Most Useful Abbreviation in Transportation Engineering

 

Most Useful Abbreviation in Transportation Engineering:

Ø  AASHTO-American Association of State

Ø  Highway and Transportation Officials.

Ø  AASHO-Former name of AASHTO

Ø  DOR-Department of Roads

Ø  ABS-Antilock Braking System

Ø  AC-Asphalt Concrete

Ø  ACC-Adaptive Cruise Control

Ø  ACI-Automatic Cargo Identification

Ø  ACI-American Concrete Institute

Ø  ADL-Average Daily Load

Ø  ADT-Average Daily Traffic

Ø  ADTT-Average Daily Truck Traffic

Ø  ATR-Automated Traffic Recorder

Ø  AVC-Automatic Vehicle Classification

Ø  AVCG-Advanced Vehicle Control/Guidance

Ø  AVCS-Advanced Vehicle Control Systems

Ø  AVI-Automatic Vehicle Identification

Ø  AVL-Automatic Vehicle Location

Ø  AVMT-Annual VMT

Ø  AVO-Average Vehicle Occupancy

Ø  BMS-Bridge Management System

Ø  CDL-Commercial Driver's License

Ø  CL-Car load

Ø  CLC-Concentrated Load Capacity

Ø  CMV-Commercial Motor Vehicle

Ø  CNG-Compressed Natural Gas

Ø  CTIPS-Comprehensive Transportation Information and Planning System

Ø  CTS-Commodity Transportation Survey

Ø  CVIS-Commercial Vehicle Information System

Ø  CVO-Commercial Vehicle Operations

Ø  DEAL-Design Equivalent Axle Load

Ø  DESAL-Design Equivalent Single Axle Load

Ø  DHV-Design Hour Volume = K * ADT

Ø  DIM-Dimension In Motion

Ø  DL-Driver Licensing

Ø  DVKT-Daily Vehicle-Kilometres of Travel

Ø  DVMT-Daily VMT

Ø  EAL-Equivalent Axle Load

Ø  EWL-Equivalent Wheel Load

Ø  FHWA-Federal Highway Administration

Ø  GCP-Ground Control Point

Ø  GCW-Gross Combination Weight

Ø  GIS-Geographic Information System

Ø  GOE-General Operating Expenses

Ø  GPS-General Pavement Studies

Ø  GPS-Global Positioning System

Ø  GRF-Grants for Research Fellowships

Ø  GRS-Grid Reference System

Ø  GVW-Gross Vehicle Weight

Ø  HF-Highway Finance

Ø  HIAP-Highway Investment Analysis Package

Ø  HM-Hazardous Materials

Ø  HOV-High Occupancy Vehicle

Ø  HP&R-Highway Planning and Research

Ø  HPA-High Priority Area

Ø  HPMS-Highway Performance Monitoring System

Ø  HPR-Highway Planning and Research

Ø  HSIS-Highway Safety Information System

Ø  HSP-High Speed Photographs

Ø  HSWIM-High Speed WIM

Ø  HV-Heavy Vehicle

Ø  HVM-Heavy Vehicle Management

Ø  I&M-Inspection and Maintenance

Ø  IFME-International Federation of Municipal Engineers

Ø  IPWF-International Public Works Federation

Ø  IRF-International Road Federation

Ø  ISWIM-Intermediate Speed WIM

Ø  IVHS-Intelligent Vehicle-Highway System

Ø  IVS-In-Vehicle Signing

Ø  JIT-Just-In-Time

Ø  KIP (S)-Kilo pound(s)

Ø  KMPT-Kilo meter point

Ø  KRA-Kingpin-to-rear axle

Ø  L&D-Loss and Damage

Ø  LCL-Less-than-carload

Ø  LCS-Lane Control Signal

Ø  LEF-Load Equivalency Factor

Ø  LPG-Liquefied Petroleum Gas

Ø  LRT-Light Rail Transit

Ø  LSF-Load Safety Factor

Ø  LSWIM-Low Speed WIM (< 10 mph)

Ø  LT-Left Turn

Ø  LTL-Less Than Truckload

Ø  M85-Methanol 85%, gasoline 15%

Ø  MAWDT-Monthly Average Weekday Traffic

Ø  MAWET-Monthly Average Weekend Traffic

Ø  MIT-Mobile Inspection Trailer

Ø  ML-Mainline

Ø  MOE-Measure of Effectiveness

Ø  MTR-Monthly Traffic Ratio

Ø  MTT-Multi-Trailer Truck

Ø  MWR-Monthly Weight Ratio

Ø  MY-Model Year

Ø  NDR-National Drivers Register

Ø  NDT-Non-Destructive Testing

Ø  NEMA-National Electrical Manufacturers Association

Ø  NEPA-National Environmental Policy Act

Ø  NGA-National Governors' Association

Ø  NGRS-National Geodetic Reference System

Ø  NGV-Natural Gas Vehicle

Ø  NHI-National Highway Institute

Ø  NOx-Nitrogen Oxides

Ø  NTDB-National Traffic DataBase

Ø  NTP-National Transportation Policy

Ø  NTS-National Travel Survey

Ø  NVF-New Vehicle Fleet

Ø  O/D-Origin/Destination

Ø  OBC-On Board Computer

Ø  OFE-Other Freeway and Expressway

Ø  P-Terminal Serviceability

Ø  P&R-Planning and Research

Ø  PAR-Police Accident Report

Ø  PAS-Principal Arterial System

Ø  PC-Passenger Car

Ø  PCA-Portland Cement Association.

Ø  PCI-Pavement Condition Index

Ø  PCR-Pavement Condition Rating

Ø  PHF-Peak Hour Factor

Ø  PI-Principal Investigator

Ø  PIERS-Port Import/Export Report Service

Ø  PMS-Pavement Management System

Ø  PRM-Proposed Rulemaking

Ø  PSR-Pavement Serviceability Rating

Ø  PWIM-Portable WIM

Ø  Pt-Terminal Serviceability index -asphalt

Ø  Q-Traffic volume

Ø  RCI-Roadway Congestion Index

Ø  RCU-Roadside Communicator Unit

Ø  RDF-Reliability Design Factor

Ø  RDS-Radio Data System

Ø  ROW-Right of Way

Ø  RT-Right Turn

Ø  RTI-Road Transport Informatics

Ø  RTP-Regional Transportation Plan

Ø  RWIM-Roadway WIM

Ø  SEB-Stateline Entry Beacon

Ø  SEE-Social, Economic, and Environmental factors

Ø  SF-Service Flow Rate

Ø  SFL-Service Flow Rate per Lane

Ø  SMS-Space Mean Speed (harmonic average)

Ø  SN-Structural Number

Ø  SN-Asphalt strength

Ø  SOP-State of the Practice

Ø  SOW-Statement of Work

Ø  SP&R-State Planning and Research

Ø  SPS-Special Pavement Studies

Ø  SRO-Site Specific/Related/Other (SHRP code)

Ø  SSO-Single State Only

Ø  STA-State Transportation Agency

Ø  STH-State Highway

Ø  STP-Surface Transportation Program

Ø  STT-Single Trailer Truck

Ø  SWIM-Slow speed WIM

Ø  T&E-Test and Evaluation

Ø  T-factor-Truck percent in DHV

Ø  T/L-Traffic/Load

Ø  T2-Technology Transfer

Ø  TAC-Transportation Association of Canada

Ø  TAD-Traffic Accident Data

Ø  TAR-Transportation Acquisition Regulation

Ø  TAZ-Traffic Analysis Zone

Ø  TCC-Transportation Computer Centre

Ø  TCDH-Traffic Control Devices Handbook

Ø  TCM-Transportation Control Measures

Ø  TCP-Traffic Control Plan

Ø  TDB-Traffic DataBase 

Ø  TDC-Traffic Data Collection

Ø  TDC-Travel Data Center

Ø  TDM-Transportation Demand Management

Ø  TFT-Tractor Full-Trailer

Ø  THS-Territorial Highway System

Ø  TIA-Traffic Impact Analysis

Ø  TIA-Telecommunications Industries Association

Ø  TIN-Traffic Information Network

Ø  TIP-Trucking Industry Profile

Ø  TL-Truckload

Ø  TMA-Transportation Management Area

Ø  TMC-Traffic Management Center

Ø  TMDS-Traffic Monitoring Data Software

Ø  TMG-Traffic Monitoring Guide

Ø  TMS-Time Mean Speed

Ø  TOD-Time of Day

Ø  TOFC-Trailer-on-flatcar

Ø  TRB-Transportation Research Board

Ø  TRF-Transportation Research Forum

Ø  TRI-Trucking Research Institute (ATA)

Ø  TRIP-The Road Information Program

Ø  TRO-Travel Reduction Ordinance

Ø  TSM-Transportation System Management

Ø  TST-Tractor Semi-Trailer

Ø  TVT-Traffic Volume Trends

Ø  TWC-Two-Way Communication

Ø  TWS-Truck Weight Study

Ø  UA-Urbanized Area

Ø  UBOA-United Bus Owners of America

Ø  USCC-United States Chamber of Commerce

Ø  UTC-Urban Traffic Control

Ø  UTCS-UTC System

Ø  UTPS-Urban Transportation Planning System

Ø  V-Hourly volume, vph or vphpl

Ø  V-Design speed

Ø  V/C-Volume/Capacity

Ø  V/SF-Volume/Service Flow

Ø  VAN-Value Added Network

Ø  VE-Value Engineering

Ø  VHD-Vehicle-hours of delay

Ø  VHT-Vehicle-Hours of Travel

Ø  VIDS-Video Incident Detection System

Ø  VIN-Vehicle Identification Number

Ø  VIP-Video Image Processing

Ø  VKT-Vehicle-Kilometers of Travel

Ø  VM-Vehicle-Miles

Ø  VMS-Variable Message Sign

Ø  VMT-Vehicle-Miles Travelled/of Travel

Ø  VO-Vehicle Occupancy

Ø  VOC-Volatile Organic Compounds

Ø  VPD-Vehicles Per Day

Ø  VPH-Vehicles Per Hour

Ø  VRC-Vehicle/Roadside Communications

Ø  VS-Vehicle Speed

Ø  VSC-Variable Speed Control

Ø  VTC-Volume to Capacity

Ø  WET-Wetland Evaluation Technique

Ø  WS-Weigh Station