Glossary

Below is an short version of abbreviations commonly used in the transportation planning process. Click here for a more detailed listing of acronyms and abbreviations.

Agency and Committee Abbreviations:

BPAC	Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee
CAC	Citizens’ Advisory Committee
CTC	Community Transportation Coordinator
CTD	Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged
ECFRPC	East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
FAA	Federal Aviation Administration
FDOT	Florida Department of Transportation
FHWA	Federal Highway Administration
FMWG	Freight Mobility Working Group
FTA	Federal Transit Administration
GOAA	Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
MPO	Metropolitan Planning Organization
OOCEA	Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority
TDLCB	Transportation Disadvantaged Local Coordinating Board
TTC	Transportation Technical Committee

Miscellaneous Abbreviations:

AADT	Average Annual Daily Traffic
ADA	American Disability Act
ADT	Average Daily Traffic -- the volume of traffic on an average week day; may be measured on a section of roadway or an entire highway network. Factored with a yearly and seasonal factor
CFMPOA	Central Florida MPO Alliance
FSUTMS	Florida Standard Urban Transportation Model Structure -- the set of computer programs used in the transportation planning and traffic forecasting process
GIS	Geographical Information Systems
HOV	High-Occupancy Vehicle -- special lanes on a limited access freeway set aside for vehicles with two or more occupants during morning and afternoon peak travel times
ISTEA	Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
ITS	Intelligent Transportation System -- a system of safety and congestion management devices designed to improve traffic flow such as vehicle navigation systems, computerized signalization systems, surveillance cameras used to locate and clear accidents, etc., as well as electronic signs that notify drivers of traffic conditions
LORCS	Local Option Rental Car Surcharge
LOS	Level of Service -- a measuring technique used to gauge the level of efficiency of an individual roadway or a highway network; generally expressed as A, B, C, D, E, or F, with A being the lightest level of congestion and F being the heaviest
LRT	Light Rail Transit
LRTP	Long Range Transportation Plan
MagLev	Magnetic Levitation -- a technology using opposing magnets to levitate and propel a passenger train at high speeds
MPOAC	Florida MPO Advisory Council
OUATS	Orlando Urban Area Transportation Study -- the formal transportation planning process of the Orlando Urban Area MPO
RFP	Request for Proposals
SIS	Strategic Intermodal System
SITAC	Statewide Intermodal Trans Advisory Council
TD	Transportation Disadvantaged
TEA 21	Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century -- Federal transportation policy adopted in 1998
TIP	Transportation Improvement Program -- the document identifying the highway, transit, aviation, and bicycle/pedestrian projects within the MPO area that are funded over the next five years
TMA	Transportation Management Area -- ISTEA term for an urban area of over 200,000 population
TSMO	Transportation Systems Management & Operations -- relatively low-cost, quickly implemented transportation improvements that stress the utilization of existing transportation facilities
UPWP	Unified Planning Work Program -- the document identifying the transportation planning activities to be accomplished by the MPO during a fiscal year
VMT	Vehicle Miles of Travel -- the total number of miles traveled by all the vehicles on a highway network over a given period of time

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