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112 ARTBA American Road and Transportation Builders Association ATRI American Transportation Research Institute AVL Automatic vehicle location BCI Building Cost Index BHWY Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index for the highway and street construction industry BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics BPI Bid-Price Index BTU British thermal unit CCI Construction Cost Index CPI Consumer Price Index CVET Commercial Vehicle Excise Tax DOT Department of Transportation DSRC Dedicated short-range communications EHUT Equalized highway use tax EOBR Electronic on-board recorder FAF Freight Analysis Framework GDP Gross domestic product GIS Geographic information system GPS Global positioning system GVW Gross vehicle weight HTF Highway Trust Fund HVUT Heavy Vehicle Use Tax IFTA International Fuel Tax Agreement ITMS Inland Marine Transportation Systems IRP International Registration Plan IRS Internal Revenue Service ITC Investment tax credit LPR License plate recognition LTL Less-than-truckload LUST Leaking Underground Storage Tank MBUF Mileage-based user fee MCI Materials Cost Index NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NHCCI National Highway Construction Cost Index NPV Net present value OBD On-board diagnostics OBU On-board unit Acronyms
113 OCR Optical character recognition ODOT Oregon Department of Transportation OEM Original equipment manufacturer PCE Passenger car equivalent PIN Personal identification number PPI Producer Price Index PPP Public-private partnership PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers RFID Radio frequency identification TDM Transportation demand management (or travel demand management) TRUE Truck Road Use Electronics UCR Unified Carrier Registration UCRP Unified Carrier Registration Plan VIN Vehicle identification number VIUS Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey VMT Vehicle miles traveled
