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DRAFT 2010-2013 STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br />~~ <br />Acronym or Word Definition <br />HERS Highway Economic Requirement System, a model upgrade of AP, <br />used for identi 'n modernization needs in re ions <br />HOV Hi h Occu anc Vehicle <br />HPMS Hi hwa Performance Monitorin S stem <br />HPO Hi hwa Pro am Office <br />HR3 Hi h Risk Rural Roads <br />HSIP Hi hwa Safet Im rovement Pro am <br />IM Interstate Maintenance, pavement preservation on the interstate sys- <br />tem <br />IMS Intermodal Mana ement S stem <br />IOF Immediate Opportunity Fund, created to stimulate economic growth <br />by providing quick funds for road construction or improvements for <br />business/industrial projects or districts <br />ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, signed into law on <br />December 18, 1991, provided regions and states with additional fund- <br />ing and more flexibility in making transportation decisions. The act <br />placed significant emphasis on broadening public participation in the <br />trans ortation lannin rocess to include ke stakeholders. <br />ITS Intelli ent Trans ortation S stems <br />JARC Jobs Access Reverse Commute <br />LAB Le islativel Ado ted Bud et <br />LANECO Lane Coun Area <br />LJDACT Lower John Da ACT <br />LOC Lea e of Ore on Cities <br />LSN Local Street Network <br />METROE Metro East Area <br />METROW Metro West Area <br />MPA Metropolitan Planning Area; the area for which a federal metropoli- <br />tan trans ortation laririin rocess must be carried out <br />MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization; the forum for cooperative trans- <br />portation decision-making for an MPA; defined by federal transporta- <br />tion legislation as metropolitan areas with more than 50,000 residents <br />and, per SAFETEA-LU, responsible for preparing "fiscally con- <br />strained" com rehensive multi-modal re 'onal trans ortation Tans <br />MTIP Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program; a staged, multi- <br />year, intermodal program of transportation projects consistent with <br />the metro olitan transportation plan <br />MTP Metropolitan Transportation Plan; the official intermodal transporta- <br />tion lan develo ed and ado ted b a MPO for an MPA <br />MWACT Mid-Willamette Valle ACT <br />NBIS National Bridge Inventory Standards; federal registry of roadway <br />brid es over 20 feet lon <br />NEACT North East Ore on ACT <br />Page 235 <br />