Section
5:
Acronyms
Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
AASHTO | American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials |
ADA | Americans with Disabilities
Act |
ADAAG | Americans with Disabilities
Act - Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities |
AFA | Advance Funding Agreement |
AIA | American Institute of Architects |
BRG | Texas Department of Transportation
- Bridge Division |
CAA | Clean Air Act |
CCR | Central Contractor Registration |
CDA | Comprehensive Development Agreement |
CE | Categorical Exclusion |
CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act |
CIA | Community Impact Analysis |
CIV | Texas Department of Transportation's
Civil Rights Division |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
CMAQ | Congestion Mitigation and Air
Quality |
CMMA | Comprehensive Maintenance Management
Agreement |
CSD | Texas Department of Transportation’s
Contract Services Division |
CSJ | Control-section-job |
CST | Texas Department of Transportation’s
Construction Division |
CUF | Commercially Useful Function |
DBE | Disadvantaged Business Enterprise |
DES | Texas Department of Transportation’s
Design Division |
DOL | U.S. Department of Labor |
DOT | U.S. Department of Transportation |
DSR | Design Summary Report |
DUNS | Data Universal Numbering System |
EA | Environmental Assessment |
EDC | Economically Disadvantaged County |
EEO | Equal Employment Opportunity |
EIS | Environmental Impact Statement |
EJ | Environmental Justice |
ENV | Texas Department of Transportation
- Environmental Affairs Division |
EPIC | Environmental Permits, Issues
and Commitments |
ESBD | Electronic State Business Daily |
FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
FC | Functional Classification |
FEMA | Federal Emergency Management
Administration |
FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
FIN | Texas Department of Transportation
- Finance Division |
FM | Farm to Market (road) |
FPAA | Federal Project Authorization
and Agreement |
FTA | Federal Transit Administration |
FUP | Federal Utility Procedure |
GSA | General Services Administration |
HBRRP | Highway Bridge Replacement and
Rehabilitation Program (federal) |
HOV | High Occupancy Vehicle |
HOT | High Occupancy Toll |
HRRR | High Risk Rural Road Program |
HSIP | Highway Safety Improvement Program |
HUB | Historically Underutilized Business |
IAJ | Interstate Access Justification
Report |
ITS | Intelligent Transportation System
(Traffic Operations) |
LD | Liquidated Damages |
LG | Local Government |
LGP | Texas Department of Transportation’s
Local Government Projects Section |
LGPM | Local Government Project Management
Guide |
LGPP | Local Government Projects Policy
Manual |
LOA | Letter of Authority (state) |
LOS | Level of Service |
LOSA | Local On System Agreement |
LRFD | Load and Resistance Factor Design |
LUP | Local Utility Procedure |
MNT | Texas Department of Transportation’s
Maintenance Division |
MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
MPO | Metropolitan Planning Organization |
MTP | Metropolitan Transportation
Plan |
MUTCD | Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices (national) |
NAGPRA | Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Act |
NEPA | National Environmental Policy
Act |
NHS | National Highway System |
NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System |
NTP | Notice to Proceed |
OFCCP | Office of Federal Contract Compliance
Programs |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget
(federal) |
OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (federal) |
PE | Professional Engineer |
PEPS | Texas Department of Transportation
- Professional Engineering Procurement Services Division |
PS&E | Plans Specifications and Estimates |
QAP | Quality Assurance Program |
RAS | Registered Accessibility Specialist |
RFP | Request for Proposals (design-build) |
RFQ | Request for Qualifications (design-bid-build
and design-build) |
RMA | Regional Mobility Authority |
ROW | Right of Way and Texas
Department of Transportation’s - Right of Way Division |
RPIC | Responsible Person in Charge |
RPO | Rural Planning Organization |
RTA | Regional Tollway Authority |
RTP | Regional Transportation Plan |
RXR | Railroad Crossing pavement markings |
SBE | Small Business Enterprise |
SHS | State Highway System |
SLOA | State Letter of Authority |
SOC | Statement of Costs |
SRTS/SRS | Safe Routes to School |
STIP | Statewide Transportation Improvement
Program |
STP | Surface Transportation Program |
SUP | State Utility Procedure |
SW3P | Storm Water Pollution Prevention
Plan |
TAC | Texas Administrative Code |
TAS | Texas Accessibility Standards |
TCEQ | Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality |
TCP | Traffic Control Plan |
TDLR | Texas Department of Licensing
and Regulation |
THC | Texas Historical Commission |
TIP | Transportation Improvement Program |
TMUTCD | Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic
Control Devices |
TPD | Texas Department of Transportation's
Transportation Programs Division |
TPDES | Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System |
TPP | Texas Department of Transportation’s
Transportation Planning and Programming Division |
TPWD | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |
TRF | Texas Department of Transportation’s
- Traffic Operations Division |
TUCP | Texas Unified Certification
Program (relates to DBE) |
TxDOT | Texas Department of Transportation |
UGMS | Uniform Grant Management Standards |
USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
USDOL | U.S. Department of Labor |
USDOT | U.S. Department of Transportation |
USIBWC | U.S. International Boundary
and Water Commission |
UTP | Texas Department of Transportation
- Unified Transportation Plan |
VE | Value Engineering |