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129 Cards in this Set
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AAA |
American Automobile Association
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AADT
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Annual Average Daily Traffic
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AAR
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American Association of Railraods
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AASHTO
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American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
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AAWT
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Annual Average Weekday Traffic
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ABA
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American Bus Association
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ADAAG
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Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines
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ADT
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Average Daily Traffic
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AFAD
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Automated Flagger Assitance Device
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ANSI
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American National Standards Institute
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APTA
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American Public Transit Association
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AREMA
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American Railway Engineering & Maintenance-of-Way Association
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ARTBA
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American Road and Transport Builders Assocation
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ATIS
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Advanced Traveler Information System
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ATM
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Active Traffic Management
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ATMS
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Advanced Traffic Management System
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ATS
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Average Travel Speed
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AWDT
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Average Weekday Daily Traffic
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AWSC
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All-Way Stop-Controlled
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AWT
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Average Weekday Traffic
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BFFS
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Base Free Flow Speed
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BOQ
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Back of Queue
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BRT
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Bus Rapid Transit
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CCTV
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Closed circuit television
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CFI
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Continuous Flow Intersection
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CVISN
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Commercial vehicle information systems and networks
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DDHV
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Directional Design-Hour Volume
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DDI
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Diverging Diamond Interchange
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DEF
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Daily Expansion Factor
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DMS
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Dynamic message sign
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DSR
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Design Study Report
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DTA
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Dynamic Traffic Assignment
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EPA
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Environmental Protection Agency
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ESAL
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Equivalent Single Axle Loads
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ETC
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Electronic toll collection
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ETTM
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Electronic toll and traffic management
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EV
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Electric vehicle
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FAA
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Federal Aviation Administration
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FARS
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Fatal Accdient Reporting System
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FFS
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Free Flow Speed
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FHWA
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Federal Highway Administration
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FMS
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Freeway Management System
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FRA
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Federal Railroad Administration
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FTA
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Federal Transit Administration
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HAR
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Highway Advisory Radio
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HCM
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Highway Capacity Manual
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HEF
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Hourly Expansion Factor
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HMA
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Hot Mix Asphalt
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HOT
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High Occupancy Toll Lanes
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HOTM
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FHWA's Office of Transportation Managment
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HOTO
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FHWA's Office of Transportation Operations
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HPMS
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Highway Performance Monitoring System
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HSM
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Highway Safety Manual
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ICS
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Incident Command System
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ILEV
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Inherently low emission vehicle
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IPD
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Office of Innovative Program Delivery
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IRI
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International Roughness Index
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IRTAD
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International Road Traffic Accident Database
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ISEA
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International Safety Equipment Association
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ISTEA
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Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (1991)
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ITE
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Insittute of Transportation Engineeers
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ITS
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Intelligent Transportation System
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LOS
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Level of Service
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MAP-21
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Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century
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MEPDG
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Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide
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MPO
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Metropolitan Planning Organization
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MUTCD
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Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
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NCHRP
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National Cooperative Highway Research Program
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NEMA
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National Electrical Manufacturers Association
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NEPA
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National Environmental Policy Act
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NHTSA
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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NTM
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Neighborhood Traffic Management
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PAB
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Private Activity Bonds
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PC
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Point of Curvature
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PCE
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Passenger Car Equivalent
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PCI
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Pavement Condition Index
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PCMS
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Portable Changable Message Sign
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PHF
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Peak Hour Factor
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PHV
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Peak Hour Volume
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PI
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Point of Intersection
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PSI
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Present Serviceability Index
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PT
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Point of Tangency
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PTOE
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Professional Traffic Operations Engineer
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PTSF
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Percent time spent following another vehicle
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PVC
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Point of Vertical Curvature
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PVI
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Point of Vertical Intersection
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PVT
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Point of Vertical Tangency
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RITA
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Research and Innovative Technology Administration
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RMS
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Roadway Management System
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ROW
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Right-of-way
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RPM
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Raised pavement marker
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RRPM
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Raised retroreflective pavement marker
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RWIS
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Radio Weather Information System
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SAFETEA-LU
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Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act - A Legacy for Users (2005)
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SOV
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Single Occupancy Vehicle
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SPUI
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Single Point Urban Interchange
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SSD
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Stopping Sight Distance
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STA
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Static Traffic Assignment
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STRAHNET
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Strategic Highway Networks
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TAM
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Transportation Asset Management
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TAZ
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Travel Analysis Zone (or Traffic Analysis Zone)
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TDMS
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Transportation Data Management System
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TEA-21
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Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998)
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TIFIA
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Transportation Infrastructure Finance Innovation Act
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TIP
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Transportation Improvement Plan
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TRB
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Transportation Research Board
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TRR
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Transportation Research Record
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TTC
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Temporary traffic control
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TWLTL
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Two-Way Left-Turn Lane
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TWSC
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Two-Way Stop-Controlled
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USDOT
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US Department of Transportation
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UVC
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Uniform Vehicle Code
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VMT
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Vehicle Miles of Travel (or Vehicle Miles Traveled)
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WMA
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Warm Mix Asphalt
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APS
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Accessible Pedestrian Signal
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STP
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Statewide transportation plan
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RTP
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Regional Transportation Plan
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LRTP
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Long Range Transportation Plan
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ATR
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Automatic Traffic Recorder
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RFID
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Radio Frequency Identification
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FONSI
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Findings of No Significant Impact
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SRTS
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Safe Routes to School
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CFR
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Code of Federal Regulations
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TPCB
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Transportation Professional Certification Board
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PTP
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Professional Transportation Planner
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NIMS
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National Incident Management System
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CSD
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Context Sensitive Design
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CSS
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Context Sensitive Solutions
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DSRC |
Dedicated Short Range Communications |
