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21st Century Operations Using 21st Century Technologies

Effects on Intelligent Transportation Systems Planning and Deployment in a Connected Vehicle Environment

List of Abbreviations and Symbols

ATMS—Advanced Traffic Management System

AV—Automated Vehicle

AVL—Automatic Vehicle Location

BSM—Basic Safety Message

CAD—Computer Aided Dispatch

C/AV—Connected and Automated Vehicle

CCTV—Closed Circuit Television

CSW—Curve Speed Warning

CV—Connected Vehicle

CVOP—Commercial Vehicle Operator Portal

DMS—Dynamic message signs

DOT—Department of Transportation

DSRC—Dedicated Short-Range Communications

EV—Emergency response vehicles

EVAC—Emergency Communications and Evacuation

FHWA—Federal Highway Administration

GHz—Gigahertz

GPS—Global Positioning System

HAR—Highway Advisory Radio

HOT—High-Occupancy Tolled lane

HOV—High-Occupancy Vehicle lane

HRI—Highway-Rail Intersections

I2V—Infrastructure-to-Vehicle

INC-ZONE—Incident Scene Work Zone Alerts for Drivers and Workers

INFLO—Intelligent Network Flow Optimization

IPSEC—Internet Protocol Security

ISP—Information Service Provider

ITS—Intelligent Transportation System

JSON—JavaScript Object Notation

MAUTC—Mid-Atlantic University Transportation Center

MPO—Metropolitan Planning Organization

NHTSA—National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

OBU—On Board Unit

OEM—Original Equipment Manufacturers

OS—Operating System

PATH—Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways

PED-SIG—Mobile Accessible Pedestrian Signal System

PII—Personally Identifiable Information

PREEMPT—Emergency Vehicle Preemption

Q-WARN—Queue Warning

RAID—Redundant Array of Independent Disks

R.E.S.C.U.M.E.—Response, Emergency Staging and Communications, Uniform Management, and Evaluation

RESP-STG—Incident Scene Pre-Arrival Staging Guidance for Emergency Responders

REST—Representational State Transfer

RSU—Road Side Unit

SAE—Society of Automotive Engineers

SCMS—Security Credential Management System

SPaT—Signal Phase and Timing

SPD-HARM—Dynamic Speed Harmonization

SSL—Secured Socket Layer

TMC—Transportation Management Center

TSP—Transit Signal Priority

UAV—Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

V2I—Vehicle-to-Infrastructure

V2V—Vehicle-to-Vehicle

V2X—Vehicle-to-Anything

VMT—Vehicle Miles Traveled

VPN—Virtual Private Networks

WYDOT—Wyoming Department of Transportation

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