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72 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations ACD Automated Call Distribution APC Automatic Passenger Counter ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act AVL Automatic Vehicle Location BRT Bus Rapid Transit CAD Computer-Aided Dispatch CalTrans California Department of Transportation CAP Climate Action Plan (San Francisco) CATA Capital Area Transportation Authority (Lansing, MI) CATS Charlotte Area Transit System CCTA Chittenden County Transportation Authority (Burlington, VT) CEO Chief Executive Officer CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTIB Counties Transit Improvement Board C-U MTD Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District DIA Denver International Airport DOT Department Of Transportation ERH Emergency Ride Home ERP Enterprise Resource Planning FFGA Full Funding Grant Agreement FIT Feed-In Tariff GEARS Grant Evaluation and Ranking System GHG Greenhouse Gas GMTA Green Mountain Transit Agency GVRD Greater Vancouver Regional District HOV High-Occupancy Vehicle IVR Integrated Voice Response LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design MDT Mobile Data Terminal MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization MSU Michigan State University MTA Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York, NY) MTC Metropolitan Transit Commission MTDB San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board MTS Metropolitan Transit System (San Diego, CA) MTS Metropolitan Transportation Services (Minnesota) Muni San Francisco Municipal Railway
73 MVST Motor Vehicle Sales Tax NSDCTDB North San Diego County Transit Development Board NSTIFC National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission PTC Philadelphia Transportation Company PTD Public Transportation Division (Washington State) RCT Rural Community Transportation RITA Regional Infrastructure and Transportation Agency RRA Regional Railroad Authorities RTB Regional Transit Board RTD Regional Transportation District (Denver, CO) SANDAG San Diego Association of Governments SDTC San Diego Transit Corporation SDTI San Diego Trolley, Inc. SEPTA Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority SFMTA San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency SOV Single-Occupant Vehicle STIP State Transportation Improvement Program TAB Transportation Advisory Board TDM Transportation Demand Management TIP Transportation Improvement Program TMOC Transit Management of Charlotte TPP Transportation Policy Plan UTA Utah Transit Authority VTrans Vermont Agency of Transportation WSDOT Washington State Department of Transportation WUTC Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission YAC Youth Advisory Council
Abbreviations and acronyms used without definitions in TRB publications: AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACIâNA Airports Council InternationalâNorth America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASAO National Association of State Aviation Officials NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NTSB National Transportation Safety Board PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005) TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998) TRB Transportation Research Board TSA Transportation Security Administration U.S.DOT United States Department of Transportation
