Acronyms
(Updated 5/28/2021)
AADT – Annual Average Daily Traffic
AASHTO – American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
ADT – Average Daily Traffic
ANSI – American National Standards Institute
ATC – Alternative Technical Concept
ATSSA – American Traffic Safety Services Association
BTP – Bureau of Transportation Planning
BWBTOC – Blue Water Bridge Transportation Operations Center
CAADT – Commercial Annual Average Daily Traffic
CCS – Continuous Count Station
CIA – Construction Influence Area
CPM – Capital Preventive Maintenance
CPS – Construction Permit System
CO3 – Construction, Congestion, Cost Software
CS – Control Section
DB – Design Build
DHV – Design Hour Volume
DUI – Driving Under the Influence
FHWA – Federal Highway Administration
FUSP – Frequently Used Special Provisions
GVMC – Grand Valley Metropolitan Council
HAR – Highway Advisory Radio
HCM – Highway Capacity Manual
HOV – High Occupancy Vehicle
I / D – Incentive / Disincentive
IC – Innovative Contracting
IDR – Inspector’s Daily Report
ITS – Intelligent Transportation System
LA – Local Agency
LCCA – Life Cycle Cost Analysis
LOS – Level of Service
MA – Mobile Attenuator
MDOT – Michigan Department of Transportation
MMUTCD – Michigan Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices
MOT – Maintenance of Traffic
MPH – Miles per Hour
MPO – Metropolitan Planning Organization
MSP – Michigan State Police
NCHRP – National Highway Research Program
NTCIP – National Transportation Communications for ITS Protocol
PAP – Performance Assessment Plan
PCM – Portable Changeable Message Sign
PI – Phase Initiator
PIP – Public Information Plan
PM – Project Manager
POB – Point of Beginning
POE – Point of Ending
PPE – Personal Protective Equipment
PPS – Planning Division / Project Planning Section
PR – Physical Reference
PRT – Peer Review Team
PTR – Permanent Traffic Records
PTS – Portable Traffic Signal
RBPI – Risk Based Project Involvement
RPA – Regional Planning Agencies
RID – Reference Information Documents
RITIS – Regional Integrated Transportation Information System
RTF – Rural Task Force
SEMGOC – Southeast Council of Governments
SEMTOC – Southeast Michigan Transportation Operations Center
SHS – Standard Highway Signs
STOC – Statewide Transportation Operations Center
STA – Stopped Traffic Advisory
STP – Statewide Transportation Planning
TACT – Template Alternate Concept Traffic (Plan)
TAR – Traffic Analysis Request
TCDS – Traffic Count Data Base System
TCO – Temporary Traffic Control Order
TDMS – Transportation Data Management System
TIM – Traffic Incident Management
TMA – Truck Mounted Attenuator
TMP – Transportation Management Plan
TMS – Transportation Management System
TOC – Traffic Operations Center
TRPM – Temporary Raised Pavement Markings
TRIM – Traffic Regulator’s Instruction Manual
TSC – Transportation Service Center
TSSAT – Traffic and Safety Statewide Alignment Team
TTC – Temporary Traffic Control
TTCP – Temporary Traffic Control Plan
V / C – Volume to Capacity Ratio
VECP – Value Engineering Change Proposal
VPH – Vehicles per Hour
VPHPL – Vehicles per Hour per Lane
WMTOC – West Michigan Transportation Operations Center
WZMU – Work Zone Management Unit
WZCZ' – Work Zone Clear Zone
WZDE – Work Zone Delivery Engineer
WZTCP – Work Zone Traffic Control Plan
WZCPR – Work Zone Construction Peer Review
WZSM' – Work Zone Safety and Mobility
WZSMM – Work Zone Safety and Mobility Manual
