3C

continuous, comprehensive, cooperative [planning process]

A&F

administration and finance

AACT

Access Advisory Committee to the MBTA

ABP

Accelerated Bridge Program

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

ADT

average daily traffic

AFC

automated fare collection

AMPO

Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations

APC

automatic passenger counter

APTA

American Public Transportation Association

ARAN

automatic road analyzer

ARRA

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

ASL

American sign language

ATR

automatic traffic recorder

AVL

automatic vehicle location

AWDT

average weekday daily traffic

BCIL

Boston Center for Independent Living

BRA

Boston Redevelopment Authority

BRT

bus rapid transit

BTD

Boston Transportation Department

CA/T

Central Artery/Tunnel [project]

CAA

Clean Air Act of 1970

CAAA

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

CATA

Cape Ann Transportation Authority

CBD

central business district

CFR

Code of Federal Regulation

CHSTP

Coordinated Public Transit Human Services Transportation Plan

CIC

Community Innovation Challenge

CIP

Capital Investment Program

CMAQ

Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality

CMP

Congestion Management Process

CNG

compressed natural gas

CO

carbon monoxide

CO₂

carbon dioxide

CTPS

Central Transportation Planning Staff [to the Boston Region MPO]

CTTAP

Community Transportation Technical Assistance Program

DBMS

Database Management System

DCAMM

Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance

DCR

Department of Conservation and Recreation

DEIR

draft environmental impact report [MA]

DEIS

draft environmental impact statement [federal]

DEP

Department of Environmental Protection [MA]

DMU

diesel multiple unit

DTA

dynamic traffic assignment

EERPAT

Energy and Emissions Reduction Policy Analysis Tool

EIR

environmental impact report [MA]

EIS

environmental impact statement [federal]

EJ

environmental justice

EOEEA

Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs [MA]

EOHED

Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development [MA]

EOHHS

Executive Office of Health and Human Services [MA]

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency [federal]

EPDO

equivalent property damage only [index]

ETC

electronic toll collection

FDR

functional design report

FEIR

final environmental impact report [MA]

FEIR

final environmental impact statement [federal]

FFGA

full funding grant agreement

FFY, FFYs

federal fiscal year, federal fiscal years

FHEA

Fair Housing Equity Assessment

FHWA

Federal Highway Administration

FONSI

finding of no significant impact

FTA

Federal Transit Administration

GANS

grant anticipation notes [municipal bond financing]

GHG

greenhouse gas [as in greenhouse gas emissions]

GIS

geographic information system

GLX

Green Line Extension [Green Line Extension project]

GPS

global positioning system

GWI

global warming index

GWSA

Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008 [MA]

HOV

high-occupancy vehicle

HPP

high-priority projects

HSIP

Highway Safety Improvement Program

HTC

Healthy Transportation Compact

ICC

Inner Core Committee [MAPC subregion]

IMS

intermodal management system

INVEST

Infrastructure Voluntary Evaluation Sustainability Tool [FHWA]

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

ISTEA

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act [federal]

IT&S

Information Technology and Systems [CTPS group]

ITDP

Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

ITE

Institute of Transportation Engineers

ITS

intelligent transportation systems

JARC

Job Access and Reverse Commute [program]

LAP

language access plan

LCW

Livable Community Workshop

LEP

limited English proficiency

LNG

liquefied natural gas

LOS

level of service

LRTA

Lowell Regional Transit Authority

LRTP

Long-Range Transportation Plan

MAGIC

Minuteman Advisory Group on Interlocal Coordination

MAP-21

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act [federal]

MAPC

Metropolitan Area Planning Council

MARPA

Massachusetts Association of Regional Planning Agencies

MassDOT

Massachusetts Department of Transportation

MassGIS

Massachusetts Office of Geographic Information

Massport

Massachusetts Port Authority

MassRIDES

MassDOT’s statewide travel options program

MBCR

Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad

MBTA

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

MCAD

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination

MEMA

Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency

MEPA

Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act

MGL

Massachusetts general laws

MHS

metropolitan highway system

MAGIC

Minuteman Advisory Group on Interlocal Coordination [MAPC subregion]

MOU

memorandum of understanding

MOVES

Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator [EPA]

MPO

metropolitan planning organization [Boston Region MPO]

MPOinfo

Boston Region MPO’s email contact list

MWGMC

MetroWest Growth Management Committee

MWRC

MetroWest Regional Collaborative [MAPC subregion]

MWRTA

MetroWest Regional Transit Authority

NAAQS

National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NBPD

National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act

NHPP

National Highway Performance Program

NMHC

non-methane hydrocarbons

NSTF

North Shore Task Force [MAPC subregion]

NSPC

North Suburban Planning Council [MAPC subregion]

NO_x

nitrogen oxides

NTD

National Transit Database

NTP

notice to proceed

O&M

operations and management

ODCR

Office of Diversity and Civil Rights [MassDOT]

OE

operating expenses

OTA

Office for Transportation Access [MBTA]

OTP

Office of Transportation Planning [MassDOT]

P3 [1]

Public Participation Plan

P3 [2]

public private partnership

PBPP

performance-based planning and programming

PDM

Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program [federal]

PEV

pedestrian environmental variable

PL

public law [PL] funds, or metropolitan planning funds [FHWA]

PM_2.5

particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers in size

PM₁₀

particulate matter up to 10 micrometers in size

PMT

Program for Mass Transportation [MBTA]

ppm

parts per million

PSA

Project Selection Advisory Council

RCCs

Regional Coordinating Councils

RIF

roadway inventory file

RMV

Registry of Motor Vehicles

ROC

Rider Oversight Committee [MBTA]

ROW

right-of-way

RPA

regional planning agency

RSA

Roadway Safety Audit [FHWA]

RSS

rich site summary [Web, feed]

RTA

regional transit authority

RTAC

Regional Transportation Advisory Council [Advisory Council]

RTC

Regional Transportation Center

SAFE

service and fare equity [analysis]

SAFETEA-LU

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act−A Legacy for Users

SCCCT

Statewide Coordinating Council on Community Transportation

SCI

sustainable communities initiative

SDO

supplier diversity office

SFY

state fiscal year

SGR

state-of-good repair

SHRP

Strategic Highway Research Program

SHSP

Strategic Highway Safety Plan

SIP

State Implementation Plan

SNAC

special needs advisory committee

SNLA

Small Necessities Leave Act

SORE

statement of revenue and expenses

SOV

single-occupancy vehicle

SPR

Statewide Planning and Research

SRTS

Safe Routes to School

STB

State Transportation Building [Boston]

STIP

State Transportation Improvement Program

STP

Surface Transportation Program

SWAP

South West Advisory Committee [MAPC subregion]

TAM

transit asset management

TAP

Transportation Alternatives Program

TAZ

transportation analysis zone

TCMs

transportation control measures

TCRP

Transit Cooperative Research Program

TDM

travel-demand management, or transportation-demand management

TE

transportation equity

TEAMS

Travel Efficiency Assessment Method

TEA-21

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century [federal]

TIGER

Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery [TIGER Discretionary Grant program, federal]

TIGGER

Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction [FTA grant program]

TIP

Transportation Improvement Program [MPO]

Title VI

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

TMA [1]

transportation management area [FTA, FHWA]

TMA [2]

Transportation Management Association

TMC

turning movement counts

TOD

transit-oriented development

TRB

Transportation Research Board

TREDIS

Transportation Economic Development Impact System [software]

TRIC

Three Rivers Interlocal Council [MAPC subregion]

TSIMS

Transportation Safety Information Management System

TSM

transportation systems management [FHWA]

UFP

ultrafine particles

UPWP

Unified Planning Work Program

US

The United States of America

USDOT

United States Department of Transportation

USGS

US Geological Survey

UZA

urbanized area

V/C

volume-to-capacity ratio

VHT

vehicle-hours traveled

VMS

variable message signs

VMT

vehicle-miles traveled

VOCs

volatile organic compounds [pollutants]

VRH

vehicle revenue-hours

VRM

vehicle revenue-miles

WalkBoston

pedestrian advocacy group [Boston area]

WAT

walk-access transit

WMM

weMove Massachusetts [MassDOT long-range transportation plan]

WTS

Women in Transportation Seminar

YMM

youMove Massachusetts [MassDOT planning initiative]