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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ABS Anti-Lock Brake System AC Air Conditioning ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APC Automatic Passenger Counter APTA American Public Transportation Association ATA American Trucking Association AVL Automatic Vehicle Location BEMC Bus Equipment and Maintenance Committee (of APTA) CAA Clean Air Act CD Compact Disc CDC Centers for Disease Control CDL Commercial Driverâs License CFR Code of Federal Regulations CNG Compressed Natural Gas COMPS Catalog of Member Products and Services (available through APTA) CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CWA Clean Water Act DC Direct Current DMV Department of Motor Vehicles DOT Department of Transportation DVD Digital Video Disk EPA Environmental Protection Agency FMVSS Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards FTA Federal Transit Administration HVAC Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning IE Industrial Engineering ITS Intelligent Transportation System MIS Maintenance Information System MS Microsoft MSDS Materials Safety Data Sheet MTA Mass Transit Administration NFPA National Fire Protection Association NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (part of CDC) 102 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NRC National Research Council (parent of TRB) NYCT New York City Transit NYCTA New York City Transit Authority OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Act P2 Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 PC Personal Computer p/in Pixels per inch PM Particulate Matter PMI Preventive Maintenance Inspection PPE Personal Protection Equipment PRTC Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission psi Pounds Per Square Inch RP Recommended Practice R&R Remove and Replace SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SEPTA Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority SOP Standard Operating Procedure SRT Standard Repair Time TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program TMC Truck Maintenance Council (of the ATA) TRB Transportation Research Board TRIS Transportation Research Information Services (a TRB database) UBC Uniform Building Code UPS United Parcel Service USDOT United States Department of Transportation USPTO United States Patent and Trademark Office UST Underground Storage Tank VDC Volts Direct Current VOCs Volatile Organic Compounds VOM Volt/Ohm/Milliammeter
