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AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
AGC Associated General Contractors
AVI Automat(-ic)(-ed) Vehicle Identification
BCE Blanket Categorical Exclusion
BOPP Business Opportunity Policy and Program (see DBE)
BRINSAP Bridge Inventory Inspection and Appraisal Program
CAB
Community Advisory Board
CAG Community Advisory Group
CTR Center for Transportation Research
CBD Central Business District
CDA Comprehensive Development Agreement (private entity operates toll road)
CE Categorical Exclusion
COG Council of Governments
CEQ Council on Environmental Quality
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act
CIP Capital Improvement Program
DBE Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (see BOPP)
DCIS Draft Construction Impact Statement
DEIS Draft Environmental Impact Statement
DMS Dynamic Message Sign
DOT Department of Transportation (usually preceded by the abbreviation of a governmental entity)
EA Environmental Assessment
EC TxDOT District Environmental Coordinator
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
ENV TxDOT Environmental Affairs Division
EO Executive Order
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPCRA Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
ETC Electronic Toll Collection
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FM Farm to Market road
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FEIS Final Environmental Impact Statement
FONSI Finding of No Significant Impact
FTE Full-time equivalent
GASB Government Accounting Standards Board
GEC General Engineering Consultancy
GIS Geographic Information Service (or Government or General)
GLO Texas General Land Office
HNTB Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff (listed here for historical interest only – HNTB Corporation is the company's formal, official name)
HOA Home Owners Association
HOT High Occupancy Tolled (lane)
HOV High-Occupancy Vehicle (lane)
HUB Historically underutilized business
HR Human Resources
IBTTA International Bridge Tunnel and Turnpike Association
ILA Inter-Local Agreement
IPA Initially Preferred Alternative (see LPA, LPO)
ISTEA Inter-modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (no longer in vogue, see TEA-21)
IT Information Technology
ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems
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LPA Local Public Agency or Locally Preferred Alternative (see LPO and IPO)
LPO Locally Preferred Option
LTM Long-Term Modification
LUST Leaking Underground Storage Tank
MAPO Meeting of Affected Property Owners
MIS Major Investment Study
ML Managed Lane(s)
MLP Main-Lane Plaza
MMC Maintenance Management Consultant
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization
MTA Metropolitan Transportation Authority
MTP Metropolitan Transportation Plan
NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NOA Notice of Availability
NOI Notice of Intent (to write an EIS)
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
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O&M Operations and Maintenance
PAT Property Acquisition Tracking
PCE Programmatic Categorical Exclusion
PH Public Hearing
PHO Opportunity for Public Hearing
PI Public Involvement Group
PIO Public Information Office (or Officer)
PM Public Meeting
PS&E Plans, Specifications and Estimates
RR Ranch Road
RAB Restoration Advisory Board
RAT
Right of Way Acquisition Team
RFP Request for proposals
RFQ Request for qualifications
RMA Regional Mobility Authority
ROD Record of Decision
ROW Right of Way
SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act
SB
Senate Bill
SBE Small Business Enterprise
SCE State Categorical Exclusion.
Scoping Process of determining what are and what are not the real physical (including design requirements), biological, economic and social issues of a proposed transportation project
SOV Single-occupant vehicle
STIP State Transportation Improvement Plan
STM Short-Term Modification
SWDG System-Wide Design Guidelines
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TAC Texas Administrative Code
TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program
TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
THC Texas Historical Commission
TIFIA (Federal) Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act
TIMS Traffic and Incident Management System
TIP Transportation Improvement Plan
TAME Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering
TCEQ Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
TERP Texas Emissions Reduction Plan
TMF Texas Mobility Fund
TGR/TA Texas Good Roads/Transportation Association
TNRCC
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
TPWD Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (also TP&W)
TRB Transportation Research Board
TRC Traffic and Revenue Consultant
TRS Traffic & Revenue Study
TTI Texas Transportation Institute
TxDOT Texas Department of Transportation
DPS Texas Department of Public Safety
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USCG U.S. Coast Guard
USDOT U.S. Department of Transportation
USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
UTP Unified Transportation Program
WASHTO Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
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