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68 Acronyms AC Alternating Current ANSI American National Standards Institute APTA American Public Transportation Association AREMA American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society of Testing and Materials BSI British Standards Institute CP Cathodic Protection CTA Chicago Transit Authority DC Direct Current DDOT District Department of Transportation ECR Epoxy Coated Rail FHWA Federal Highway Administration GCRTA Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority GPS Global Positioning System HRT Heavy Rail Transit IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IET Institution of Engineering and Technology JRC Joint Rail Conference LA METRO Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority MBTA Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority MD MTA Maryland Transit Administration METRO The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas MTA Metropolitan Transit Authority NACE National Association of Corrosion Engineers NASEM National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine NCTRDP National Cooperative Transit Research and Development Program NY MTA New York Metropolitan Transit Authority NYCT New York City Transit OCS Overhead Catenary System QC Quality Control ROW Right-of-Way SC Stray Current SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCC Stray Current Control SEPTA Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority STD Standard TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program
Acronyms 69 TF Track Feet TPS Traction Power Substation TTC Transportation Technology Center TA Utah Transit Authority UTA TRAX Utah Transit Authority Transit Express WMATA Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
