APPENDIX:  ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

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AAA                American Automobile Association

AAR                Association of American Railroads

AASHTO        American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials 

ADA                Americans with Disabilities Act

ART                Arlington Transit System

ARTS              Automated Routing Transportation System (WMATA’s customer service database)

APTA              American Public Transportation Association

AQPAC          Air Quality Public Advisory Committee

AVI                  Automated Vehicle Identification

BATA              Ballston/Rosslyn Area Transportation Association

CAAA             Clean Air Act Amendment

CAC               Citizens Advisory Committee

CIP                  Capital Improvement Program

CLRP             Constrained Long Range Plan

CMAQ            Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement Program

CO                  Carbon Monoxide

CTB                Commonwealth Transportation Board

CUE                CUE Bus (City of Fairfax)

DASH             Alexandria Transit Company

DATA             Dulles Area Transportation Association

DRM               Division of Risk Management

EPA                Environmental Protection Agency

FAMPO          Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization

FHWA            Federal Highway Administration

FRA                Federal Railroad Administration

FTA                 Federal Transit Administration

GIS                  Geographic Information System

GMU               George Mason University

GPS                Global Positioning Satellite System

GRH                Guaranteed Ride Home

GSA                General Services Administration

HJR                 House Joint Resolution

HMOF             Highway Maintenance and Operations Fund

HOT Lanes      HOV-Free/Toll Other

HOV                High Occupancy Vehicle

HUD                Department of Housing and Urban Development

IRS                  Internal Revenue Service

ISTEA             Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

ITS                  Intelligent Transportation Systems

LOV                Low Occupancy Vehicle

MARC            Maryland Rail Commuter Service

 

 

MDOT             Maryland Department of Transportation

MIS                 Major Investment Study

MOU               Memorandum of Understanding

MPO               Metropolitan Planning Organization

MSA               Metropolitan Statistical Area

MTA                Mass Transit Administration of Maryland

MWAA            Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

MWAQC        Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee

MWCOG        Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

NHS                National Highway System

NOx                 Nitrogen Oxide

NPS                National Park Service

NTD                National Transit Database (Formerly Section 15 Data)

NVRC             Northern Virginia Regional Commission (formerly NVPDC)

NVTC             Northern Virginia Transportation Commission O3 Ozone

PRTC             Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission

RADCO          Rappahannock Area Development Commission

RFP                Request for Proposals

RSTP              Regional Surface Transportation Program

SCC               State Corporation Commission                 

SIP                  State Implementation Plan

SJR                 Senate Joint Resolution

SOV                Single Occupant Vehicle

STARS           Surface Transportation Authority & Regulatory Act

STIP                Statewide Transportation Improvement Program

STP                Surface Transportation Program

TAGS             Transportation Association of Greater Springfield

TCC                Transportation Coordinating Council

TEIF                Transportation Efficiency Improvement Program

TERM             Transportation Emissions Reduction Measure

TIP                  Transportation Improvement Program

TLC                 Transit Link Pass between MARC, Metro and VRE

TMA                Transportation Management Association

TPB                  Transportation Planning Board of the National Capital Region

TRB                  Transportation Research Board

TRDI               Transit Ridesharing Development Initiative

TRIP                Train Information Provider

TRIP II             Toll Road Investors

TSCP               Transportation Service Coordination Plan

TTF                 Transportation Trust Fund

 

TYTRAN         Tysons Transportation Association

USDOT          U.S. Department of Transportation

UVA/VA         University of Virginia/Virginia Tech.

VACO             Virginia Association of Counties

VDRPT           Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation

VDOT             Virginia Department of Transportation

VML                Virginia Municipal League

VOCs             Volatile Organic Compounds

VPSI               Van Pool Services, Inc.

VRE                Virginia Railway Express

VTA                Virginia Transit Association

WABA             Washington Area Bicyclist Association

WATF             Washington Airports Task Force

WMATA         Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

WMTIS           Washington Metropolitan Traveler Information Service

WSTC             Washington Suburban Transit Commission

 

 Single-Occupancy Vehicle (SOV):  An auto or auto-like vehicle carrying exactly one person (the driver).

 Vanpool:  A passenger (window) van with one seat for the driver and 14 seats for passengers, generally referred to as a 15-seat van.

 High-Occupancy Vehicle Lane (HOV Lane):  A travel lane only open to vehicles carrying the requisite number of passengers; i.e., An HOV-3 lane requires an occupancy of three or more persons, an HOV-2 lane requires an      occupancy of two persons.

 Conventional Lane: A travel lane open to all vehicles regardless of occupancy