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APPENDIX A: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AASHTO
ACN
AMS
ASN
ATC
ATIS
AVL
BRT
BSW
CAD
CCTV
CDL
CEFM
CFS
CICAS
CICAS-SLTA
CICAS-SSA
CICAS-TSA
CICAS-V
CIP
Clarus
CLW
CORBA
COTS
CRS
CSAH
CVIEW
CVISN
CVO
DAS
DHHS
DII
DMS
DNPW
DOL
DOT
DSRC
DTE
DVI
EDI
EDL
EEBL
EFM
EMO
EMS
ESRP
ESS
ETC
ETO
FACA
FARS
FCC
FCW
FDOT
FHWA
FMCSA
FOT
FTA
FY
2G
3G
4G
GAO
GPS
HAR
HMI
HOT
HOV
ICM
IEEE
IFTA
IFTWG
IMA
IP
IRP
ISS
ISTEA
ITIS
ITS
ITS JPO
ITS PAC
ITS SPG
IVBSS
IVI
IVR
KTT
LCM
LCW
LDW
LED
LIDAR
LoST
MADIS
MCMIS
MMISS
MPO
MSAA
MT
MUTCD
NCAR
NCSA
NG9-1-1
NHTSA
NIST
NOAA
NWS
OBE
OOS
PC
PCB
PKI
PMO
PND
POC
P2P
PSAP
RCOC
RITA
ROI
ROW
RSE
RSS
RTMC
RWIS
SAFER
SAFETEA-LU
SDO
SLTA
SMS
SOV
SPAT/GID
SPG
SSA
SUV
TCIP
TDE
TEA-21
TMC
TMCC
TMDD
TRB
TSA
TSP
UWR
VANET
V2I
VII
VoIP
VRS
VSCA
VSL
V2V
WE9-1-1
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Automatic Crash Notification
Adaptive Message Scheduling
Advance Shipment Notice
Actuated Traffic Controller
Advance Traveler Information System
Automatic Vehicle Location
Bus Rapid Transit
Blind Spot Warning
Computer-Aided Dispatch
Closed-Circuit Television
Commercial Driver’s License
Columbus Electronic Freight Management
Container Freight Station
Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems
Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems—Signalized Left Turn Assist
Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems—Stop Sign Assist
Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems—Traffic Signal Adaptation
Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems—Violation Warning System
Connection Incentive Program
Nationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observing and Forecasting System Initiative
Control Loss Warning
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
Consumer Off-the-Shelf
Condition Reporting System
County State Highway
Commercial Vehicle Information Exchange Window
Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks
Commercial Vehicle Operations
Data-Acquisition System
Department of Health and Human Services
Driver-Infrastructure Interface
Dynamic Message Signs
Do Not Pass Warning
Department of Labor
Department of Transportation
Dedicated Short-Range Communications
Development Test Environment
Driver-Vehicle Interface
Electronic Data Interchange
Electronic Document Library
Emergency Electronic Brake Light
Electronic Freight Management
Evacuation Management and Operations
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Services Routing Proxy
Environmental Sensor Stations
Electronic Toll Collection
Emergency Transportation Operations
Federal Advisory Committee Act
Fatality Analysis Reporting System
Federal Communications Commission
Forward-Collision Warning
Florida Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Field Operational Test
Federal Transit Administration
Fiscal Year
Second Generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation
Government Accountability Office
Global Positioning System
Highway Advisory Radio
Human-Machine Interface
High-Occupancy Toll
High-Occupancy Vehicle
Integrated Corridor Management
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
International Fuel Tax Agreement
Intermodal Freight Technology Working Group
Intersection Movement Assist
Internet Protocol
International Registration Plan
Inspection Selection System
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
International Traveler Information Systems
Intelligent Transportation Systems
ITS Joint Program Office
ITS Program Advisory Committee
ITS Strategic Planning Group
Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems
Intelligent Vehicle Initiative
Interactive Voice Response
Knowledge and Technology Transfer
Lane-Change-Merge
Lane-Change Warning
Lateral-Drift Warning
Light-Emitting Diode
Laser Scanners
Location to Service Translation
Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System
Motor Carrier Management Information System
Minnesota Mobile Intersection Surveillance System
Metropolitan Planning Organization
Mobility Services for All Americans
Multiple Threats
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Center for Statistics and Analysis
Next Generation 9-1-1
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Atmospheric and Oceanographic Administration
National Weather Service
Onboard Equipment
Out of Service
Personal Computing
Professional Capacity Building
Public Key Infrastructure
Project Management Office
Personal Navigation Device
Proof of Concept
Peer-to-Peer
Public Safety Answering Points
Road Commission of Oakland County
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Return on Investment
Right of Way
Roadside Equipment
Really Simple Syndication
Regional Transportation Management Center
Road Weather Information System
Safety and Fitness Electronic Records
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
Standards Development Organization
Signalized Left-Turn Assist
Short Message Service
Single Occupant Vehicle
Signal Phase and Timing/Geometric Intersection Description
Strategic Planning Group
Stop-Sign Assist
Sport Utility Vehicle
Transit Communications Interface Protocols
Trade Data Exchange
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
Traffic Management Center
Traveler Management Coordination Centers
Traffic Management Data Dictionary
Transportation Research Board
Traffic Signal Adaptation
Transit Signal Priority
United We Ride initiative
Vehicle Ad-Hoc Networks
Vehicle-to-Infrastructure
Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration
Voice-over-Internet Protocol
Video Relay Services
Vehicle Safety Communications—Applications
Variable Speed Limit
Vehicle-to-Vehicle
Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1

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