Operations Benefit/Cost Analysis TOPS-BC User's Manual – Providing Guidance to Practitioners in the Analysis of Benefits and Costs of Management and Operations Projects
Appendix B List of Acronyms
AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ATDM Active Transportation and Demand Management
AVL Automatic Vehicle Location
B/C Benefit/Cost
CAD Computer-Aided Dispatch
CAL-BC Caltrans Benefit Cost Analysis Tool
CARB California Air Resources Board
CBA Cost-Benefit Analysis
CCTV Closed-Circuit Television
CMAQ Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
CMP Congestion Management Process
CMS Changeable Message Sign
CO Carbon Monoxide
CO2 Carbon Dioxide
CUTR Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida
DMS Dynamic Message Signs
DOT Department of Transportation
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FITSEval The Florida ITS Evaluation
FSP Freeway Service Patrol
GPS Global Positioning System
HAR Highway Advisory Radio
HC Hydrocarbons
HCM Highway Capacity Manual
HERS Highway Economic Requirements System
HERS-ST Highway Economic Requirements System – State Version
HOT High-Occupancy Toll
HOV High-Occupancy Vehicle
HPMS Highway Performance Monitoring System
ICM Integrated Corridor Management
IDAS ITS Deployment Analysis System
ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems
LED Light Emitting Diodes
M&O Management and Operations
MOE Measure of Effectiveness
MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization
MTC Metropolitan Transportation Commission
MTP Metropolitan Transportation Plan
NOx Nitrous Oxide
NPV Net Present Value
O&M Operations and Maintenance
OKI Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana
PHT Person Hours of Travel
PM2.5 Fine Particulate Matter
PM10 Particulate Matter
RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration
ROG Reactive Organic Gases
RTP Regional Transportation Plan
SCRITS Screening for ITS
SHRP Strategic Highway Research Program
SO2 Sulfur Dioxide
SOV Single-Occupancy Vehicle
STEAM Surface Transportation Efficiency Analysis Model
TDM Travel Demand Management
TIM Traffic Incident Management
TIP Transportation Improvement Program
TOPS-BC Tool for Operations Benefit/Cost
TRB Transportation Research Board
TSM&O Transportation System Management and Operations
TRIMMS Trip Reduction Impacts of Mobility Management Strategies
V/C Volume-to-Capacity
VHT Vehicle Hours Traveled
VMT Vehicle Miles of Travel
