| AADT | Average Annual Daily Traffic |
| AADTT | Average Annual Daily Truck Traffic |
| AASHTO | American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials |
| BNSF | Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad |
| CMSA | Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| CN | Canadian National Railway |
| CPR | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| CSX | CSX Transportation |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| DWCPA | Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority |
| FAF | Freight Analysis Framework |
| FARS | Fatality Analysis Reporting System |
| FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
| FMCSA | Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
| FRA | Federal Railway Administration |
| FTZ | Foreign Trade Zones |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GTC | Grand Trunk Corporation |
| GVW | Gross Vehicle Weight |
| HM | Hazardous Materials |
| HPMS | Highway Performance Monitoring System |
| ISS | Interline Settlement System |
| ITS | Intelligent Transportation System |
| KCSR | Kansas City Southern Railway Company |
| MCMIS | Motor Carrier Management Information System |
| MGT | Million Gross Tons |
| MPO | Metropolitan Planning Organization |
| MRUTC | Midwest Regional University Transportation Center |
| MSA | Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NHPN | National Highway Planning Network |
| NHS | National Highway System |
| NHTS | National Household Transportation Survey |
| NHTSA | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| NS | Norfolk Southern |
| ODOT | Ohio Department of Transportation |
| OS | Oversize |
| OW | Overweight |
| PANYNJ | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| PIDN | Port Inland Distribution Network |
| SMA | Strategic Multimodal Analysis |
| SOO | Soo Line Railroad Company |
| TEU | Twenty-foot Equivalent Units |
| TOPS | Thruway Oversize Permitting System |
| TSW | Truck Size and Weight |
| UPR | Union Pacific Railroad |
| U.S. DOT | United States Department of Transportation |
| VMT | Vehicle Miles Traveled |
