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Road Weather Management Benefit Cost Analysis Compendium

List of Acronyms

AADT average annual daily traffic
AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ANN artificial neural network
ADT average daily traffic
ATDM active transportation and demand management
ATM active traffic management
ATMS advanced traffic management system
ATR automatic traffic recorder
AVL automatic vehicle location
AWWS automated wind warning system
BCA benefit cost analysis
BCR benefit cost ratio
CAL-BC California Life-Cycle Benefit/Cost Analysis Model
CCTV closed circuit television
CDPD cellular digital packet data
CMA calcium magnesium acetate
CMAQ congestion mitigation and air quality
COATS California / Oregon Advanced Transportation System
CPI Consumer Price Index
CV connected vehicle
DOT department of transportation
DTS dynamic traffic signal
EMDSS enhanced maintenance decision support system
EMFITS Evaluation Model for Freeway ITS Scoping
ESS environmental sensor stations
FAST fixed automatic spray technology
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FSUTMS Florida Standard Urban Transportation Modeling System
GIS geographic information system
GPS Global Positioning System
HCM Highway Capacity Manual
HERS Highway Economic Requirements System
HOP Office of Operations
HOV high-occupancy vehicle
HWDS high water detection system
IDAS ITS Deployment Analysis System
ITD Idaho Transportation Department
ITS intelligent transportation system
IVU in-vehicle unit
KDOT Kansas Department of Transportation
MBCA multimodal benefit cost analysis
MDOT Michigan Department of Transportation
MDSS maintenance decision support system
MDT mobile data terminal
MNDOT Minnesota Department of Transportation
MOE measure of effectiveness
MP milepost
MPH miles per hour
MPO metropolitan planning organization
MS Microsoft
MTC Metropolitan Transportation Commission
NA not available
NB northbound
NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program
NDDOT North Dakota Department of Transportation
NDOR Nebraska Department of Roads
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NJDOT New Jersey Department of Transportation
NPV net present value
OATS Office of Advanced Transportation Systems
OBE on-board equipment
ODOT Oregon Department of Transportation
OMB The U.S. Office of Management and Budget
P4O Planning for Operations
PDO property damage only
PFDSS Pooled Fund Decision Support System
PWOB present worth of benefits
PWOC present worth of costs
ROR rate of return
RSE roadside equipment
RWIS road weather information system
RWM road weather management
RWMIS road weather management information system
SB southbound
SCRITS Screening Tool for ITS
SDDOT South Dakota Department of Transportation
SHRP 2 Strategic Highway Research Program 2
SR State Route
STA state transportation agency
STEAM Surface Transportation Efficiency Analysis Model
TDM traffic demand management
TDM travel demand model
TIGER Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery
TMC traffic management center
TOC traffic operations center
TOPS-BC Tool for Operations Benefit/Cost Analysis
TRIMMS Trip Reduction Impacts of Mobility Management Strategies
TSMO transportation systems management and operations
TxDOT Texas Department of Transportation
UDOT Utah Department of Transportation
USDOT United States Department of Transportation
V/C ratio vehicle to capacity ratio
VMT vehicle miles traveled
VOC vehicle operating costs
VSL variable speed limit
WRATM weather responsive active traffic management
WSDOT Washington State Department of Transportation
WYDOT Wyoming Department of Transportation
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