| 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 |