The following abbreviations are used in this document; this list is provided for quick reference.
AASHTO |
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
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ACS |
Adaptive Control Software |
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ADSC |
Association of Drilled Shaft Contractors |
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AHS |
Japanese Automated Highway System |
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APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum |
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ASCE |
American Society of Civil Engineers |
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ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
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CLAIRE |
Expert decision software for real-time traffic management developed in France |
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CMP |
Corporate
Master Plan |
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COMET |
Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training |
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COTR |
Contracting Officer's Technical Representative |
CPTP |
Concrete Pavement Technology Program |
CRG |
Communications Reference Guide |
DDETFP |
Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program |
DGIT |
Design Guide Implementation Team |
DHM |
Digital Highway Measurement |
DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
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DOD |
Department of Defense |
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 |
ECMT |
European Conference of Ministers of Transport |
ETG |
Expert Task Group |
EU |
European Union |
FEHRL |
European Federation of Highway Research Labs |
FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
FLETC |
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center |
FOIL |
Federal Outdoor Impact Lab |
FRP |
Fiber-Reinforced Polymer |
FTA |
Federal Transit Administration |
FY |
Fiscal Year |
GIS-T |
Geographic Information Systems Decisionmaking Software |
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GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GSA |
General Services Administration |
GSOS |
GPS Surface Observation System |
HA-NDGPS |
High-Accuracy Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System |
HDS |
Highway Driving Simulator |
HERMES |
A Bridge Inspection Trailer Unit |
HIPERPAV |
High-Performance Paving Software |
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 Office of Program Development and Evaluation |
HRRM |
FHWA Office of Resource Management |
HRTS |
FHWA Office of Research and Technology Services |
HSIS |
Highway Safety Information Systems |
IDEA |
Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis |
IDP |
Individual Development Plans |
IPRF |
Innovative Pavement Research Foundation |
IHSDM |
Interactive Highway Safety Design Model |
INRETS |
French Ministry of Transportation |
IT |
Information Technology |
ITE |
Institute for Transportation Engineers |
ITS |
Intelligent Transportation Systems |
IVI |
Intelligent Vehicle Initiative |
JPO |
Joint Program Office |
JTRC |
Joint Transport Research Centre |
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 |
MIHE |
Minority Institutes of Higher Education |
MOLIT |
Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport |
MPO |
Metropolitan Planning Organization |
MUTCD |
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices |
NCHRP |
National Cooperative Highway Research Program |
NCBC |
National Concrete Bridge Council |
NCPC |
National Capital Planning Commission |
NDGPS |
Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System |
NGSIM |
Next Generation Simulation |
NHI |
National Highway Institute |
NHTSA |
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
NPA |
Japanese National Police Agency |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NSTI |
National Summer Transportation Institutes |
NTCIP |
National Transportation Communication for ITS Protocol |
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OECD/RTR |
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development Road and Transport Research Program |
OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
OST |
Office of the Secretary of Transportation |
PBCAT |
Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool |
PCC |
Portland Cement Concrete |
PCCP |
Portland Cement Concrete Pavement |
PDP |
Professional Development Program |
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PIARC |
World Road Association |
PIH |
Pan American Institute of Highways |
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 |
RITA |
Research and Innovative Technology Administration |
RPC |
Reactive Powder Concrete |
RSPA |
Research and Special Programs Administration |
RTR |
Road Transport Research |
RWIS |
Road Weather Information System |
SAFETEA |
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2003 |
SBIR |
Small Business Innovation Research |
SCC |
Self-consolidating concrete |
SCOR |
AASHTO Standing Committee on Research |
SHRP |
Strategic Highway Research Program |
SOW |
Statement of Work |
STIPDG |
Summer Transportation Internship Program for Diverse Groups |
Superpave® |
Superior 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 |
TELUS |
Transportation, Economics, and Land Use System |
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 |
TRB RTCC |
Transportation Research Board Research and Technology Coordinating Committee |
TReL |
Traffic Research Lab |
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 |
USDOT RTCC |
United States Department of Transportation Research and Technology Coordinating Committee |
USLIMITS |
Preliminary Expert System for Speed Zoning |
UTC |
University Transportation Center |
UTMS |
Universal Traffic Management Society |
WIM |
Weigh-In-Motion |
