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55 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ADAAG Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines AMT Agence métropolitaine de transport APTMS Advanced Public Transport Management System AVL Automated vehicle location BART Bay Area Rapid Transit BRT Bus Rapid Transit CAD Computer-aided Dispatch CARTA Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority CCTV Closed-circuit television CFR Code of Federal Regulations CMS Changeable Message Sign CTA Chicago Transit Authority DMS Dynamic message sign EPD Electronic paper display GB Great Britain GPS Global Positioning System GTFS General Transit Feed Specification HTML Hypertext Markup Language HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol IT Information technology ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems ITSA Intelligent Transportation Society of America IVR Interactive Voice Response JSON JavaScript Object Notation KCATA Kansas City Area Transportation Authority LA Local authority

56 LCD Liquid crystal display LED Light-emitting diode LIRR Long Island Rail Road MAAB Massachusetts Architectural Access Board MassDOT Massachusetts Department of Transportation MBTA Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority MDT Mobile data terminal MTA Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York City) NYCT New York City Transit NTCIP National Transportation Communications for ITS Protocol OIS Operational Information System OS Operating systems PID Passenger Information Display RATP Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens REST Representational State Transfer RFID Radio Frequency Identification RIAS Remote Infrared Audible Signage RTC Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County RTIG Real Time Information Group RTPI Real-time Passenger Information RTTI Real Time Traffic and Travel Information SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SIRI Service Interface for Real Time Information SMS Short Message Service SNCB National Railway Company of Belgium SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol STAR Service des Transport en commun de l’Agglomération Rennaise STL Société de transport de Laval

57 TCIP Transit Communications Interface Profiles TfL Transport for London TFT Thin film transistor TOC Train operating companies TriMet Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon TRIS Transportation Research Information Services TxC TransXChange U.K. United Kingdom WAP Wireless Application Protocol WMATA Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority XML Extensible Markup Language

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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 104: Use of Electronic Passenger Information Signage in Transit documents U.S. and international use of electronic passenger information signage in terms of the underlying technology, sign technology, characteristics of the information, resources required, and decision processes used to determine its use.

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