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FINAL 2008-2011 STATEWIDE TRNSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br />APPENDIX 3: ACRONYMS AND GLOSSARY OF TERMS <br />Acronym or Word Definition <br />ACT Area Commission on Transportation; advisory organization chartered <br /> by the OTC and found in most of the ODOT regions; they assist in <br /> recommendin and rioritizin ro'ects for the STIP <br />ADT Avera e Bail traffic <br />AP Highway Performance Monitoring System Analytical Process, used <br /> for determining modernization needs <br />BMS Brid e Mana ement S stem <br />CE Construction En 'neerin <br />CFR Code of Federal Re lations <br />CMAQ Congestion Management and Air Quality Program; a federal trans- <br /> ortation ro am <br />CMS Con estion Mana ement S stem <br />COACT Central Ore on ACT <br />COG Council of overnments <br />CWACT Cascades West ACT <br />C-STIP Construction STIP; identifies project scheduling and funding for the <br /> state's transportation preservation and capital improvement program <br /> for afour-year construction period. This program meets the require- <br /> ments of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation <br /> E ui Act: A Le ac for Users SAFETEA-LU . <br />D-STIP Development STIP; identifies projects that require more than four <br /> years to develop or for which construction funding needs to be ob- <br /> tained. Projects are funded for development through specific mile- <br /> stones and within s ecific timeframes. <br />EIS Environmental Im act Statement <br />ERT Economic Revitalization Team, formerly Community Solutions <br /> Team <br />FHWA Federal Highway Administration <br />FLHP Federal Lands Highway Program, an umbrella program for four <br /> parts: (1) Park Road and Parkways, (2) Indian Reservation Roads, (3) <br /> Refit e Roads, and 4 Public Lands Highways .................................................... <br />FTA Federal Transit Administration <br />HERS Highway Economic Requirement System, a model upgrade of AP, <br /> used for identi in modernization needs in re ions <br />HFO Hi hwa Finance Office <br />HOV High Occu anc Vehicle <br />IM Interstate Maintenance, pavement preservation on the interstate sys- <br /> tem <br />IOF Immediate Opportunity Fund, created to stimulate economic growth <br /> by providing quick funds for road construction or improvements for <br /> business/industrial rojects or districts <br />ITS Intelli ent Trans ortation S stems <br />Page 415 <br />