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13(c) Department of Labor Regulation on Transit Labor Protection
3C Continuous, Comprehensive, and Cooperative Planning Process
A&E Architect(ure) and Engineer(ing)
AA Alternatives Analysis
AACE Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
AGT Automated Guideway Transit
AIME American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
AIT Arts-in-Transit
APTA American Public Transportation Association
AREMA American Railway Engineering and Maintenance Association
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
ATCS Automated Train Control System
ATO Automated Train Operation
BAFO Best and Final Offer
BART Bay Area Rapid Transit
BMF Bus Maintenance Facility
BOT Build Operate Transfer
BRT Bus Rapid Transit
BSDA Bi-State Development Agency
BTO Build Transfer Operate
CADD Computer Assisted Design and Drafting
CAPRA Capital Reserve Account
CBD Central Business District
CCS Change Control System
CCT Community Coordination Team
CCTV Closed Circuit Television
CE Categorical Exclusion
CEQ Council on Environmental Quality
CFR Code of Federal Regulation
CII Construction Industry Institute
CIP Coordinated Insurance Program
CM Construction Manager/Management
CMAA Construction Management Association of America
CMAQ Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
CMC Construction Management Consultant
CM/GC Construction Manager/General Contractor
Conrail Consolidated Rail Corporation
CPM Critical Path Method
CPTED Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
CR Constructability Review
CSXT CSX Transportation Corporation
CTDOT Connecticut Department of Transportation
CURT Construction Users Roundtable
D/B Design/Build
D/B/B Design/Bid/Build
DBE Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
DBIA Design Build Institute of America
DBOM Design Build Operate Maintain
DEIS Draft Environmental Impact Statement
DOT Department of Transportation
DRB Dispute Review Board
E&O Errors and Omissions
EA Environmental Assessment
EEO Equal Employment Opportunity
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
EMC Engineering Management Consultant
EMI Electromechanical Interference
EPA Environmental Projection Agency
ESA Environmental Site Assessment
EV Earned Value
FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations
FARA Federal Acquisition Reform Act
FEIS Final Environmental Impact Statement
FFGA Full Funding Grant Agreement
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FLSC Fire-Life Safety Committee
FMCSS Federal Motor Carrier Safety Standards
FMO Financial Management Oversight
FONSI Finding of No Significant Impact
FRA Federal Railroad Administration
FTA Federal Transit Administration
GEC General Engineering Consultant
GMIS Grants Management Information System
GMP Guaranteed Maximum Price
HBLRTS Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System
HOV High Occupancy Vehicle
HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HVAC Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
ICC Interstate Commerce Commission
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems
LACMTA Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
LACTC Los Angeles County Transportation Commission
LONP Letter of No Prejudice
LPA Locally Preferred Alternative
LRT Light Rail Transit
LRV Light Rail Vehicle
LUC Local User Council
MARTA Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
MBL Metro Blue Line
MBTA Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
MCP Major Capital Project
MIS Major Investment Study
MNR Metro-North Commuter Railroad
MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization
MTA Metropolitan Transportation Authority
NAA Non-Attainment Area
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NJTC New Jersey Transit Corporation
NSP New Start Project
NTD National Transit Database
NTP Notice to Proceed
NTI National Transit Institute
NYCT New York City Transit
O&M Operating (ion) and Maintenance
OCIP Owner Controlled Insurance Program or Plan
OCRR Old Colony Railroad Rehabilitation
OSDBU Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (FTA)
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PAAC Port Authority of Allegheny County
PDM Precedence Diagram Method
PE Preliminary Engineering
PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PLA Project Labor Agreement
PM Project/Program Manager/Management
PMC Project Management Consultant
PMI Project Management Institute
PMO Project Management Oversight
PMOC Project Management Oversight Consultant
PMP Project Management Plan
PTMS Public Transportation Facilities & Equipment Management System
QA Quality Assurance
QC Quality Control
R&D Research and Development
RAMP Real Estate Acquisition and Management Plan
RE Resident Engineer
RFI Request for Information
RFP Request for Proposal
RIP Reliability Improvement Program
ROD Record of Decision or Revenue Operations Date
ROI Return on Investment
ROW Right-of-Way
RR Railroad
RTD Regional Transit District (Denver)
RTP Regional Transportation Plan
SAVE Society of American Value Engineers
SC Safety Certification
SCCTD Santa Clara County Transit District
SCRC Safety Certification Review Committee
SCORC System Change and Operations Review Committee
S/DBE Small and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
SFO San Francisco International Airport
SSC Safety and Security Certification
SSO State Safety Oversight
SSOA State Safety Oversight Agency
SSMP Safety and Security Management Plan
SSPP System Safety (and/or Security) Program Plan
SSPS System Safety Program Standards
STIP Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
STP Surface Transportation Program
SUE Subsurface Utility Engineering
T&M Time and Material
TDP Turnkey Demonstration Program
TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TECP Tax Exempt Commercial Paper
TIFIA Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act
TIP Transportation Improvement Program
TOD Transit-Oriented Development
TPP Test Program Plan
TQM Total Quality Management
TSI Transportation Safety Institute
TSM Transportation System Management
UP Union Pacific
USDOT United States Department of Transportation
UTA Utah Transit Authority
VE Value Engineering
VTA Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
WAN Wide Area Network
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
WMATA Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction