Key Transportation Acronyms & Terms
A
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
AFA TPB Access for All Advisory Committee
B
BID Business Improvement District
BRT Bus Rapid Transit
BWI Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
C
CAC TPB Community Advisory Committee
CE Categorial Exclusions
CIP Capital Improvement Program
COG Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
CTB Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board
CTP Maryland Consolidated Transportation Program
D
DCA Ronald Reagan National Airport
DDOT District of Columbia Department of Transportation
DOT Department of Transportation
DRPT Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation
E
EA Environmental Assessments
EEA Equity Emphasis Area
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
EJ Environmental Justice
F
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FTA Federal Transit Administration
Financially Constrained - Financial constraint means that each project included in the financially constrained element of the metropolitan transportation plan must be capable of being completed using revenue sources that are already committed, available, or reasonably expected to be available in the future.
G
GIS Geographic Information Systems
H
HEF Manassas Regional Airport
HOT High-Occupancy Toll
HOV 2+ High-Occupancy Vehicle, only vehicles with 2 or more people may use the lane
HOT 3+ High-Occupancy Toll, Vehicles with 3 or more people are free; less than 3 people must pay a toll
HOV High-Occupancy Vehicle
I
IAD Washington Dulles International Airport
IIJA Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021
ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems
ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
L
LEP Limited English Proficiency
M
MARC Maryland Area Rail Commuter
MDOT Maryland Department of Transportation
M-NCPPC Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization
MTA Maryland Transit Administration
MTP Metropolitan Transportation Plan
MWAA Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
MWAQC Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee
N
NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NCPC National Capital Planning Commission
NCRTP National Capital Region Transportation Plan
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NHS National Highway System
NPS National Park Service
NRS Non-Regionally Significant (for Air Quality)
NVTA Northern Virginia Transportation Authority
NVTA Northern Virginia Transportation Commission
P
PBPP Performance Based Planning and Programming
PRTC Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission
R
ROD Record of Decision
RSP Regionally Significant Project - Any project on a facility that is included in the coded regional network that adds or removes at least one continuous vehicular lane from one major road to the next or adds a new access/egress location or capacity; or any transit project that adds or modifies fixed-guideway transit facilities (heavy rail, light rail, bus rapid transit). Source: Visualize 2045 Technical Inputs Solicitation
RRSP TPB Regional Roadway Safety Program
RSAQ Regionally Significant for Air Quality
S
SHA Maryland State Highway Administration
SIP State Improvement Plan (air quality)
STIP State Transportation Improvement Program
SYIP Six-Year Improvement Program
T
TAFA Transit Access Focus Area
TAP Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program
TDM Transportation Demand Management
TERMs Transportation Emissions Reduction Measures
TIP Transportation Improvement Program - The TIP is a four-year federal obligation document which describes the TPB board-approved transportation projects scheduled to receive federal transportation funding and all regionally significant for air quality projects.
TLC TPB Transportation-Land Use Connections Program
TMA Transportation Management Area
TNC Transportation Network Company (for example, Lyft or Uber)
TOD Transit-Oriented Development
TPB National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board
Title VI - A title of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that ensures that no person in the United States will be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, or national origin. Metropolitan transportation planning processes are required to be consistent with Title VI.
U
UPWP Unified Planning Work Program– A statement of work identifying the planning priorities and activities to be carried out within a metropolitan planning area. The UPWP includes a description of annual work, products, schedule, budget, and source of funds.
UZA Urbanized Area
USDOT U.S. Department of Transportation
V
VDOT Virginia Department of Transportation
VPRA Virginia Passenger Rail Authority
VRE Virginia Railway Express
VMT Vehicle Miles Traveled
W
WMATA Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro)