Office of Operations
21st Century Operations Using 21st Century Technologies

Applying Transportation Asset Management to Intelligent Transportation Systems Assets: A Primer

List of Acronyms

AIMS—Asset Investment Management System

BIM—Building Information Modeling

BTG—Bridging the Gap

CAD—Computer-Aided Design

Caltrans—California Department of Transportation

CCTV—Closed-Circuit Television

CFR—Code of Federal Regulations

DMS—Dynamic Message Sign

DOT—Department of Transportation

EIR—Employer Information Requirements

FHWA—Federal Highway Administration

FY—Fiscal Year

GIS—Geographic Information System

ISTEA—Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

IT—Information Technology

ITS—Intelligent Transportation Systems

MAP-21—Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act of 2012

NCHRP—National Cooperative Highway Research Program

NHS—National Highway System

RCM—Reliability-Centered Maintenance

RWIS—Road Weather Information System

SHS—State Highway System

TAM—Transportation Asset Management

TAMP—Transportation Asset Management Plan required under 23 U.S.C. 119(e)

TMS—Transportation Management Systems

TOC—Transportation Operations Center

TPM—Transportation Performance Management

TSMO—Transportation Systems Management and Operations

VMS—Variable Message Signs