Glossary - Transportation Research Board

Glossary - Transportation Research Board

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GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
5T
Telematics Technologies for Transport
and Traffic in Turin (Italy)
EFA
ELMI
AC Transit
ADA
AIGLE
ETA
FedEx
FIT
FHWA
FOT
FTA
Federal Express
Fixed information terminal
Federal Highway Administration
Field operational test
Federal Transit Administration
GIS
GPS
GSM
HELMI
Geographic information systems
Global positioning system
Global system for mobile communications
Helsinki City Transport’s real-time
information system for both bus and
train lines
AVL
Alameda–Contra Costa Transit District
Americans with Disabilities Act
Aide à l’Intervention Globale sur les
Lignes en Exploitation
Automated itinerary planner
American Public Transportation
Association
Advanced Public Transportation Systems
Advanced Radio Data Information Service
Azienda Trasporti Consorziali, Bologna,
Italy
Advanced traveler information system
A Thematic Long-term Approach to
Networking for the Telematics and ITS
Community
Advanced Traffic and Travel Information
(System)
Automatic Traffic Surveillance and
Control System
Automatic vehicle location
Elektronische Fahrplanauskunft
Espoo and Länsiväylä Passenger Information System, Helsinki
Estimated time to arrival
BART
BLIS
Bay Area Rapid Transit, San Francisco
Bus Location and Information System
IP
ISDN
ISP
ITH
ITS
ITSA
IVR
Internet protocol
Integrated Services Digital Network
Information service provider
Illinois Transit Hub
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Intelligent Transportation Society of
America
Interactive voice response
CAD
Caltrans
CCRTA
Computer-aided dispatch
California DOT
Cape Cod (Massachusetts) Regional
Transit Authority
Computer Center for Visually Impaired
People, Baruch College, New York
Cellular digital packet data
Central Ohio Transit Authority
Customer relationship management
Chicago Transit Authority
City-University-Energysaver, Fairfax,
Virginia
JPO
Joint Program Office
LACMTA
Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority
Los Angeles DOT
Local-area network
Light-emitting diode
Long Island Rail Road, New York
AIP
APTA
APTS
ARDIS
ATC
ATIS
ATLANTIC
ATTAIN
ATSCS
CCVIP
CDPD
COTA
CRM
CTA
CUE
DGPS
DMS
DOM
DOT
DRS
DSRC
DTMF
EDAPTS
Differential global positioning system
Dynamic message sign
De Orientierte Mensch (The Oriented
Person)
Department of Transportation
Demand-responsive system
Dedicated short-range communications
Dual-tone multifrequency
Efficient Development of Advanced
Public Transportation Systems
LADOT
LAN
LED
LIRR
MAX
MDT
MMDI
MMTIS
MOBINET
MTA
MTC
MUNI
MVV
NTCIP
Metropolitan Area Express (Portland)
Mobile data terminal
Metropolitan Model Deployment Initiative
Multi-Modal Traveler Information System
Mobilität im Ballungsraum München
Metropolitan Transportation Authority,
New York
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
San Francisco Municipal Railway
Münchner Verkehrs und Tarifverbund
National Transportation Communications
for ITS Protocol
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ODOT
OSU
OVR
Oregon DOT
Ohio State University
OV reisinformatie (The Netherlands)
PDA
PIDS
PIEPSER
PTA
PTDB
PTI
Personal digital assistant
Passenger information display system
Personalized Information on Disruptions
to Public Transport Exclusive to Users
of Public Transport
Passenger Information System
Personal Mobile Traveler and Traffic
Information Service
Personal traveler assistant
Public transport database
Public transport information
RATP
RER
RISS
RTA
RTD
Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens
RATP’s Regional Rail Service
Remote infrared signage system
Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago
Regional Transportation District, Denver
SEPTA
SWM
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority
System D’Information en Ligne
Service Information System
San Luis Obispo (Transit)
Short message service
Société Nationale des Chemins de Francais
(France)
Société de Transport de la Communauté
Urbaine de Montréal
Société des Transports Intercommunaux
de Bruxelles
Stadtwerke Munich
TARS
TATS
TCIP
TCP
Travelers Advisory Radio System
Traveler Advisory Telephone System
Transit Communications Interface Profile
Transfer connection protection
PIS
PROMISE
TCRP
TDDS
TEN
TIC
TIS
TMC
TRACKER
TRB
TRIDENT
TTI
TTS
Transit Cooperative Research Program
Talking Directory Display System
Trans-European Networks
Traffic Information Center
Traveler Information System
Transportation Management Center
Collective technologies used by TRIO
Transportation Research Board
TRansport Intermodality Data sharing
and Exchange NeTwork
Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation
District, Portland, Oregon
Tri-State Advanced Rural Traveler
Information System of Maine,
New Hampshire, and Vermont
Transportation Research Information
Services
Transit traveler information
Text-to-speech
UDOT
UML
UPS
UTA
Utah DOT
Unified Modeling Language
United Parcel Service
Utah Transit Authority
VCTC
Ventura County (California) Transportation Commission
Visualizzazione Informazioni Arrivi, Turin
Variable message sign
Virginia Railway Express
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
Vehicle Scheduling and Control System
Tri-Met
TRIO
TRIS
SIEL
SIS
SLO
SMS
SNCF
STCUM
STIB
VIA
VMS
VRE
VRR
VSCS
WAP
WAW
WLAN
WMATA
WSF
WWW
Wireless application protocol
Wide-area wireless
Wireless local area network
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority
Washington State Ferries
World Wide Web