Acronyms
AACOG Alamo Area Council of Governments
AAMPO Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ACS American Community Survey
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
AFB Air Force Base
AHISD Alamo Heights Independent School District
APTA American Public Transit Association
ART Alamo Regional Transit
ATD Advanced Transportation District
AVL Automatic Vehicle Location System
BRT Bus Rapid Transit
CAMPO Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
CBD Central Business District
CBO Congressional Budget Office
CCDO City of San AntonioCenter City Development and Operations Department
CFTE Center for Transportation Excellence
CMAQ Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
CNG Compressed Natural Gas
COA Comprehensive Operations Analysis
COSA City of San Antonio
COSA TCI City of San Antonio Transportation and Capital Improvements
CST Coordinated Signal Timing
CTPP Census Transportation Planning Products
CTS Corvallis Transit System
DAR Dial-A-Ride Service
DART Dallas Area Rapid Transit
DBFOM Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain
DOT United States Department of Transportation
DTP Denver Transit Partners
DUSPA Denver Union Station Project Authority
EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program
EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
FAST Act Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Program
LGC Local Government Corporation
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FTA Federal Transit Administration
FRA Federal Railroad Administration
FY Fiscal Year
GAN Grant Anticipation Note
GARVEE Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle
GID General Improvement District
G.O. General Obligation Bonds
GRASP Greater Randolph Area Service Providers
HBW Home-Based Work
HCT High-Capacity Transit
HH Household
HOT Hotel Occupancy Tax
HOV High Occupancy Vehicle lane
ISD Independent School District
JARC Job Access and Reverse Commute
LEHD Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics
LGC Local Government Corporation
LPA Locally Preferred Alternative
LRP Long Range Plan
LRCTP Long Range Comprehensive Transportation Plan
MAP-21Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization
MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area
MTC San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission
MTP Metropolitan Transportation Plan
MTA Metropolitan Transportation Authority
NAAQS US National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NHS National Highway System
NTDNational Transit Database
NHPP National Highway Performance Program
O&M Operations and Maintenance
P3 Public-Private Partnership
PAB Private Activity Bonds
PBD Parking Benefit District
PIAP Public Involvement Action Plan
PID Public Improvement District
PMT Passenger-Miles Traveled
RETT Real Estate Transfer Tax
RFID Radio-Frequency Identification Detection
RMA AlamoRegional Mobility Authority
ROW Right-of-way
RRIF Texas Rail Relocation and Improvement Fund
RTD Regional Transportation District
SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act
SAGE San Antonio for Growth on the Eastside
SAM Texas Statewide Analysis Model
SAPS SanAntonio Public Service Company
SAT San Antonio International Airport
SATS San Antonio Transit System
SAWS San Antonio Water System
SEPTA Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
SIB State Infrastructure Bank
SFMTA SanFrancisco Municipal Transportation Agency
SGR State of Good Repair
STBGP Surface Transportation Block Grant Program
STP Surface Transportation Program
TA Transportation Alternatives
TAP Transportation Alternatives Program
TCRP Transit Research Cooperative Program
TDC Transportation Development Credits
TDI Transit Demand Index
TDP Transit Development Plans
TDM Travel Demand Model
TEA Targeted Employment Areas
TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TIDF Transit Impact Development Fee
TIF Tax Increment Financing
TIFIATransportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act
TIGERTransportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery
TIRZ Tax Increment Redevelopment Zone
TOD Transit-Oriented Development
TOF Transit Operations Fee
TRB Transportation Research Board
TRZ Transportation Reinvestment Zone
TSLU Transit-Supportive Land Use
TSP Transit Signal Priority
TTI Texas A&M Transportation Institute
TxDOT Texas Department of Transportation
UDC Unified Development Code
USCIS US Citizenship and Immigration Services
US DOT US Department of Transportation
UTA Utah Transit Authority
UTSA University of Texas San Antonio
UZA Urbanized Area
VIA VIA Metropolitan Transit
VIA LGCR VIA Local Government and Community Relations
VIA SPPD VIA Strategic Planning and Project Development
VIATrans VIA paratransit services
VHT Vehicle Hours Traveled
VMT Vehicle Miles Traveled / Vehicle Miles of Travel
VTAC VIA TransitAdvisory Council
WMATA Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority