2050 Long Range Transportation Plan: Appendix A – Acronyms and Abbreviations


5307: FTA Urbanized Area Formula Program

5309: FTA Capital Investment Program

5310: FTA Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities

5314: FTA Technical Assistance and Workforce Development Program

5339: FTA Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities

3HSP: Triennial Highway Safety Plan

AADT: average annual daily traffic

ACT: average daily traffic

ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act

ADU: accessory dwelling unit

AI: artificial intelligence

ATS: Advancing Transportation Safety

BEB: battery electric

BIL: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

BLM: Bureau of Land Management

BNSF: Burlington Northern Santa Fe

BTE: Bridge and Tunnel Enterprise

BUILD: Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development

CAC: Community Advisory Committee

CC: Colorado College

CDBG: Community Development Block Grant

CDOR: Colorado Department of Revenue

CDOT: Colorado Department of Transportation

CDPHE: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

CFR: Central Front Range

CFR: Code of Federal Regulation

CMP: Congestion Management Process

CO: Colorado (state highway)

COG: Council of Governments

CRCP: Continuous Reinforced Concrete Pavement

CRISI: Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements

CRP: Carbon Reduction Program

CSP: Colorado State Patrol

CV: connected vehicle

CWMP: Creek Walk Master Plan

DCIP: Defense Community Infrastructure Program

DDES: Data-Driven Economic Strategies

DHSEM: Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

DoD: Department of Defense

DOLA: Colorado Department of Local Affairs

DOT: Department of Transportation

DTR: Department of Transit and Rail

EA: environmental assessment

EJ: Environmental Justice

EOC: Emergency Operations Center

EPA: Environmental Protection Agency

ETC: Enhanced Transit Corridor

eTIP: electronic TIP

EUL: Enhanced Use Lease

EV: electric vehicle

FAST: Fixing America’s Surface Transportation

FASTER: Funding Advancements for Surface Transportation and Economic Recovery

FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency

FHWA:  Federal Highways Administration

FLAP: Federal Lands Access Program

FLH: Federal Lands Highways

FLMA: Federal Lan Management Agency

FLTP: Federal Lands Transportation Plan

FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data

FRPR: Front Range Passenger Rail (District)

FTA: Federal Transit Administration

FY: fiscal year

GHG: greenhouse gas

GIS: geographic information system

GPS: Global Positioning System

HOV: high-occupany vehicle

HPMS: Highway Performance Monitoring System

HSIP: Highway Safety Improvement Program

HSO: Highway Safety Office

HSP: human service provider

HUTF: Highway Users Tax Fund

I: Interstate

IGA: Intergovernmental Agreement

IGSA:  Inter-Governmental Support Agreements

IIJA: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

INFRA: Infrastructure for Rebuilding America

IoT: Internet of Things

IRA: Inflation Reduction Act

IRI: International Roughness Index

ITP: Colorado Springs Intermodal Transportation Plan

ITS: intelligent transportation system

JCP: Jointed Concrete Pavement

JLUS: Joint Land Use Study

LF: linear feet

LiDAR: light detection and ranging

MaaS: Mobility as a Service

MAMSIP: Military Access, Mobility and Safety Improvement Project

MAP-21: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act

MM : mile marker

MMOF: Multimodal Transportation and Mitigation Options Fund

MMT: Mountain Metropolitan Transit

mph: miles per hour

MLOS: maintenance levels of service

MPDG: Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant

MP: mile point

MPO: Metropolitan Planning Organization

MSA: metropolitan statistical area

MUTCD: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

NAAQS: National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NBI: National Bridge Inventory

NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

NHCCI: National Highway Construction Cost Index

NHFL: National Highway Freight Program

NHPP: National Highway Performance Program

NHS: National Highway System

NLCD: National Land Cover Database

NORAD: North American Aerospace Defense Command

NPMRDS: National Performance Management Research Data Set

NPS: National Park Service

NRSS: National Roadway Safety Strategy

NTD: National Transit Database

O&M: operations and maintenance

OTS: Office of Transportation Safety

PEL: Planning and Environment Linkages

PHEV: plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

PIP: Public Involvement Plan

PP: Pikes Peak (in project names)

PPAAA: Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging

PPACG: Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments

PPP: Power Projection Platform

PPRTA: Pikes Peak Regional Transportation Authority

PPSC: Pikes Peak State College

PROTECT: Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation

PROWAG: Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines

RAISE: Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity

RM: revenue miles

ROW: right of way

RPP: Regional Priority Progam

RR: railroad

RRFB: Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon

RTPAC: Regional Transportation Plan Advisory Committee

SAFETEA-LU: Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users

SB: Senate Bill

SBD 1: Space Base Delta 1

SCRP: Southern Colorado Rail Park

SDP: Service Development Plan

SFB: Space Force Base

SFS: Space Force Station

SH: state highway (used only in legacy project names)

SIP: state air quality implementation plan

SMART: Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation

SPOE: Seaports of Embarkation

SS4A: Safe Streets and Roads for All

STBG: Surface Transportation Block Grant

STBGP: Surface Transportation Block Group Program

STRAHNET: Strategic Highway Network

STSP: Strategic Transportation Safety Plan

SV: autonomous vehicle

TAC: Transportation Advisory Committee

TAP: Transportation Alternatives Program

TAZ: ransportation analysis zone

TBD: to be determined

TC: Transportation Commission

TCS: Transit Connections Study

TEL: toll express lane

TIGER: Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery

TIP: Transportation Improvement Program

TPR: Transportation Planning Region

TTRI: travel time reliability index

TTTR: Truck Travel Time Reliability

U.S. : United States

U.S.C.: United States Code

UCCS: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

UDC: Unified Development Code

UPWP: Unified Planning Work Program

UPWP: Union Pacific

USAFA: United States Air Force Academy

USFS: United States Forest Service