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

Applying Transportation Asset Management to Traffic Signals: A Primer

List of Acronyms

ATSPM—Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures

BIM—Building Information Modeling

BTG—Bridging the Gap

Caltrans—California Department of Transportation

CFR—Code of Federal Regulations

DOT—Department of Transportation

EDC—FHWA’s Every Day Counts Initiative

EIR—Employer Information Requirements

FHWA—Federal Highway Administration

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

NHS—National Highway System

RCM—Reliability-Centered Maintenance

SHS—State Highway System

SQL—Structured Query Language

TAM—Transportation Asset Management

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

TMS—Transportation Management Systems

TPM—Transportation Performance Management

TSMO—Transportation Systems Management and Operations

TSMP—Traffic Signal Management Plan