Acronyms

All the Acronyms you ever wanted to know, and then some.
Red = Deemed to be particularly common in Caltrans Local Assistance
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Acronyms have become an increasingly prevalent part of western culture. The use of acronyms in almost all occupations operates as both a communications shorthand, and a way of separating the novices from the knowledgeable. Many acronyms, if used in a document in a word processor, will be set upon by the spell check, the red squiggly underline quickly pointing out the invader like antibodies attacking a bacteria. Sometimes an acronym is so powerful; it bursts out into general use in society. But usually, you will need a separate dictionary as an aid in comprehension for the uninitiated to most professions.
This list is an attempt to identify and explain those acronyms in particular use in Caltrans Local Assistance. Most have application in Caltrans generally, and some have legal tender in society at large. Many have originated outside of Caltrans and have been adopted.
If you are new to Caltrans, you need this list, and may need to know the ones shown in red as well as you do your own name, lest you be identified as a novice. This list is an individual effort and does not have any official approval from Caltrans at this time. That is both good and bad. It is bad, because in using it, you are relying on the author for accuracy (my liability is hereby limited). It is good because you may make a contribution to this list if you wish. If you find a nice juicy acronym in use in Caltrans Local Assistance that is not in this list (fat chance), send it to me and I will add it to the list and add your name next to it for credit (or blame). Also, if you disagree with anything in this list, let me know, and I will make corrections as appropriate.
It is written in word, and you may freely copy it to your own computer as you wish for easy reference (scan or copy from our web site). If you have been handed a copy at a Local Assistance Academy, and need to look something up, do so quietly, both as a courtesy to the rest of the class, and in order to conceal as much as possible your degree of naivet.
A compiled list of acronyms encountered, mostly in relation to work at Caltrans. If you have comments or a choice selection you would like included, forward to don_miralle@dot.ca.gov, together with its source.
All the Acronyms you ever wanted to know, and then some. Red = Deemed to be particularly common in Caltrans Local Assistance
AA AAEE AA/EO AAMAS AAP AAR AARP AASHTO AADT AADTT AB AB69 AB140 AB402
Affirmative Action American Academy of Environmental Engineers Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Asphalt Aggregate Mixture Analysis System Arterial Analysis Package Agency Action Request American Association of Retired Persons American Assoc. of State Highway Officials Average Annual Daily Traffic (two way) Average Annual Daily Truck Traffic Aggregate Base Created RTPAs 1988, Deddeh Act, revised the STIP process 1977, Alquist/Ingalls Act, California Transportation Reform Act, set up the STIP process & CTC
ACOE ACP ACPA ACPPA ACR ACSP ACTA ACWP ADA
Army Corps of Engineers Asphalt Concrete Pavement, Asbestos Cement Pipe American Concrete Pavement Assoc. American Concrete Pressure Pipe Association Allocation Change Request Automated Capital Spending Plan Alameda County Transportation Authority Actual Cost of Work Performed Americans with Disabilities Act, Advance Deposit Application (for local program reimbursements.)
ADAAG ADIS ADM ADMS ADR AdSC ADT ADUS AE A&E AED AEM AEP AFD AFO AFT AGC AGT AHAR AHS AI AIA AIAC AI/E AID AIHA AIMS AIP AIRS ALGOL
Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines Advanced Driver Information System Arrow Diagramming Method Archived Data Management Subsystem (ITS) Alternative Dispute Resolution Administrative Service Center Average Daily Traffic Archived Data User Service (ITS) Area Engineer Architectural & Engineering Associated Equipment Distributors Acoustic Emission Monitoring Association of Environmental Professionals Architecture Flow Diagram Animal Feeding Operation American Farmland Trust Association of General Contractors Automated Guideway Transit Automatic Highway Advisory Radio Automated Highway System, Average Highway Speed Artificial Intelligence; active ingredient Asphalt Institute American Institute of Architects American Indian Advisory Council Architectural Inventory/Evaluation form Architecture Interconnect Diagram (ITS) American Industrial Health Association Agency Information Management Strategy (TMS) American Institute of Planners Aerometric Information Retrieval System Algebraic Oriented Language
AB 872
1999: Authorizes local agencies to spend Fed & State matching funds in current STIP for eligible work prior to allocation by CTC.
AB1012
1999: Main intent to reduce large cash balance in State Highway Account by accelerating project delivery. Contains use it or lose it language whereby funds not obligated within three years of allocation lapse and are distributed to other projects.
AB1475 AB2928
SR2S established in CA 2000: Traffic Congestion Relief Act, $5 billion. Also establishes exchange of Fed RSTP & CMAQ funds for State transportation funds.
AB3929 ABA ABAG ABET ABM ABME ABS AC A&C ACB ACE ACHP ACI
Transportation Enhancement Relief Act Appropriated Budget Authority Association of Bay Area Governments Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Air Blown Mortar Area Bridge Maintenance Engineer Acroconitril-Butadiene-Styrene, Antilock Braking System Advance Construction Abatement and Control Asphalt Concrete Base Alamont Commuter Express; Rail Program Stockton to San Jose Advisory Council on Historic Preservation American Concrete Institute
ALOADS AL ALP AM AMBAG AMBER alert AMFA AMIS AMPS ANPRM ANSI ANWR AO AOA AON APA APE APCD APDE APEC APEI APHA APM APS APSEA APT APTA APTS APU APWA AQCP AQCR AQI AQMA AQMD AQMP ARA ARB ARs AREA ARHM ARHM-GG ARM Automated Location and Design System Acceptable Level, regulatory Action Level (water qual.) Annual Leave Program Amplitude Modulation, Anti Meridian Association of Monterey County Bay Area Govts
Americas Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response

American Road & Transportation Builders Assoc. Advanced Rural Transportation Systems Aggregate Subbase As-Soon-As-Possible Admin. Services Center Accounting Services Center Agricultural Services Center
ARTBA ARTS AS ASAP ASC
Alternative Motor Fuels Act Automated Management Information System Advanced Mobile Phone System (ITS) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making American National Standards Institute Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska) Agency Object (3-digit code used in TRS, also in WBS) Activity-on-Arrow Activity-on-Node Asphalt Pavement Alliance Area of Potential Effect Air Pollution Control District Advance Project Development Element Automated Procedures for Engin. Consultants Area of Potential Environmental Impact American Public Health Association Area Project Managers, Assistant Project Manager Advance Planning Study; Accessible Pedestrian Signals Asian-Pacific State Employees Association Accelerated Pavement Testing American Public Transit Association Advanced Public Transportation System (ITS) auxiliary power units American Public Works Association Air Quality Control Program Air-Quality Control Region Air Quality Index Air-Quality Maintenance Area Air Quality Management District Air Quality Management Plan Automatic Road Analyzer Air Resources Board Attainment Regulations American Railway Engineering Association Asphalt-Rubber Hot Mix Asphalt-Rubber Hot Mix - Gap Graded Air Resources Management
ASCE ASCII ASF ASHRAE ASI ASME ASNT ASPEN ASR
American Society of Civil Engineers American Standard Code of Info. Interchange Automotive Safety Foundation American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers Acceleration Severity Index American Society of Mechanical Engineers American Society for Nondestructiv e Testing Automated Telephone Answering System Archaeological Survey Report ; (Evaluation of prehistoric archaeological resources in the project study area) Alkali-silica reactivity
ASRP AST ASTM ATA ATIS ATMS ATPB ATSAC ATSD ATSSA ATV AU AVCO AVCS AVI AVL AVO AVR AWRA AWS AWT AWWA
Aluminum Spiral Rib Pipe Acceptance Samples and Tests American Society for Testing Materials American Trucking Association Advanced Traveler Information Systems Advanced Traffic Management Systems Asphalt Treated Permeable Base Automated Traffic Surveillance & Control Sy stem Advanced Transportation System Development American Traffic Safety Services Association All Terrain Vehicle Animal Unit Automatic Vehicle Control Systems Advanced Vehicle Control Systems (ITS) Automated Vehicle Identification Authorized Vehicle Lane; Automated Vehicle Location (ITS) Automated Vehicle Operation (ITS) Average Vehicle Ridership American Water Resources Association Alternate Work Schedule American Welding Society Average Weekday Traffic American Water Works Association

Bureau of Land Management Best Management Practice Bridge Management System Backus- Naur Form (ITS) Burlington Northern Santa Fe Budget Obligations, Biological Opinion Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Biological Oxygen Demand biochemical oxygen demand (as measured in the standard 5-day test) Building, Structures and Obstruct ion report (HPSR) Before Present, Boiling Point Beginning Post Mile. = zero at south or west County line Business Process Review (1997 study of project management in Caltrans) Bureau of Public Roads Bus Rapid Transit (ITS) Beginning of Slope Rounding Back of Sidewalk Bicycle Transportation Account Business, Transportation and Housing Agency Basic Traffic Operations System Bureau of Transportation Statistics Blood Urea Nitrogen Begin Vertical Curve Barbed Wire Barbed Wire Fence
A-B
BAC BACM BACT BADT BAGR BALI BAMS BART BAS BASS BASIC BAT BB BBS BC BCO BCP Blood Alcohol Concentration, Budget at Completion Best Available Control Measures Best Available Control Technology Best Available Demonstrated Technology Bridge Approach Guard Rail Basic Arterial Local Intersection Bid Analysis and Management System Bay Area Rapid Transit Bridge Approach Slab Black Advocates in State Service Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code Best Available Technology, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (DOL) Beginning of Bridge Bulletin Board System, Battery Backup System Beginning of Curve Thin-Bonded Concrete Overlay Budget Change Proposal: Official request to D/Finance & Legislature to revise level or sources of funding. BCR BCT BCWP BCWS BEA 1990 BEAR BEES BEP BER BFRs Begin Curb Return Breakaway Cable Terminal Budgeted Cost of Work Performed Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 Broad Emergency Assistance Radio (System) Basic Engineering Estimating System Business Enterprise Program Bridge Evaluation Report Brominated Flame Retardants: widely used in plastics, foams, textiles, many electrical appliances, and building materials such as house walls, roofs and parking decks. Increasing amounts of BFR residues have been detected in humans and the environment. BHT BIA BIOS BIR BIT BLA Business, Housing, and Transportation Agency Bureau of Indian Affairs; Building Industry Association Basic Input/Operating System Bridge Inspection Report Binary Digit Bicycle Lane Account program (State)
BLM BMP BMS BNF BNSF BO BOD BOD5 BSO BP BPM BPR BPR BRT BSR BSW BTA BT&H BTOS BTS BUN BVC BW BWF
B-C
CAA CAAA CA CAATS CAC CAD CADD CAER CAFO CAG Federal Clean Air Act (1970), Cable Anchor Assembly Clean Air Act Amendment of 1990, (1977 & 1970) Contract Authority, Certification Acceptance Calif. Alliance for Advanced Transportation Systems California Administrative Code, Citizens Advisory Committee Computer-Aided Drafting Computer-Aided Drafting and Design Community Awareness and Emergency Response Concentrated Animal Feedlot; Consent Agreement/Final Order Citizens Advisory Group
CAH CALACT CASASFMRA CALNET Cal/OSHA CAM CAMP CANDE CAO CAP Controlled Access Highways Calif. Association for Coordinated Transportation California Association of Farm Managers and Rural Assessors Calif. Integrated Telecom. System (8-.) Calif. Office of Safety and Health Administration Caltrans Administrative Manual, Cooperative Agreement Manual Continuous Air Monitoring Program Culvert Analysis and Design Corrective Action Order Corrugated Aluminum Pipe, Certification Acceptance Plan Corrective Action Plan. Control Account Plan Cost Allocation Procedure. Criteria Air Pollutant CAPA CAPM CAQP CAR CARB CARS CAS CASAC CASE CASP CAT EX CATIA CaTNAP CATV CB CBA CBC CBD CBMC CBO CBR CBTP CC CCA Corrugated Aluminum Pipe Arch Capital Preventive Maintenance Congestion and Air Quality Program Caltrans Action Request, Cooperative Agreement Report California Air Resources Board Caltrans Auxiliary Radio System Construction area signs Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Computer Aided Software Engineering; Computer Aided Systems Engineering (ITS) California Aviation System Plan; Corrugated Aluminized Steel Pipe Categorical Exemption (State); Categorical Exclusion (Federal) Clean Air and Transportation Improvement Act California Traffic Noise Analysis Protocol (http://env.dot.ca.gov/env/noise/index.htm) Cable Television Catch Basin, Citizens Band Cost Benefit Analysis California Bicycle Coalition, California Building Code Central Business District Causes Beyond My Control (my coinage) Congressional Budget Office California Bearing Ratio Community Based Transportation Planning grants Construction Complete California Coastal Act of 1976 CERES CERF CERL CESA CEQA CERCLA CELSOC CEMs CEP CEQ CEBC CEC CEA CEAC CCSFCC CCTV CD CDC CDF CDBG CDFG CDH CDL CDMA CDPD CD(PO) CE CCI CCIC CCMP CCO CCR CCROC CCS CCB CCC CCAA CCAPA Calif. Clean Air Act
California Chapter of the American Planning Association Change Control Board California Coastal Commission; California Conservation Corps Construction Cost Index Central California Information Center Comprehensive Conservation and Manage. Plan Contract Change Order California Code of Regulations California Civil Rights Officers Council California Coordinate System; Construction Control Survey City-County-State-Federal Cooperation Council Closed Circuit TV Contract delegation (purchase order) Centers for Disease Control California Department of Forestry Community Development Block Grant Calif. Dept of Fish & Game California Division of Highways California Drivers License Code Division Multiple Access (ITS) Cellular Digital Packet Data (ITS) Contract Delegation (Purchase Order) Categorical Exclusion (NEPA); Categorical Exemption, (CEQA) Construction Engineering Career Executive Assignment (Appointment) County Engineers Association of California; Caltrans Employment Advisory Committee Conference California Energy Commission; Caltrans Encroachment Committee Consulting Engs. and Land Surveyors of Calif. Continuous Emissions Monitors Cumulative Exposure Project Council of Environmental Quality (Federal Agency) California Environmental Quality Act (1970) Comprehensive Environmental.Response, Compensation/Liab. Act Calif. Envir. Resources Evaluation System Civil Engineering Research Foundation Construction Engineering Research Laboratory Calif. Endangered Species Act
CEU CFC CFDA CFM CFR CFRA Continuing Education Unit Cost of Facilities Capital, Chlorofluorocarbons Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/cfda/index.htm#newsearch Chlorofluoromethanes Code of Federal Regulations The California Family Rights Act of 1992 is a State law administered and enforced by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. CFRA was revised to conform to the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993. CFRP CFS CFU C&G CGP CH4 CHIN CHP CHIN Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced-Plastic Cubic feet per second Colony Forming Unit (water qual) Curb and Gutter Construction General Permit (NPDES) Methane California Highway Information Network Calif. Highway Patrol California Highway Information Network: 1-800-427-7623, 999 or www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo, #999 CHRIS CIA Calif. Historical Resources Information System Community Impact Assessment; Evaluates the impacts that a project may have on community, incl, neighborhoods and farmland. CIC CIDH CIMAC CIP Critical Intersection Control Cast-in-Drilled-Hole Caltrans Improves Mobility Across California Capital Improvement Program 7-year program to maintain or improve traffic LOS & transit performance and to mitigate impacts identified by the CMP; Cast-in-Place; cast iron pipe CIPCP CIR CIT CITAB CIU CIWMB C&L CLAS CLP CLUP CMA CMAQ CMB cast-in-place concrete pipe Council on Intergovernmental Relations California Institute of Technology Calif. Information Technology Advisory Board Controller Interface Unit California Integrated Waste Management Board Certification and Licensing California Leave Accounting System Continuous Learning Program Comprehensive Land Use Plan Congestion Management Agencies Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Concrete Median Barrier COP CORBA COS COTR COZEEP CP CPC CPF CPFF CPH CPI CPIF CPM CPMC CPR CPRC CPSD CPU COG COH COGO COL Congestion COFPAES CMSA CMV CNDDB CNG CNLM CNPS CO COB COBOL COBRA COCO COD CODP COE CMS CMC CMP

Construction Metrication Council Congestion Management Program, Plan; Corridor Management Plan (Scenic Highways); Corrugated Metal Pipe Congestion Management System, Changeable Message Signs Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area commercial motor vehicles California Natural Diversity Data Base Compressed Natural Gas Center for Natural Lands Management. California Native Plant Society (data base) Carbon Monoxide Close of Business Common Business Oriented Language Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act Contractor-Owned/ Contractor-Operated Chemical Oxygen Demand Career Opportunity Development Program Category of Expenditure (budgetary grouping) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Council on the Federal Procurement of Architectural and Engineering Services Council of Governments Coefficient Of Haze coordinate geometry Collector (Urban) Reduced speeds less than 35 MPH for longer than 15 min. Capital Outlay Projects
Common Object Request Broker Architecture (ITS)
Capital Outlay Support

Contracting Officer Technical Representative (ITS)
COnstruction Zone Enhanced Enforcement Patrol Capital Projects Consolidated Planning Committee (STANCOG) Combined Pay Factor Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee California Permit Handbook Cost Performance Index Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee Critical Path Method Capital Projects Management Council Cardio-Pulminary Resusitation California Public Resources Code Capital Project Skill Development Central Processing Unit
CPUC CRAC CRAP CRB CRCP CRDA CRHP CRIP CRLF CRP CRSI CRT CRV CSAC CSD CSEA CSHC CSI CSIP CSO CSP CSPA CSRC CSS CSTI CSUS CSWC CT CTAA CTAP CTB CTC CTE CTO CTP CTIFS CTIPS Calif. Public Utilities Commission Cold Recycled AC Construction Records and Procedures Contract Review Board Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement Cooperative Research and Development Agreement California Register of Historic Places Cost Reduction Incentive Proposal California Red Legged Frog Conservation Reserve Program; Combined Road Plans Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute Cathode Ray Tube California Redemption Value California State Association of Counties; California Supervisors Association of California Context Sensitive Design California State Employees Association Calif. Streets & Highways Code Common Sense Initiative; Compliance Sampling Inspection Corridor Safety Improvement Program Combined Sewer Overflow Corrugated Steel Pip e; Communication Service Provider (ITS) Corrugated Steel Pipe Arch California Special Reference Center (global positioning technologies) Context Sensitive Solutions California Specialized Training Institute California State University, Stanislaus; Sac. Construction Storm Water Coordinator Caltrans Census Tract Community Transportation Assoc. of America Cooperative Training Assistance Program (Fed) Cement Treated Base California Transportation Commission; Nine appointed members Center For Transportation And The Environment Compensatory Time Off California Transportation Plan
Calif. Transportation Infrastructure Funding System

California Transportation Investment Strategy Cement Treated Permeable Base California Toxics Rule
Calif. Transportation Research Info. System (UCB)
CTIS CTPB CTR C-TRIS CTS CTSA CUF CV CVAS CVCS CVHAS CVISN CVO CVS CWA CWD CWNS CY CYA CZMA CZARA
Commuter Transportation Services Coordinated Service Transportation Agency Commercially Useful Function (DBE) Cost Variance
Commercial Vehicle Administration Subsystem (ITS)
Commercial Vehicle Check Subsystem (ITS)

Cooperative Vehicle-Highway Automation Systems Commercial Vehicle Info. Systems and Networks (ITS)
Commercial Vehicle Operations (ITS) Commercial Vehicle Subsystem (ITS) Clean Water Act Corridor Wide Display System (ITS) Clean Water Needs Survey Calendar Year Cover Your Assets (not CT); California Youth Authority Coastal Zone Management Act Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments
C-D
DAB DAC DAF DAMP DAR DARTS DAT DAT.COM DBA DBE DBELO DBMS D/C DCIU DCP DCS DCU DD DDC DDD DDE DDT Digital Audio Broadcast (ITS) Disability Advisory Council Damage Assessment Form Drainage Analysis & Modeling Program Defense Access Roads
Dynamic Arterial Responsive Traffic Signal System
Diagnostic Acceptance Testing Directors Advisory Team for Communication Doing Business As, Decibels, "A" Scale Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Liaison Officer
Data Base Management System Demand Capacity ratio Discrimination Complaint Investigation Unit Dynamic Cone Penetrometer Data Collection System Discrimination Complaint Unit District Director; Data Dictionary (ITS) District Division Chief Deputy District Director Data Dictionary Element (ITS) DichloroDiphenylTrichloroethane
California Transportation Improvement Plan System. A computer database used by CT & MPOs to input & track Fed. Funded transportation projects. See LPAMS
DEB DED DEIR DEIS DEN DES DF DFD DfE DFEH DFG DGAC DGAC(R) DGPS DGS DHS DHHS DHV DI DIB DIB 82 DIP DLAE DLR DMBB DME DMR DMS DMT DMV DNA DND DOA DOC DOD DOE DOF DOJ DOL DLA DOL FOH DOS DOT DOTP DPA District Environmental Branch Draft Environmental Document Draft Environmental Impact Report (CEQA) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (NEPA) Data Exchange Network (ITS) Division of Engineering Services Diethylstilbesterol Douglas Fir Data Flow Diagram (ITS) Design for the Environment Department of Fair Employment and Housing (California) Dept of Fish and Game (Cal) Dense Graded Asphalt Concrete Dense Graded Asphalt Concrete (Rubberized) Differential Global Positioning System (ITS) Department of General Services Department of Health Services Department of Health and Human Services (Feds) Two way Design Hourly Volume Drainage Inlet Design Information Bulletin
Pedestrian Accessibility Guidelines for Highway Projects

Dots per Inch Department of Parks and Recreation (The Office of Historic Preservation which administers Section 106 of the Historic Preservation Act is part of State Parks and Recreation. Hence, the DPR forms for Section 106.)
DPI DPR
DRB DRI DRIM DRIS DROA DSA DSB DSC DSI DSMP DSRC DST DSWC DTA DTAC DTBB DTIM DTM DTR DVAC DVBE DWEL DWNS DWR DWS
Dispute Review Board Division of Research & Innovation Draft Relocation Impact Memo Draft Relocation Impact Study/Statement departmental restriction of appointments Division of the State Architect, Disturbed Soil Area Donor State Bonus funds Division of Structure Construction Detailed Site Investigation District System Management Plan Dedicated Short Range Communications (ITS) Daylight Savings Time District Storm Water Coordinator Dynamic Traffic Assignment (ITS) Departmental Transportation Advisory Committee double thrie beam barrier Direct Travel Impact Model Digital Terrain Modeling Directors Tracking Report (tracks consultant services contracts) District Value Analysis Coordinator Disadvantaged Veteran Business Enterprise Drinking Water Equivalent Level Drinking Water Needs Survey Dept. of Water Resources Drinking Water Standard
Diamond Interchange Program District Local Assistance Engineer Detection Limit for Reporting (water qual.) Double metal beam barrier District Materials Engineer Discharge Monitoring Report Dynamic Message Sign (ITS) Division of Mass Transportation Department of Motor Vehicles deoxyribonucleic acid Draft Negative Declaration Division of Aeronautics; Division of Accounting Department of Commerce (Feds) Department Of Defense Department Of Energy; District Office Engineer Department of Finance Department of Justice (Feds) Department of Labor (Feds) Division of Local Assistance (formerly OLP) Dept. of Labor Field Operations Handbook (Feds) Division of Structures; Disk Operating System Dept. of Transportation Division of Transportation Planning Dept. of Personnel Administration
D-E
EA Expenditure Authorization; Endangerment Assessment; Enforcement Agreement; Environmental Action; Environmental Assessment; Environmental Audit EAC EAP EAR EBL Estimate at Completion Employee Assistance Program; Environmental Action Plan Employee Action Report Eligible Bridge List
EC ECPA ECR ED EDA EDAPTS EDI EDM EDP EDW EEG EEM EEO EEOC EEZ EF EFH EFT EIR EIS EIT EJ EKG ELI EMC EMMS EMS EO EOC EOG EOS E&P EPA EPCRA EPI EPL Environmental Coordinator, End Horizontal Curve, End Curve Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ITS) Engineering Cost Reporting system, End of Curb Return Environmental Document Employee Development Appraisal Environmental Document Approved Efficient Development of Advanced Public Transportation Systems Electronic Data Interchange (ITS) Electronic Distance Measuring Electronic Data Processing; Early Deployment Plan (ITS) effluent-dominated water electroencephalogram Environmental Enhancement & Mitigation program (State) Equal Employment Opportunity Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Exclusive Economic Zone, 200 miles beyond coast, Magnusen-Stevens Act Early Finish Essential Fish Habitat Electronic Fund Transfer Environmental Impact Report (CEQA) Environmental Impact Statement (NEPA) Engineer-in-Training Environmental Justice electrocardiogram Element Level Inspection (bridges) Event Mean Concentration (Storm Runoff); Emergency Management Center (ITS) Emissions Management Subsystem (ITS) Extinguishable Message Signs Equipment Management Systems Equal Opportunity, Executive Order FAE Emergency Operations Center Education And Outreach Group Equivalent Opening Size (Geotextile-Fabric); Edge of Shoulder Environmental & Permit Environmental Protection Agency Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Economic Policy Institute Excluded Partial List (DBE) FAA FACTS FADS ETBE ETS ETTM ETW EV EVC EWRI EXPEAR E-76 ET ETC ESAL ESC ESMR ESP ESR ESU EPM EPROM ER ERC ERISA ERNS ERPP ES ESA Ending Post Mile
Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory Emergency Relief (Fed) Emergency Resource Center Employee Retirement Income Security Emergency Response Notification System Ecosystem Restoration Program Plan (CALFED) Early Start Endangered Species Act ; Environmentally Sensitive Area Equivalent Single Axle Load, 80 kN Engineering Services Center Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ITS) Enhanced Services Program End of Slope Rounding Evolutionary Significant Unit (fall, winter & spring runs of salmon) Earliest Time of Completion Estimate to Complete, Electronic Toll Collection (ITS) Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Emergency Telephone Services (ITS)
Electronic Toll Collection and Traffic Management
Edge of Traveled Way Earned Value End Vertical Curve

Environmental & Water Resources Institute (of ASCE) Expert System Pavement Evaluation and Rehabilitation
Authorization to Proceed Summary Form
E-F
Federal Aviation Administration
Flexible Advanced Computer Traffic Signal System
Federal Aid Data System: System which DLAEs & HQ enter project information and which links CT to FHWAs FMIS system. Does not link to LP2000. Federal-Aid Eligibility Code: This single-digit code is a prefix used with the three-digit Agency Object Code to form the Caltrans four-digit Object (FAE 6, 7, or 8) and Activity (FAE 1 or 2) Codes. The FAE denotes whether or not the Object/Activity Code is eligible for federal reimbursement. FAE 1 or 6 denotes eligibility for federal reimbursement, FAE 2 or 7 denotes non-
eligibility for reimbursement, and FAE 8 denotes undetermined eligibility. FAHP FAI FAP FAPG FAQ FAR FARA FARES FARS FAS FAU F&C F&G FCAA FCWA FCR FE FEBBS FED FEHA FEIN FEIR FEIS FEMA FERC FES FESA FF FFA FFGA FFP FFS FFY FHLMC FHPM FHWA FICA FIF FIP FIPS FIR Federal Aid Highway Program Federal Aid Interstate Federal Aid Primary Federal Aid Policy Guide Frequently Asked Questions Federal Acquisition Regulations Federal Acquisition Reform Act First American Real Estate Solutions Fatal Accident Reporting System (ITS) Federal Aid Secondary Funding Federal Aide Urban funding Frame & Cover Frame & Grate Federal Clean Air Act of 1990 Federal Clean Water Act Flexible Congestion Relief program (State, discontinued) Fund Estimate; Fugitive Emissions Federal Electronic Bulletin Board System Final Environmental Document (EIS, ND or FONSI) Fair Employment and Housing Act (Calif.) Federal Employer Identification Number Final Environmental Impact Report (CEQA) Final Environmental Impact Statement (NEPA) Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Flared end section Federal Endangered Species Act Free Float / Finish to Finish Future Farmers of America Full Funding Grant Agreements Firm Fixed Price Fee For Service health plan
Federal Fiscal Year (October 1 thru September 30)

Federal Insurance Rate Maps (Flood Plains) Finance Letter Forest Land Enhancement Program (U.S. Forest Service) Federal Land Highway Division Federal Lands Highway Program Floodplain Risk and Location Hydraulic Study: Analyzes the potential for impacts that a project may have on increasing risk of flooding.
FIRM F/L FLEP FLHD FLHP
FLSA FM FMC FMCS FMCSA FMIS FMLA FMMP FMP FMS FMU FMVSS FNMA FNM-76 FO FOE FOI FOIA FONSI FOT FPA FPIF FPN FPPA FPPP FPR FR FRA FRIS FRM FRO F-SHRP FSOR FS FSA FSHCC FSP
Fair Labor Standards Act Function Manager Freeway Management Center (ITS) Fleet Management and Control Systems Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Federal Management Information System Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program Fishery Management Plan; Forest Management Unit Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) Form to FMIS, auth. to proceed Functionally Obsolete (bridge) Finding of Effect; Friends Of the Earth Freedom of Information Freedom Of Information Act Finding of No Significant Impact (NEPA) Field Operational Test (ITS) Fair Practices Act (subletting and subcontracting) Fixed-Price-Incentive-Fee Federal Project Number (FADS) Farmland Protection Policy Act (US 1984) Facility Pollution Prevention Plans Final Program Review Federal Register Federal Railroad Administration Final Relocation Assistance Statement Federal Reference Method, Final Rule Making Federal Resources Office Future Strategic Highway Research Program Final Statement of Reasons Finish-to-Start Flexible Spending Account health plan Fast Setting Hydraulic Cement Concrete Freeway Service Patrol File Maker Pro Fleet Management Subsystem (ITS)
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) Federal Aid Highway Program Manual Federal Highway Administration; administers Federal highway funds Federal Insurance Contributions Act Final Inspection Form Federal Implementation Plan Federal Information Processing Standard (ITS) Federal Indian Reservation
FSR FSTIP Feasibility Study Report; Financial Study Report Federal Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. Prepared by CT per ISTEA, includes all highway and transit projects funded under Title 23 and Federal Transit Act. It is the global funding document incorp. Programming for MPO TIPs, State STIP, SHOPP and local rural Federal aid work. FTA Federal Transit Admin istration; administers Federal transit funds, alloc. dir to local agencies. Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 FTB FTE FTIP Franchise Tax Board Focused Training Evaluation Full-time Employee Federal Transportation Improvement Program; 3-year list of transportation projects proposed within the planning area of an MPO. Short range version of RTP. Projects are drawn from the STIP and SHOPP. FTP FU FVMSS FWD FWPCA FWS FY File Transfer Protocol, Federal Test Procedures Functional Unit Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Falling Weight Deflectometer Federal Water Pollution Control Act Fish & Wildlife Service (US) Fiscal Year HAZMAT HAZOPS HB&M HBO HBRR HCM HCP HCS HDD HDM HDPE HEDTL HEEP HEPA HERS-ST HES HFC HHS HI HIC HMA HMO HA H&T HABR HABS HAER HAP HAPPS HAR HASR Health Advisory Hub and Tack GPS GRAS GR GRH GSA GUI GVW GVWR

Global Positioning System Generally Recognized as Safe Guard Rail Guaranteed Ride Home General Services Admin. Graphical User Interface Gross Vehicle Weight Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
G-H
Historic American Building Record Historic American Buildings Survey Historic American Engineering Record Hazardous Air Pollutant Hazardous Air Pollution Prioritization System Highway Advisory Radio Historic Architecture Survey Report ; Evaluation of historic structures in the project study area Hazardous Materials Hazardous Operations Humbolt Base and Meridian Health Benefits Office Highway Bridge Rehab. & Replacement (Fed program) Highway Capacity Manual (Transportation Research Bd. ) Habitat Conservation Plan Hazard Communication Standard Horizontal Directional Drilling Caltrans Highway Design Manual High Density Polyethylene Harmer E Davis Transportation Library Health and Environmental Effects Profile Highly Efficient Particulate Air (Filter)
Highway Economic Requirements System-State Version software
F-G
GAAP GAO GAR GARVEE GATS GDP GE GEP GERT Gf GFE GHSA GHSR GIS GNMA GOGO Generally Accepted Accounting Principles General Accounting Office Governor's Action Request Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle bonds General Agreement on Trade in Services Gross Domestic Product Gravel equivalent Good Engineering Practice Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique Gravel Factor Good Faith Effort Governors Highway Safety Association Governor's Highway Safety Representative Geographic Information Systems Government National Mortgage Association ( Ginnie Mae) Government-Owned/ Government-Operated
Hazard Elimination Safety program (Fed) Hydrofluorocarbon U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Height of Instrument (surveying) Highway Interchange Center Hot Mix Asphalt Health Maintenance Organization
HMP Hydromodification Management Plan (to control post-development peak stormwater runoff discharge rates and duration) HMS HMTA HMWM HOV HP HPC HPMS HP&R HPS HPSR HR HRAC HRER Highway Maintenance System Hazardous Materials Transportation Act High Molecular Weight Methacrylate (deck crack mitigation) High Occupancy Vehicle (2 and in some cases 3 or more per car.) Horse Power High Performance Concrete Highway Performance Monitoring System Highway Planning and Research High Performance Steel Historic Properties Survey Report ; Summarizes findings of HRER, ASR and HASR Human Resource Hot Recycled AC Historic Resource Evaluation Report ; Evaluation of historic significance of certain man made features (canals) in the project study area HRI HRIS HSDB HSIS HSNS HSP HSPF HSOPP HSR HSRI HTF HTIMS HTML HTTP HUD Highway Rail Intersection Highway Research Information Service, Human Resources Information System Hazardous Substance Data Base Highway Safety Information System Highway System of National Significance Highway Safety Plan Heating Season Performance Factor Highway Systems Operations & Protection Plan High Speed Rail, Historic Survey Report Highway Safety Research Institute Highway Trust Fund
Highway Technology Information Management System
H-I
IAST IBRC IBTC ICAS ICES I/D IDL IDP IEEE IEN IFB IGR IHSDM I/I IIP ILD IMMS IMPC IMPROVE IMS ILV/hr IP IPA Independent Assurance Sampling and Testing Innovative Bridge Research and Construction program (FHWA TEA-21) International Border Trade Corridor Internet Contract Administration System Inter-modal Corridors of Economic Significance Incentive/Disincentive Interface Definition Language (ITS) Individual Development Plan
The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Information Exchange Network (ITS) Invitation for Bid Inter Governmental Review Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (software) Infiltration and Inflow Inter-regional Improvement Program Inductive Loop Detector Integrated Maintenance Management System Integrated Plant Management and Control
Interagency Monitoring of PROtected Environments Intermodal Facilities and Systems Management System
Intersecting Lane Vehicles per hour Internet Protocol, Implementation Package Information Practices Act ; places specific requirements on State agencies in the collection, use, maintenance, and dissemination of information relating to individuals.
IPG IRIS IRP IRR IRRS IRS IRVM IRWA IS ISA
Interagency Planning Group Integrated Risk Information System Interregional Partnership (STANCOG) Intercity Rail; Indian Reservation Roads Interregional Route System Interregional Road System Plan Internal Revenue Service Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management International Right of Way Association Information Services, Initial Site Assessment; Evaluates potential for encountering hazardous materials in the project study area. Initial Study
Hypertext Markup Language Hypertext Transport Protocol Housing & Urban Development; Head Up Display (ITS) Hydrology and Water Quality Study: Analyzes the increase in storm water runoff likely to occur and the potential impacts on water quality a project may have.
HUTA HVAC HWMP
Highway User Tax Account

Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning system
Hazardous Waste Management Plan
ISC ISEA
Indirect Source Control International Safety Equipment Assoc.
ISO ISP ISSC ISTEA IT ITA ITE ITS ITS America ITSP ITI ITII ITIP International Standards Organization http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage Information Service Provider Information Systems Service Center Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act Information Technology Intertribal Transportation Association Institute of Transportation Engineers Intelligent Transportation Systems Intelligent Transportation Society of America http://www.itsa.org/ Interregional Transportation Strategic Plan Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure International Technical Information Institute Interregional Transportation Improvement Program; Portion of STIP that includes Caltrans selected projects (25% of fund) ITMS ITS ITSP IUOE IVHS IVI IVIS Integrated Traffic Management System; or Intermodal Transportation Management System Intelligent Transportation Systems; Institute of Transportation Studies (UC Berkeley) Interregional Transportation Strategic Plan International Union of Operating Engineers Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems (now ITS) Intelligent Vehicle Initiative In Vehicle Information System (ITS) LCCA LCD LCO LCP LCS LDAP LDPE LDS LEAD LED LEDPA LEL LEM LEO LESS LF LIBOR LIM LIP LJAC LLP LOC LOE LOL LOP LOS LPA LA LAAPS LACMTA LACTC LAFCO LAMBRA LAN LAP LAPG LAPM LARTS LASC LCA LCB LCC
K-L
Local Agency Local Agency Automated Pay System Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Los Angeles County Transportation Commission Local Agency Formation Commission Local Agency Military Base Recovery Area Local Area Network Local Assistance Program Local Assistance Program Guidelines Local Assistance Procedures Manual Los Angeles Regional Transportation Study Landscape Architecture Standards Committee Least Cost Alternate Lean Concrete Base Local Coastal Commission, League of California Cities, Life Cycle Cost Analysis Liquid Crystal Display (Power Point Projector) Labor Compliance Officer Local Coastal Plan Lane Control Sign Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Low Density Polyethylene Labor Distribution System Local Equivalent Area Drainage method Light Emitting Diode
Least Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative
Life Cycle Cost
I-J
JB JCL JCP JP JPA JPCP JRCP JS JUA Junction Box Job Control Language Jointed Concrete Pavement joint pole Joint Powers Agreement Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement Jointed Reinforced Concrete junction structure ?
Lowest Explosive Level Location Efficient Mortgage (see TOD) Low-Earth Orbit Satellite System Least Cost Estimating & Scheduling System Late Finish ; Linear Foot London InterBank Offered Rate Land Inventory and Monitoring system (SCS) Local Intersection Program Local Jurisdiction Advisory Committee Limited Liability Partnership Local Level of Effort Layout Line Letter of Permission Level of Service (A=freeflow, F=gridlock) Local Programs Accounting
J-K
KBES KISS KSA Knowledge Based Expert System (Symbolic reasoning & Heuristics) Keep It Simple, Stupid (not CT) Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
LPAMS Local Programs Accounting Management System: provides appropriation management and tracks expenditures for local assistance projects. Extracts data from CTIPS allowing LP2000 to process allocations. LPG LPP LPP# LRDC LRFD LRH LRMS LROP LRT LS LSSRP LSTP LSUM LT L&T LTAP LTC LTEC LTF Liquid Petroleum Gas Local Programs Procedures Local Programs Procedure # Labor Relations Decision Council Load & Resistant Factor Design Last Resort Housing Location Reference Messaging Standard (ITS) Long Range Operations Plan Light Rail Transit Lump sum, Late Start , Land Surveyor Local Seismic Safety Retrofit Program Local Surface Transportation Plan Linear Synchronous Unipolar Motor Limited Term Lead and Tack (surveying) Local Technical Assistance Program Local Transportation Commission Least Total Expected Cost to the public design Local Transportation Fund; receives TDA revenues = 0.25% sales tax for transit, bike & pedestrian LTMA LTPP LTS LUICE LUST LVDT LVR Lightweight Truck Mounted Attenuator Long-Term Pavement Performance Lime Treated sub-Base Land use Inventory Contingency and Edit Leaking Underground Storage Tank Linear Variable Differential Transformers Low Volume Road MERS MESO META METS MG MID MIME MATES MB MBB MBE MBGR MBO MC MCAG MCD MCE MCEDC MCFC MCL MCLG MCM MCP MCSAP MDB&M MDI MEA MEP

Materials and Technology Engineering and Science
Metal Beam, Megabytes Metal Beam Barrier Minority Business Enterprise Median Barrier Guard Rail Management by Objectives Medium curing Merced County Assoc. of Governments Minor Civil Division Maximum Credible Earthquake Merced City Economic Development Corp. Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Maximum Contaminant Level maximum contaminant level goal (water qual) Minimum Control Measures (water qual) Municipal Compliance Plan Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program Mt. Diablo Base and Meridian (surveying) Model Deployment Initiative (ITS) Master Environmental Assessment Minority Engineering Programs, Maximum Extent Practicable (water qual) Maintenance Employees' Reporting System Maintenance Employee Safety Orientation Maintenance Equipment Training Academy Materials Engineering and Testing Services Minimum Guarantee funds Modesto Irrigation District Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
L-M
MA MACT MADT MAGLEV MAIT MAN MAP MAR Master Agreement; Minimum Allocation funds: Minor Arterial Maximum Achievable Control Technology Monthly average daily Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment Programs Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team Metropolitan Area Network (ITS) Million Annual Passengers, Multiple Alternative Planning Material Adjustment Report
Minor Project- Less than $750,000, not STIP or SHOPP. In California, minor capital outlay consists of construction projects or equipment acquired to complete a construction project estimated to cost less than $750,000. The California Transportation Commission allocates a fiscal year level for this category with specific project allocation approval delegated to the Department. Minor is further segregated into two categories: Minor A - Minor construction projects with an estimated contract value between $117K - $750K. Minor B - Minor construction projects with an estimated value less than $117,000. MIS MITMT MJC MLRA MMANC MMI MMSI MNC MOA Management Information Systems, Major Investment Study Major Incident Traffic Management Team Major Collector (Rural); Modesto Junior College Major Land Resources Area Municipal Management Association of Northern California Man-Machine Interface (ITS) Maintenance Management System Improvement Minor Collector (Rural) Memorandum of Agreement
MODEM MOE MOS MOST MOU MPGR MPO MPU MSA Modulator/Demodulator (Convert binary to analog signal for phone) Measure of Effectiveness Metal-Oxide Semiconductor, margin of safety Methodology for Optimizing Signal Timing Memorandum of understanding Metal Plate Guard Railing Metropolitan Planning Organization Microprocessing Unit Merit Salary Adjustment Metropolitan Statistical Area Management System Activities, a two digit code for levels 5,6 or 7 in WBS, also on TRS Medical Savings Account health plan Maintenance Superintendents Association MS-DOS MSDS MSE MS4 MSL MSW MT MTA MTC MTD MTDB MTMC MTP MUTCD MVMA MWBE MicroSoft-Disk Operating System Manufacturers Safety Data Sheet Mechanically Stabilized Earth Retaining Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Maintenance Service Level, Municipal Solid Waste Mass Transit Mass Transit Account Metropolitan Transportation Commission (Bay Area) Memo-To-Designers
Metropolitan Transit Development Board (San Diego)

National Architectural and Engineering Record North American Free Trade Agreement Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Act of 1990 Native American Heritage Commission National Automated Highway System Consortium North American Industrial Classification System National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials National Air Monitoring Stations Non-attainment Area Plan National Academy for Public Assistance, National Asphalt Paving Association, National Automobile Parts Association
NAER NAFTA NAGPRA NAHC NAHSC NAICS NALEO NAMS NAP NAPA
NAPCA NAR NARD NARSTO NAS NASA NASR NASS NATTTC NAV NAWCA NB NBI NBIS NBS NBSSR NCAC NCAPA NCAT NCCER NCEER NCHRP NCSL ND NDAA NDI NDSP NDT NE
National Air Pollution Control Administration National Architecture Review (ITS) Numerical Analysis of Roadside Design North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone National Academy of Sciences National Aeronautics and Space Administration Negative Archeological Survey Report National Accident Sampling System National Association of Transportation Technology Transfer Centers Navigation North American Wetlands Conservation Act Northbound National Bridge Inventory National Bridge Inspection Standards, National Bridge Inventory System National Bureau of Standards Noise Barrier Scope Study (or Summary) Report for sound wall projects National Crash Analysis Center Northern California Asphalt Producers Assoc. National Center for Asphalt Technology National Council for Civil Engineering Research
National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
Mean Sea Level
Military Traffic Management Command Mass Transportation Program, Metropolitan Transportation Plan Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association Minority Women-owned Business Enterprise
M-N
NA NAA NAAQS NACE NACG NAC NAD NAE National Architecture (ITS) Non-attainment Area National Ambient Air Quality Standards National Association of Corrosion Engineers, National Association of County Engineers National Association of County Governments National Association of Counties North American Datum (surveying) no adverse effect, National Academy of Engineering
National Cooperative Highway Research Program National Conference of State Legislatures Negative Declaration, None Detected (water qual) Natural Disaster Assistance Act Non-Industrial Disability Insurance National Dam Safety Program Non-Destructive Testing no effect
NEAR NEDS NEEP NEHRP NEIS NEMA NEPA NES/BA National Emergency Aid Radio National Emissions Data System National Experimental and Evaluation Program National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program National Environmental Information Service National Electrical Manufacturers Association National Environmental Policy Act (1969)- all Fed. funded projects require Fed. review Natural Environmental Survey / Biological Assessment; Evaluation of native species and habitat found in project study area. NESHAP NET NFIP NFPA NGS NGVD NHI NHPA National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants National Emissions Trends Inventory National Flood Insurance Program National Fire Prevention Association National Geodetic Survey National Geodetic Vertical Datum National Highway Institute National Historic Preservation Act, Federal, 1966, esp. section 106. See also State Public Resources Code Sections 5024 and 5024.5 NHPN NHS NHSB NHTSA NIA NICET NIH NII NIMBY NIOSH NIPC NIST NLAA NLT COB NMCSP NMFS NMSL NO NOA NOAA NOAEL NOEL NOC NOCC National Highway Planning Network National Highway System National Highway Safety Bureau National Highway Traffic Safety Administration National ITS Architecture National Inst itute for Certification in Engineering Technologies National Institutes of Health National Information Infrastructure (ITS) Not In My Back Yard
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Notice of Determination (CEQA project approval) Notice of Intent (NEPA process, notice placed in Federal Register advising public that EIS will be prepared for a project)
NOD NOI
NOL NOP NOPR NOS n.o.s. NOT N2O NOx NORM NPDES NPHQ NPRM NPS NRC NRCS NRCP NRDC NRHP NRI NRVMA NS NSF NSIS NSPE NTCIP NTI NTIS NTN NTP
Naval Ordinance Laboratory Notice of Preparation (CEQA notice that EIS will be prepared) Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking National Oceanic Survey not otherwise specified Notice of Termination Nitrous Oxide Nitrogen Oxides Nat urally Occurring Radioactive Material National Pollut ant Discharge Elimination System
(revised, thanks to Mary MacGillivray, District 7 Office of Project Studies)
National Partnership for Highway Quality Notice of Proposed Rule Making National Park Service Non-point Source National Research Council Natural Resources Conservation Service, formerly SCS Non Reinforced Concrete Pipe Natural Resources Defense Council National Register of Historic Places National Resources Inventory
National Roadside Vegetative Management Association
Non-Regulatory Supplement National Science Foundation National Safety Information Systems National Society of Professional Engineers National Transportation Communications for ITS Protocol National Transit Institute National Toxics Inventory National Technical Information Service National Truck Network Notice To Proceed, National Transportation Policy, National Toxicology Program
National Infrastructure Protection Center (FBI) National Institute of Standards and Technology Not Likely to Adversely Effect No Later Than Close Of Business National Motor Carrier Safety Program National Marine Fisheries Service Nat ional Maximum Speed Limit Nitric Oxide Naturally Occurring Asbestos; Notice of Arrival
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
no-observed-adverse-effect level No Observable Effect Level Notice of Construction Notice of Construction Completion
NTPAW NTR NTSB NTU
National Transportation Public Affairs Workshop New Technology and Research National Transportation Safety Board Nephelelometric Turbidity Units
NURP NWI NWP Nationwide Urban Runoff Program National Wetland Inventory Nation Wide Permit (Section 404) OREA OSC OSHA (U.S.) OSI OSM&I OA OAQPS OBM OBS OBRA90 OC OCP OCTA O&D survey O&M OE OEA Obligation Authority (Federal, $/year) Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. EPA Office of Business Management Organization Breakdown Structure Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 Over-crossing Office of Community Planning Orange County Transportation Authority Origin and Destination Operation and Maintenance Office Engineer, Operating Expense Office of External Audits, Office of Energy Assessments, Office of Environmental Analysis OECA OEM OES OFCCP OGAC OGAC(R) OH OHP OHWM OIG OIP OJT/SS OLP OJT OMB OPA OPEC OPO OPPD OPPTS OPR ORC ORCP Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (U.S. EPA) Original Equipment Manufacturer Office of Emergency Services Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Open Graded Asphalt Concrete Open Graded Asphalt Concrete (Rubberized) Overhead Office of Historic Preservation (Cal.) Ordinary High Water Mark Office of the Inspector General Order of Immediate Possession On the Job Training/Supportive Services Office of Local Programs, @ HQ; admin of Fed. Aid & Local Assist. Now DOLA On-the-job training Office of Management and Budget Other Principal Arterial Organizatio n of Petroleum Exporting Countries Office of Personnel Operations Office of Project Planning and Design Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (U.S. EPA) Office of Planning and Research (governors) Organizat ional Review Committee Oval Reinforced Concrete Pipe PAYT PB Pb PBA PBDEs PBMS PATH PARF PASSER II P2 P3 P4 P&P P&R PABS PAC PACT PADP PA&ED PAI PAMS PA/SI PAP PAQSD PAR O3 OST OT OTI OTP OTS OWM OWP

Office of Real Estate Appraisers Office of Structure Construction Occupational Safety and Health Administration Open Systems Interconnection (ITS) Office of Structures and Maintenance Inspection Ozone Office of the Secretary of Transportation; Out of State Travel Overtime Office of Traffic Improvement Operational Test Plan (ITS) Office of Traffic Safety Office of Wastewater Management (EPA) Overall Work Plan or Program
N-O
O-P
Pollution Prevention Primavera Project Planner (software) Pollution Prevention Permitting Project Policy and Procedure Directive Park-and-Ride Programming and Budgeting System Policy Advisory Committee Program Accountability in Caltrans Ports Access Demonstration Project Project Approval & Environmental Document Principal Arterial Interstate Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations Preliminary Assessment / Site Investigation Perforated aluminum pipe Primary Air Quality Standards Personnel Action Request, Project Authorization Request, Project Approval Report Position Action Request Form Progression Analysis and Signal System Evaluation Routine Partners for Advanced Transportation and Highways Pay As You Throw Paint binder; Lead Performance Based Asphalt polybrominated diphenyl ethers (see BFRs) Performance Based Measurements Systems Pull Box
PBO PBX PC PCA PCBs PCC PCCP PCE PCEPH PCI PCi/L PCP PCS PCSD PCR PCS PCVC PD PDA PDF PDH PDM PDO PDPM PDRC PDS PDT PE PEAR PECG PEDP PEER PeMS PERMIS Permit 106 Programmatic Biological Opinion Private Branch Exchange Program Coordinator; Party Chief; Portland Cement Association Polychlorinated Biphenyls Point of compound curvature; Portland Cement Concrete Portland Cement Concrete Pavement, Pre-stressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe Programmatic Categorical Exclusion (NEPA), Perchloroethylene Passenger Car Equivalents Per Hour Paint Condition Index; Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Pico Curies per Liter (water qual., radioactivity) Primary Care Physician Personal Communications System President's Council on Sustainable Development Project Change Request Project Control Survey; Permit Compliance System Point of compound vertical curve Project Development Personal Digital Assistant Portable Document Format Adobe Acrobat stuff Professional Development Hour Probabilistic Dilution Model ; Precedence Diagramming Method Property Damage Only Project Development Procedures Manual Pavement Design and Rehabilitation Committee Project Development Support Project Development Team Preliminary Engineering, Professional Engineer, Polyethylene, Project Engineer PK P/L PLA PLP PLUM PM PMBOK PMCS PMDW PMI PMP PIO PIP PISA PIC PID PIER PIMS PIN Prime Coat; Personal Computer Permit 4(f) 404 Permit Permit 7 PERS PERT PES PET PF PFCs PFT PG&E PHG PHS PI PIA PIAS PKm PLH PI Permit 1601

A streambed alteration agreement for U.S. Department of Fish & Game Use of parkland Permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pertains to the Endangered Species Act Public Employees Retirement System Project Evaluation and Review Technique Preliminary Environmental Study Project Estimating Tool Planned Finish Date, Pay Factor Perfluorinated Carbons Permanent Full Time Pacific Gas and Electric Public Health Goal (water qual) set by CEPA U.S. Public Health Service Permanent Intermittent Project ITS Architecture Personal Information Access Subsystem (ITS) Post Kilometer Public Land Highway (Fed program) Permanent Intermittent (Civil Service Appointment), preliminary investigation, Point of Intersection Private Industry Council Project Initiation Document Post-Implementation Evaluation Report Personnel Information Management System Personal Identification Number, Priority Index Number (for barrier rail replacement projects) Public Information Officer Payroll Input Process, Project Initiation Proposal Project Information System & Analysis, or Administration Parker-Kalan Nail Property line Project Labor Agreement Personal Leave Program Projected Land Use Model Project Manager; Post Mile; Preventive Maintenance; Particulate Matter Project Management Body of Knowledge Project Management Control System Project Management Data Warehouse Project Management Institute Perforated Metal Pipe;
Preliminary Environmental Assessment Report Professional Engineers in California Government Professional Engineer Development Program Permit Engineering Evaluation Report Performance Measurement System Personnel Employee Records for the Management Information System Review process for the National Historic Preservation Act
Project Management Professional PMPM PMR PMS PMSU PM-10 PN PO POC POE POGO POM PONTIS POP POS POT POVC P&P ppb PPC PPDG PPE PPIC PPM ppm PPNO PPO PPT ppt PQS PR PRC Prop 116 PRF PRISM PR2/2A PRS PRSM PRVC PS PSA AASHTO supported bridge management program Post Office Protocol Point Of Service health plan Point on tangent Point on vertical curve Policy & Procedure Parts Per Billion Plastic Pipe Culvert Project Planning and Design Guide personal protective equipment Public Policy Institute of California Planning, Programming & Monitoring, Policy and Procedures Memorandum Parts Per Million Planning and Programming Number Preferred Provider Organization Permanent-Part Time (Employee) part per trillion Professionally Qualified Staff Project Report Point of Reversing Curve State bicycle program Pavement Reinforcing Fabric Performance and Registration Information System Management (not PRSM) Fed/State supplemental agreement and modification to agreement (being phased out) Performance Related Specifications Project Resources and Schedule Management (not PRISM) point of reverse vertical curve Planned Start Date Program Supplemental Agreement; RA QAP QA/QC QBS QCIP QCRP QIP QoS PTMS P2P TCD PTS PUC PVC PVEA PY PYE PYPSCAN PSTIP PSTN PTA Project Management Procedures Manual Position Management Report Pavement Management System; Parking Management System (ITS) Project Management Support Unit Particulate Matter 10 microns or smaller Paving Notch Purchase Order Pedestrian Over-Crossing; Point on (horizontal) curve Port of Entry Privately-Owned/ Government-Operated PSS PSSR PSR psig PSM PSP PSCS PSDP PS&E PSI

Precursor System Architecture (ITS) Project Schedule and Co ntrol System Planning Staff Development Program Plans, Specs and Estimate Preliminary Site Investigation; pounds per square inch Pollutant Standards Index Pressure Per Square Inch Gauge Point Source Monitoring Pedestrian Safety Program; perforated steel pipe Project Study Report for STIP projects, preprogramming information. Personnel Services Specialist Project Scoping Summary Report for SHOPP projects
Proposed State Transportation Improvement Program
Public Switched Telephone Network Public Transportation Account; the major State account for mass transportation Public Transportation Management System
Peer-to-Peer program on Traffic Control Devices (FHWA)
Positive Train Separation (ITS) Public Utilities Commission Polyvinyl Chloride Petroleum Violation Escrow Account Person Year (1758-1800 hours) Person Year Equivalent Person Year Project Scheduling & Cost Analysis
P-Q
Quality Assurance Program, Qualification Appraisal Panel Quality Assurance/ Quality Control Qualification Based Selection Quality and Continuous Improvement Program Quality Control Review Process Quality Improvement Plan Quality of Service
Q-R
Reasonable Alternative; Regulatory Alternatives; Regulatory Analysis; Remedial Action; Resource Allocation; Risk Assessment Risk Analysis;
RABA Revenue Aligned Budget Authority, annual funding adjustment highway program to firewall level reflecting receipt estimates. RAC RACM RAD RAM RAN RAO RAP RAPID RAQS RAS RAW RBS RCA RCM RCP RCR RCRA R&D RDO RDP RDNA RDS R&S RE REMOVE REVISIT RFA RFB RFG RFP RFQ RFS RIA RICO RIFA Rubberized Asphalt Concrete Research Advisory Committee Reasonable Available Control Measures (air qual.) Rapid Application Development, Radiation Adsorbed Dose Responsibilit y Assignment Matrix Revenue Anticipation Note Regional Administrative Officer Relocation Assistance Program or Payments; Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Rural Agency Project Implementation District Regional Air Quality Strategy Regional Arterial System Revenue Anticipation Warrant (bridge loan) Resource Breakdown Structure Recycled Concrete Aggregate Reliability Centered Maintenance Reinforced Concrete Pipe Route Concept Report, part of planning process which provides a service concept Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Remove & Dispose Regular Day Off Route Development Plan, part of planning process which provides alternatives Recombinant DNA Radio Data Systems (ITS) Remove & Salvage Resident Engineer Reduced Motor Vehicle Emissions Program RBS Evaluation, Verification, Integration & Support Improvement Team Request for Authorization Request for Bid Reformulated Gasoline Request for Proposal Request for Qualifications Request for Quotation Richmond Field Station (UCB) Regulatory Impact Analysis; Regional ITS Architecture
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Regional Improvement Plan Red Legged Frog risk management Regional Mobility Plan Ribonucleic Acid Record of Decision Report of Expenditures Reactive Organic Gases Rural Residential Center Resurfacing (overlay), Restoration (to original condition), Rehabilitation (upgrade guardrail, widen shoulders, etc.)
RIP RLF RM RMP RNA ROD ROE ROG RRC RRR
R/S RSP RSPA RSTP RTIF RTIP
Resource / Schedule Roadway Safety Program (ATSSA) Research and Special Programs Admin. Regional Surface Transportation Program Regional Transportation Impact Fee Regional Transportation Improvement Program, 75% of STIP funds. List of projects submitted to CTC by RTPAs for seven year horizon, updated every two years.
RTL RTP
Ready To List Regional Transportation Plan, Federally required 20-year plan by MPOs, updated every 3-years
RTPA
Regional Transportation Planning Agency, State designated agency responsible for prep. of RTP & RTIP
RTS RWQCB
Remote Traveler Support Subsystem (ITS) Regional Water Quality Control Board
R-S
SAAMP SAB SACOG SADBU SAE SAFEs SAFETEA SAIN SAM SAME SAMI SANBAG SANDAG Special Area Aquatic Management Plan Seismic Advisory Board Sacramento Area Council of Governments Small And Disadvantaged Business Utilization Society of Automotive Engineers Service Authorities for Freeway Emergencies Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2003 Substance Abuse Information Network State Administrative Manual Society of American Military Engineers Stress-Absorbing Membrane Interlayer San Bernardino Associated Governments San Diego Association of Governments
Red Imported Fire Ant
SAP SAPA SAVE SB SBB&M SB45 SBS SC SCADA SCAG SCANDI SCE SCEDCO SCFM SCH SCO SCOH SCS SCSP SD SDC SDO SDP SDWA SEA SEAC SEC SEP Sampling and Analysis Plan State Asphalt Paving Associations Society of American Value Engineers Senate Bill San Bernardino Base and Meridian (surveying) 1997; State increased authority of RTPAs, etc. Est. current STIP process; timely use Sick Building Syndrome Slow Curing; Start Construction SHBSB SHELL SHOPP Supervisory Control and Data Acquisitions Southern California Association of Governments
Surveillance Control and Driver Information System

Standard Form; Superfund
SFOBB SFP S&H Code SHA
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Single Focal Point Streets & Highways Code laws governing funding & development of projects State Highway Account; Major account for highways (gas tax & weight fees) State Highway Agency State Historic Building Safety Board Subsystem of Highways for the Movement of Extralegal Permit Loads State Highway Operation and Protection Program, four & ten-year capital improvement program for rehabilitation, safety, and operational improvements on state highways. Cannot increase roadway capacity. SB 1435-Kopp
Southern California Edison

Stanislaus County Economic Development Corporation
Standard Cubic Feet Per Minute State Clearing House State Controllers Office Standing Committee on Highways Soil Conservation Service (now NRCS) Storm and Combined Sewer Program Structurally Deficient (bridge), Standard Deviation Seismic Design Criteria Standards Development Organization Strategic Deployment Plan Safe Drinking Water Act Systems Engineering Analysis Sulfur Extended Asphalt Concrete U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Special Emphasis Program Special Experimental Project; (ex.: FHWA allowed states to evaluate the design-build method on an experimental basis through SEP-14. SIG SIGOP SIMS SIP SI&A SIB SIC SHRP SHS SHPO SHRC SHWL SI
State Highway Research Program State Highway System State Historic Preservation Officer State Historical Resources Commission Seasonal High Water Level International System of Units (The Modernized Metric System) Structure Inventory and Appraisal State Infrastructure Bank Standard Industrial Classification, Standard Industry Code Special Interest Group Signal Optimization Sign Inventory Management System State Implementation Plan; air qual. Required by Fed, CAA of 1970. In order to be eligible for Fed $ projects must demonstrate conformity to SIP.
Section 4(f)
USDOT Act of 1966, Protects publicly owned parks, recreational areas, wildlife and water fowl refuges and land from historic sites
SISA SJCOG SJHTC SJVAPCD SLA
Special In-grade Salary Adjustment San Joaquin Council of Government San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Structures Local Assistance, Simbionese Liberation Army (different people, same acronym)
Section 7 Section 9 Section 10 Section 106 Section 130 Section 404 SER SF
Of Endangered Species Act of 1973 Prohibited Acts Habitat Conservation Plans National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
Protection of cultural resources and historic properties.
SLAE SLAMS SLIMS SLC SLD SLIP SLPDP
Structure Local Assistance Engineer State and Local Air Monitoring Stations ? State Land Commission Sea Level Datum Serial Line Internet Protocol State and Local Project Development Program
Railroad / Highway At-Grade Crossings Safety Program of the 1977 Federal Clean Water Act Standard Environmental Reference http://www.dot.ca.gov/ser/ Scheduled Finish Date / Start-to-Finish;
SLTC SLTPP SMARA SMART Soluble Threshold Limit Concentration (Cal) State Local Transportation Partnership Program State, discontinued) Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (Calif.) Structure Maintenance Automatic Report Transmittal system Goals: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time limited. SMBB SMR SMS SMSA SMTP SNAFU SNAP SNC SNMP SO SOAP SOC SOF SOFC SONET SOQ SOV SOW SO2 SOx SPB SPE SPI SP&R SR2S SPB SPMIT SPRR SQL SR SRF SROA SRP SRT SRTP SS single metal beam barrier Specialized Mobile Radio Highway Safety Management System Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Situation Normal All Fouled Up (polite form) Sonic Nap Alert Pattern (Penn. Turnpike type rumble strip) Significant Noncompliance Simple Network Management Protocol (ITS) Sulfur Dioxide Signal Operations Analysis Package Synthetic Organic Chemicals State Only Funding solid oxide fuel cell, see APU Synchronous Optical Network (ITS) Statement of Qualifications Single Occupancy Vehicle Statement of Work Sulfur Dioxide Sulfur Oxides State Personnel Board Start Preliminary Engineering Schedule Performance Index State Planning & Research Safe Routes to Schoolprogram (Fed) (est. by AB 1475, ext. by SB 10) State Personnel Board Statewide Project Management Improvement Team Southern Pacific Railroad Standard Query Language Sufficiency Rating (bridge) or State Route State Revolving (Loan) Fund (Clean Water Act) State Restriction of Appointments Secondary Road Plans Slotted Rail Terminal Short Range Transit Plans Scheduled Start Date / Start-to-Start SU SUDP SULEV Superpave SUSMP SV STPP STPL STRAHNET STRUDL STURAA STC STMF STMP STO STP STBB STC STD STE STEL STIP STA STAA STANCOG STAPPA SSE SSA SSB ssambn SSN SSES SSO SSPP SSPs SSR SSTAC STA

Separate State Estimate Sole Source Aquifer Scope, Schedule, and Budget such sums as may be necessary Social Security Number Sewer System Evaluation Survey Sanitary Sewer Overflow Structural Steel Plate Pipe Standard Special Provisions Standard Speed Rail Social Service Transportation Advisory Council State Transit Assistance; State funding for mass transit oper. & cap. Imp., By law, STA must receive 50% of PTA revenues State Transportation Agency Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 Stanislaus Council of Governments State And Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators Single Thrie Beam Barrier State Training Center Sate Transportation Department State Transportation Enhancement short-term exposure limit State Transportation Improvement Program, 4-year list of projects approved by CTC and is a list of major projects. ITIP (25%) & RTIP (75%) State Training Center
Simple Transportation Management Framework (ITS) Simple Transportation Management Protocol (ITS)
Smart Testing Operations Surface Transportation Program (Fed) (Formerly FAU or FAS) Study; Standard Temperature and Pressure Surface Transportation Policy Project Surface Transportation Program (Local) STRAtegic Highways NETwork Structural Design Language (computer program) Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act (1987) Source Unit Specific Urban Development Plan super ultra low emission vehicles Superior PERforming asphalt PAVEments Standard Urban Stormwater Mitigation Plan Schedule Variance
SW SWAG Sidewalk Storm Water Stuff We All Get Scientific Wild Ass Guess (not CT. We dont guess, we know) SWDR SWITRS SWLF SWMP SWMU SWPPP SWQAG SWRCB SWTF SYSOP Storm Water Data Report Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System Solid Waste Landfill Storm Water Management Plan Solid Waste Management Unit Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan Storm Water Quality Assessment Guide State Water Resources Control Board Storm Water Task Force Systems Operator T&D TDA TDD TDIP TDM TDMA TDP TCS TCRA TCRF TCRP TCP TCP/IP TCR Traffic Control Plan
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Transportation Concept Report ; Transportation Corridor Report Traffic Congestion Relief Act (AB2928) Traffic Congestion Relief Fund Transportation Congestion Relief Program, Transit Cooperative Research Program Transportation Control Strategy, Traffic Controller Synchronizer, Traffic Control Systems, Transportation Corridor Study Toll Collection Subsystem Training and Development Transportat ion Development Act; State law, 1971, 0.25% sales tax for transit & bike Telecommunications Device for the Deaf Technology Deployment Initiatives and Partnerships Transportation Demand Management; Travel Demand Management Time Division Multiple Access (ITS) Transportation Development Plan (Formerly RDP), Tons Per Day (air qual.)
S-T
T2 TA TAC TAC/ALC TAG TAM TAS TAR TASAS TAT TAU TB TBB TBC TC TCA TCB TCCC Technology Transfer Technical Advisory Technical Advisory Committee Technical Advisory Committee for Agricultural Land Conservation Technical Advisory Group Transportation Asset Management (FHWA, resource allocation strategies) Toll Administration Subsystem Tribal Authority Rule
Traffic Accident Surveillance and Analysis System
TDS TE T&E TEA TEAM TEC TEA-21 TeNS TERO TF TFHRC THC THM TI TIC TID TIE
Total Dissolved Solids Transportation Engineer Threatened and Endangered (species) Transportation Enhancement Act or Activities program (Fed) Together Everybody Achieves More (not CT) Travel Expense Claim; Total Escalated Cost Transportation Equity Act for the 21 st Century (Fed); 1998-2004 Technical Noise Supplement (http://env.dot.ca.gov/env/noise/index.htm) Tribal Employment Rights Office or Ordinances Total Float / Target Finish Date Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (McLean, VA) Total Hydrocarbons Trihalomethanes Traffic Index, = 9.0(ESAL/1,000,000)^0.119; Temporary Intermittent Technical Information Center Turlock Irrigation District Toxicity Identification Evaluation
Tire Anchor Timber Wall Temporary Authorization Appointment Top of Bank Thrie beam barrier Top Back of Curb Top of Curb Transportation Corridor Agency Traffic Control Box Transportation Curriculum Coordination Council (FHWA led pooled fund study for training management and development under NHI)
TCDD TCDH TCE TCI TCIP TCLP TCM
Dioxin (Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) Traffic Control Devices Handbook Trichloroethylene Transit Capital Improvement program Transit Communications Interface Profiles (ITS) Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (Fed) Transportation Control Measure to reduce pollution emissions.
TIES TIF TIFIA TIGER TIP TIS TISE TISP Total Integrated Engineering System Transportation Investment Fund; Truck Inspection Facility Transportation Infrastructure Finance & Innovation Act Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding Referencing System Transportation Improvement Program Travelers Information System Take It Somewhere Else The Infrastructure Security Partnership (Congress of Infrastructure Security for the Built Environment) T&L TL TLI TLV TMA TMC TMCC TMDD TMDL TMIP TMP TMS TNT TOC TOD TOMIS TON TOPICS TOPSS TOS TOT/MVM TP TPB TPC TP&D TPL TPM TQM Time and Labor Transportation Laboratory Terrain Line Interpolation Threshold Limit Value Transportation Management Assoc. or Area Transportatio n Management Center; Traffic Management Center Truck-Mounted Crash Cushion Traffic Management Data Dictionary (ITS) Total Maximum Daily Load; .Limit Travel Model Improvement Program Transportation Management Plan Traffic Management (or Monitoring or Maintenance) System or Subsystem, see TSM Trinitrotoluene Traffic Operations Center; Total Organic Carbon/ Compound, Section 4(f) Transit Oriented Development
Traffic Operations Management Information Service

Transportation Accounting & Management System: developed to meet the Department's reporting needs and to respond effectively to the requirements placed on the Department as a result of the implementation of the California Fiscal Information System.
TRAMS
TRAQ TRARR TRB TRIP TRIS TRIS TRMC TRMS TRRL TRS TRSP TRT TRVS TSC TSCA TSDP TSDF TSIP TSM TSN TSO TSP TSS TSSS TTHM TTLC TTIA TTN TTP TTY TUF date TVA TVOC TWLTL
Transportation Air Quality Center Traffic on Rural Roads Transportation Research Board (formerly Highway Research Board) The Road Information Program Transportation Research Information System (UCB), see C-TRIS Transportation Research Information System; Toxic Release Inventory System Transit Management Center Transit Management Subsystem Transportation Road Research Laboratory Time Reporting System (history) Traffic-Responsive Plan (Generation) Technical Review Team Transportation Research Thesaurus Transit Vehicle Subsystem (ITS) Transportation Systems Center Toxic Substances Control Act Transportation System Development Plan Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities Transportation Systems Information Program Transportation System Management program (State, discontinued) See TMS Transportation System Network Time-share operation Total Suspended Particulates, Traffic Synchronization Projects Total Suspended Solids Total Station Survey System Total Trihalomethane Total Threshold Limit Concentration Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 1995 Technology Transfer Network Technology Transfer Program (UCB) Teletype Timely Utilization of Funding? Tennessee Valley Authority Total Volatile Organic Compounds Two Way Left Turn Lane
Threshold of Odor Number (water qual) Traffic Operations Program to Improve Capacity & Safety Transportation Operations and Project Support System (New time system) Traffic Operations System Total Accidents Per Million Vehicle Miles Turning Point (surveying) Treated Permeable Base Technical Planning Committee Transportation Planning & Development account Truck Passing Lane Transportation Planning Manual Total Quality Management

Urban Traffic Control System Urban Transportation Planning System use attainability analysis, (EPA, water body recreational use.) Ultraviolet Urbanized Area
T-U
UA UAA UAM UAQI UART UC UCITS UCP UCS UFAS UG UGB UITP ULEV UMRA UMTA UNESCO UNPARs UP URISA URL UROAD USA USC USC&GS USCE USCG USDA USFS USFWS USGS USM USPLS USPS USR UST USTIP USTR UTC Urbanized Area Use Attainability Analysis (water qual) Urban Air-shed Model Uniform Air Quality Index Universal Asynchronous Transmitter Receivers (Computer Chip) Under-crossing University of California Institute of Transportation Studies Unified Certification Program (DBE) Unconfined Compressive Strength Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards Underground Urban Growth Boundaries International Union of Public Transport Ultra Low Emission Vehicles Un-funded Mandates Reform Act Urban Mass Transit Agency, Administration United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Unprogram Project Approval Requests Underpass Urban and Regional Information Systems Assoc. Universal Resource Locator; Universal Reader Language Urban Mass Transportation Agency United States of America; Underground Service Alert United States Code; Unified Soil Classification United States Coast and Geodetic Survey United States Corps of Engineers (ARMY) United States Coast Guard U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Forest Service United States Fish & Wildlife Service United States Geological Survey Urban Simulation Model United States Public Land Surveys US Postal Service User Service Requirement Underground Storage Tank
Updated State Transportation Improvement Program
UTCS UTPS UUA UV UZA
U-V
VA VC V/C VCM VDT VE VECP VELB VEP VFC VGA VHT VISTA VKT VMS VMT VOC VOS VRC Veterans Administration Vertical Curve Volume /Capacity ratio Vertical Control Monumentation Video Display Terminal Value Engineering Value Engineering Change Proposal Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle (lives in stems > one inch) Value Engineering Proposal Vehicle Fuel Consumption Virtual Graphics Array Vehicle-Hours of Travel Video Information System Training Assoc., Inc. Vehicle Kilometers Traveled Variable Message Sign Vehicle Miles Traveled, common measurement for driving demand Volatile Organic Compounds; Volume and Occupancy Control (Constant) Vehicle Operating Survey Vehicle/Roadside Communications (ITS) Value Analysis
V-W
WADS WAN WASHTO WBE WBS WC WCC WDT WEN WES WET WGRA WHO Wide Area Detection Systems Wide Area Network Western Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials Woman-owned Business Enterprise Work Breakdown Structure Worker's Compensation Work Category Code Weight-Distance Tax Workload Estimatin g Norm Waterways Experiment Station Wetland Evaluation Technique Western Governmental Research Association World Health Organization / United Nations
Unites States Trade Representative Ultimate Transportation Corridor
WIB WPA WPCM WPCP WQBEL WQC WQI WQS WS WSP WSRA WSPRO WSTP WWBE WWTP WWW WYSIWYG WZS WZTC Workforce Investment Board watershed protection approach Water Pollution Control Manager Water Pollution Control Program water quality-based effluent limit Water Quality Criteria Watershed Quality Index water quality standard White Stripe Welded Steel Pipe Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Water Surface Profile Wastewater Sewage Treatment Plant White Women-owned Business Enterprise Wastewater Treatment Plant World-Wide Web What you see is what you get Work Zone Safety Work Zone Traffic Control Vision Mission: Home page theme: ????????: ????????? 4R 404

..and Reconstruction ACOE permit for waterway dredging or filling
Caltrans Improves Mobility Across California Caltrans Gets You There Well Find A Way Helping people move goods and services across California more efficiently. California will have the safest, best managed, seamless transportation system in the world.
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W-X
XPM Expert Project Management
X-Y
YARTS YATI YS Y2K Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System Yosemite Area Traveler Information Yellow Stripe The Year 2000 Computer Problem
Y-Z
ZBB Zero Based Budgeting: process requiring justification of every dollar (and person-year) of an organization's/program's proposed budget for the budget year. The assumed program level for the budget year is zero, thus intensive justification and critical review of all components is required before approval ZEV ZRL 3C 3E 3R Zero Emissions Vehicle Zero Risk Level Continuing, Cooperative and Comprehensive planning Education, Enforcement & Encouragement (SR2S) Resurfacing, Restoration & Rehabilitation work

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Red = Deemed to be particularly common in Caltrans Local Assistance

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List Of Acronym Data (LOAD)

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ACOE ACP ACPA ACPPA ACR ACSP ACTA ACWP ADA

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ARTBA ARTS AS ASAP ASC

ASCE ASCII ASF ASHRAE ASI ASME ASNT ASPEN ASR

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Capital Outlay Support

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Commercial Vehicle Check Subsystem (ITS)

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Edge of Traveled Way Earned Value End Vertical Curve

Authorization to Proceed Summary Form

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FIRM F/L FLEP FLHD FLHP

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IPG IRIS IRP IRR IRRS IRS IRVM IRWA IS ISA

HUTA HVAC HWMP

Highway User Tax Account

Hazardous Waste Management Plan

Indirect Source Control International Safety Equipment Assoc.

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Life Cycle Cost

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Mean Sea Level

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NTPAW NTR NTSB NTU

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RIP RLF RM RMP RNA ROD ROE ROG RRC RRR

R/S RSP RSPA RSTP RTIF RTIP

Red Imported Fire Ant

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SFOBB SFP S&H Code SHA

Southern California Edison

SISA SJCOG SJHTC SJVAPCD SLA

SLAE SLAMS SLIMS SLC SLD SLIP SLPDP

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TCDD TCDH TCE TCI TCIP TCLP TCM

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UTCS UTPS UUA UV UZA

Unites States Trade Representative Ultimate Transportation Corridor

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