ACRONYMS


AADT Annual Average Daily Traffic Counts
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
AFV Alternate Fuel Vehicles
APR Annual Performance Report
APTA American Public Transit Association
AVL Automatic Vehicle Location System

BAC Bicycle Advisory Commitee
B/C Benefit/Cost Ratio
BCCB Broward County Coordinating Board
BCT Broward County Transit
BEBR Bureau of Economics and Business Research
BLC Broward League of Cities
BUS Broward Urban Shuttle

CAA Clean Air Act Amendment
CBD Central Business District
C.M. Congestion/Demand Management
Chapter 427 FS Florida Statute Establishing Transportation Disadvantaged Commission
CMA Congestion Management
CIR Community Involvement Roundtable
CMA Critical Movement Analysis
CMAQ Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
CMS Congestion Management System

CMS Changeable Message Signs
CNG Compressed Natural Gas
CR Commuter Rail
CTC Community Transportation Coordinator

DBE Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
DCA Department of Community Affairs
DUPR Department of Urban Planning and Redevelopment
DRI Development of Regional Impact

EIS
Environmental Impact Statement
EPA Environmental Protection Agency

FAA Federal Aviation Authority
F.A.C. Florida Administrative Code
FCTD Florida Commission Transportation Disadvantaged
FDOT Florida Department of Transportation
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
F.S. Florida Statute
FTA Federal Transit Administration
FY Fiscal Year

GIS Geographic Information System

HOV High Occupancy Vehicle
HV Hourly Volume

ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Act of 1991
ITS Intelligent Transportation System

JARC Job Access and Reverse Commute
JPA Joint Participation Agreement

LOS Level of Service
LRT Light Rail Transit
LRTP Long-Range Transportation Plan

MCIP Major Capital Investment Project
MIS Major Investment Study
MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization
MPOAC Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Committee

NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement

NEPA
NNeNENENN National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
NHS National Highway System
NOI Notice of Intent
NTS National Transportation System
NTC Neighborhood Transit Centers

PL 112 Planning Funds (Federal)
P & R Park & Ride

RPTA Regional Public Transportation Authority
ROW Right-of-Way
RTO Regional Transit Organization

SFEC South Florida Education Center
SFRPC South Florida Regional Planning Council
SOV Single Occupancy Vehicle
SR State Road
STIP Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan

STP Statewide Transportation Plan
STP Surface Transportation Program

TAC Technical Advisory Committee
TAZ Traffic Analysis Zone
TCC Technical Coordinating Committee
TECEA Transportation Concurrency Exception Area
TDM Transit Demand Management

TD Transportation Disadvantaged
TDC Transportation Disadvantaged Commission
TDP Transportation Development Plan
TDSP Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan
TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TIP Transportation Improvement Plan
TITLE VI Part of Civil Rights Act of 1964
TMA Transportation Management Area
TOC Transit Oriented Corridor
TOD Transit Oriented Development
TOPS Transportation Options
TRI-RAIL Tri County Rail Commuter Authority
TSM Transportation Systems Management

UMTA Urban Mass Transportation Administration
UPWP Unified Planning Work Program

WAGES Work and Gain Economic Self Sufficiency

VMT Vehicle Miles of Travel

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