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Evaluation Methods and Techniques: Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment Program

List of Acronyms

Acronym Definition
ADS Automated Driving System
ATCMTD Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment
ASC adaptive signal control
ASCT adaptive signal control technology
ATIS advanced traveler information system
ATSPM automated traffic signal performance measure
AV automated vehicle
BCA benefit-cost analysis
BSM basic safety messages
CACC cooperative adaptive cruise control
CARB California Air Resources Board
CMAQ Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
CV connected vehicle
DMP data management plan
DSRC Dedicated Short-Range Communications
EMFAC California Air Resources Board Emissions Factor Model
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FAST Act Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
IRB Institutional Review Board
ITS intelligent transportation system
MAIS Maximum Abbreviated Injury Scale
MPO metropolitan planning organization
MOVES Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
ODD operational design domain
PEMS portable emissions monitoring systems
PII personally identifiable information
PM performance measure
ROI return on investment
SIP State Implementation Plan
TNC transportation network company
TPM Transportation Performance Management
TSP transit signal priority
TTR travel time reliability
USDOT U.S. Department of Transportation
V2I vehicle-to-infrastructure
V2V vehicle-to-vehicle
VHT vehicle hours traveled
VMT vehicle miles traveled
VOC vehicle operating cost
VOT value of time
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