Transportation Finance: Meeting the Funding Challenge Today, Shaping Policies for Tomorrow (2005)

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8 5 Acronyms 9/11 September 11, 2001 AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials AFSCME American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees AGC Associated General Contractors of America APTA American Public Transportation Association ARTBA American Road and Transportation Builders Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers BWI Baltimore/Washington International Airport CPI Consumer Price Index CRM construction and resource management DDOT Delaware Department of Transportation DOT state department of transportation (or Department of Transportation if preceded by a state name) EPW Environment and Public Works Committee FHWA Federal Highway Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration GARVEE Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle IRS Internal Revenue Service ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act ITS intelligent transportation system MassHighway Massachusetts Highway Department MBTA Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority MDOT Michigan Department of Transportation MEGA Maximum Economic Growth for Trust Act America Through the Highway Trust Fund MIC Miami Intermodal Center MPO metropolitan planning organization NAS National Academy of Sciences NASTO Northeast Association of State Transportation Officials NRC National Research Council PPTA Public–Private Transportation Act PWF Public Works Financing (newsletter) RABA revenue-aligned budget authority ReTRAC Reno Transportation Rail Access Corridor RIDOT Rhode Island Department of Transportation SES Senior Executive Service SIB state infrastructure bank SPCA stability, predictability, continuity, acceptability STIP State Transportation Improvement Program TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century TFC Transportation Finance Corporation TIFIA Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act TIMED Transportation Improvement Model for Economic Development UIC University of Illinois at Chicago USDOT United States Department of Transportation VMS variable message sign VMT vehicle miles traveled