Concrete Optimization Software Tool |
COTR |
Contracting Officer's Technical Representative |
CPTP |
Concrete Pavement Technology Program |
CRCP |
Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavements |
DDETFP |
Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program |
DOD |
Department of Defense |
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 |
EA |
Environmental Assessments |
EIS |
Environmental Impact Statements |
ETG |
Expert Task Group |
EU |
European Union |
FEHRL |
European Federation of Highway Research Labs |
FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
FOIL |
TFHRC Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory |
FRP |
Fiber-reinforced Polymer |
FTA |
Federal Transit Administration |
FY |
Fiscal Year |
GIS-T |
Geographic Information Systems Decisionmaking Software |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
HAAM |
FHWA Office of Acquisition Management |
HA-NDGPS |
High Accuracy Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System |
HBCU |
Historically Black Colleges and Universities |
HIPERPAV |
High-Performance Paving Software |
HITEC |
Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center |
HMA |
Hot-mix Asphalt |
HPC |
High-Performance Concrete |
HPS |
High-Performance Steel |
HRDI |
FHWA Office of Infrastructure R&D |
HRDO |
FHWA Office of Operations R&D |
HRDS |
FHWA Office of Safety R&D |
HRPD |
FHWA RD&T Office of Program Development |
HRRM |
FHWA RD&T Office of Resource Management |
HRTS |
FHWA RD&T Office of Research and Technology Services |
HSIS |
Highway Safety Information Systems |
HYRISK |
Software for Inspecting Bridges |
IDEA |
Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis |
IPRF |
Innovative Pavement Research Foundation |
IHSDM |
Interactive Highway Safety Design Model |
INRETS |
French Ministry of Transportation |
IT |
Information Technology |
ITE |
Institute of Transportation Engineers |
ITS |
Intelligent Transportation Systems |
IVI |
Intelligent Vehicle Initiative |
JCP |
Jointed Concrete Pavements |
JPO |
Joint Program Office |
K-12 |
Kindergarten through Senior High School |
KGM |
Turkish Highway Agency |
Labs |
Laboratories |
LADS |
Learning and Development System |
LED |
Light Emitting Diode |
LIFE |
Long-lasting highways using Innovative technologies and practices to accomplish Fast construction of Efficient and safe pavements and bridges |
LRFD |
Load Resistance Factor Design |
LTPP |
Long Term Pavement Performance |
MIHE |
Minority Institutes of Higher Education |
MPO |
Metropolitan Planning Organization |
MUTCD |
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices |
NBI |
National Bridge Inventory |
NCAC |
National Crash Analysis Center |
NCHRP |
National Cooperative Highway Research Program |
NHI |
National Highway Institute |
NHTSA |
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NSGM |
Near-Source Ground Motion |
NSTI |
National Summer Transportation Institutes |
NTCIP |
National Transportation Communication for ITS Protocal |
OECD/RTR |
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Developments Road and Transport
Research Program |
OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
OST |
Office of the Secretary of Transportation |
PART |
Program Assessment Rating Tool |
PBCAT |
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool |
PCC |
Portland Cement Concrete |
PCCP |
Portland Cement Concrete Pavement |
PDP |
Professional Development Program |
PIARC |
World Road Association |
QuickZone |
Work Zone Delay Estimation Software |
R&D |
Research and Development |
R&T |
Research and Technology |
RAC |
AASHTO Research Advisory Committee |
RD&T |
Research, Development, and Technology |
RPC |
Reactive Powder Concrete |
RSPA |
Research Special Programs Administration |
RTCC |
Transportation Research Board's Research and Technology Coordinating Committee |
SAFETEA |
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2003 |
SBIR |
Small Business Innovation Research |
SHRP |
Strategic Highway Research Program |
SOW |
Statement of Work |
STIPDG |
Summer Transportation Internship Program for Diverse Groups |
Superpave® |
SUperior PERforming Asphalt PAVEment System |
SWAT |
Strategic Work Zone Analysis Tools |
T2 |
Technology Transfer |
T&I |
Technology and Innovation |
TEA-21 |
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century |
TFAP |
Technology Facilitation Action Plan |
TFHRC |
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center |
TIG |
AASHTO Technology Implementation Group |
TMC |
Transportation Management Center |
TNM |
Traffic Noise Model |
TRB |
Transportation Research Board |
TReL |
Traffic Research Laboratory |
TPF |
Transportation Pooled Fund |
TSIS |
Traffic Software Integrated System |
TT |
Technology Talks newsletter |
U&GP |
Universities and Grants Program |
UHPC |
Ultra-high performance concrete |
USCG |
United States Coast Guard |
USDOT |
United States Department of Transportation |
USLIMITS |
Preliminary Expert System for Speed Zoning |
UTC |
University Transportation Center |
Web-NBI |
Web-based National Bridge Inventory system |
WIM |
Weigh-in-motion |