Transportation Acronyms

A

AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

AB Assembly Bill

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

ADT Average Daily Traffic

ALUC Airport Land Use Commission

AMPO Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations

APTA American Public Transit Association

AQMP Air Quality Maintenance Plan

ARB Air Resource Board

ATP Active Transportation Plan

AVO Average Vehicle Occupancy

AWP Annual Work Program

 

B

BIL Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

BLA Bicycle Lane Account

BRT Bus Rapid Transit

BTA Bicycle Transportation Account

 

C

CAA Clean Air Act

CAAA Clean Air Act Amendment of 1990

CALCOG California Association of Councils of Governments

CALTRANS California Department of Transportation

CALUP Comprehensive Airport Land Use Plan

CAPTI Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure

CAPMC Community Action Partnership of Madera County

CARB California Air Resource Board

CATX Chowchilla Area Transit Express

CBO Community-Based Organization

CCAA California Clean Air Act 1988

CEQA California Air Environmental Quality Act

CFPG California Federal Programming Group

CHP California Highway Patrol

CIP Capital Improvement Plan

CMA Congestion Management Agency

CMAQ Congestion Mitigation Air Quality

CMP Congestion Management Program

CNG Compressed Natural Gas

CO SIP Carbon Monoxide State Implementation Plan

COG Council of Governments

CSMP Congestion System Management Plan

CTA California Transit Association

CTC California Transportation Commission

CTSA Consolidated Transportation Services Agency

 

D

DBE Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

DOA Division of Aeronautics

DOT Department of Transportation

 

E

EIR  Environmental Impact Report

EIS Environmental Impact Statement

EMC Eastern Madera County

EMFAC Emissions Factors (model)

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EPSP Expedited Project Selection Procedures

 

F

FAA Federal Aviation Administration

FAST ACT Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act

FCAA Federal Clean Air Act

FCMA Fresno-Clovis Metropolitan Area

FHWA Federal Highway Administration

FSP Freeway Service Patrol

FTA Federal Transit Administration

FTIP Federal Transportation Improvement Program

 

G

GHG Greenhouse Gas

GIS Geographic Information System

 

H

HOT High Occupancy Toll

HOV High Occupancy Vehicle

HPMS Highway Performance Monitoring System

HSIP Highway Safety Improvement Program

HSRA High Speed Rail Authority

 

I

IIJA Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

IIP Interregional Improvement Plan

IPG Intermodal Planning Group

IPR Initial Project Reports

IRRS Interregional Road System

ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

ITIP Interregional Transportation Improvement Program

ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems

 

J

JARC Job Access Reverse Commute

 

L

LAFCo Local Agency Formation Commission

LNG Liquefied Natural Gas

LOS Level of Service

LRT Light Rail Transit

LRTP Long Range Transit Plan

LTC Local Transportation Commission

LTF Local Transportation Fund

 

M

MAP 21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century

MAX Madera Area Express

MCTC Madera County Transportation Commission

MicroDTM Direct Travel Model (PC Version)

MINUTP Traffic Simulation Model

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization

 

N

NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NARC National Association of Regional Councils

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act

NHS National Highway System

 

O

OPB Operations Program and Budget

OWP Overall Work Program

 

P

PAC Policy Advisory Committee

PDT Project Development Team

PID Project Initiation Document

PM-10 Particulate Matter (10 microns or less)

PM-2.5 Particulate Matter (2.5 microns or less)

PMS Pavement Management System

PPP Public Participation Plan

PSR Project Study Report

 

R

REAP Regional Early Action Planning

REMOVE II Reduced Motor Vehicles Emissions Program

RIP Regional Improvement Program

ROG Reactive Organic Gases

RPA Regional Planning Agency

RTIP Regional Transportation Improvement Program

RTP Regional Transportation Plan

RTPA Regional Transportation Planning Agency

 

S

SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users

SB Senate Bill

SCS Sustainable Communities Strategy

SHOPP State Highway Operation and Protection Program

SIP State Implementation Plan

SJVTPA San Joaquin Valley Transportation Planning Agencies

SJVUAPCD San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District

SMSA Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area

SOV Single Occupancy Vehicle

SRTDP Short Range Transit Development Plan

SSTAC Social Service Transportation Advisory Council

STA State Transit Assistance

STIP State Transportation Improvement Program

STP Surface Transportation Program

 

T

TAB Transit Advisory Board

TAC Technical Advisory Committee

TAZ Traffic Analysis Zones

TCI Transit Capital Improvement

TCM Traffic Control Measures

TCR Transportation Concept Report

TDA Transportation Development Act

TDM Transportation Demand Management

TDP Transit Development Plan

TEA Transit Enhancement Activities

TIF Transportation Impact Fee

TIP Transportation Improvement Program

TMA Transportation Management Area

TOD Transit Oriented Development

TSME Transportation Systems Management Element

 

V

VMT Vehicle Miles Traveled

VW GIS Valley-Wide Geographic Information System

 

Y

YARTS Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System

YATI Yosemite Area Transportation Information