The following abbreviations are used in this document; this list is provided for quick reference.
| AASHTO | American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
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| ACS | Adaptive Control Software |
| AIDA | Advanced Incident Detection Algorithm |
| ASR | alkali-silica reactivity |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| AVA | air void analyzer |
| CICAS | Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems |
| CMP | Corporate Master Plan for Research and Deployment of Technology and Innovation |
| CONEW | Concrete Extrusion Workability |
| CP Road Map | Concrete Pavement Road Map |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| DSRC | dedicated short-range communications |
| DTA | dynamic traffic assignment |
| DynaMIT | Prototype for the Real-Time Traffic Estimation and Prediction System (TrEPS) |
| DYNASMART-X | Prototype for the Real-Time Traffic Estimation and Prediction System |
| FEA | finite-element analysis |
| FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
| FRP | fiber-reinforced polymer |
| FY | fiscal year |
| GSOS | Global Positioning System Surface Observation System |
| HCC | hydraulic cement concrete |
| HIPERPAV™ | High-Performance Paving Software |
| HPS | high-performance steel |
| HSIS | Highway Safety Information System |
| IC | Infrastructure Consortium |
| ICA | intersection collision avoidance |
| ICM | Integrated Corridor Management |
| ICS | Intelligent Construction System |
| IHSDM | Interactive Highway Safety Design Model |
| ITS | Intelligent Transportation System |
| LED | light-emitting diode |
| LRFD | load and resistance factor design |
| LTBP | Long-Term Bridge Performance |
| LTPP | Long-Term Pavement Performance |
| LTPPBind | LTPP Binder |
| MDSS | Maintenance Decision Support Systems |
| M-E | mechanistic-empirical |
| MUTCD | Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices |
| NCAC | National Crash Analysis Center |
| NCHRP | National Cooperative Highway Research Program |
| NDGPS | Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System |
| NGSIM | Next Generation Simulation |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| PART | Program Assessment Rating Tool |
| PBCAT | Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool |
| PCC | portland cement concrete |
| R&D | research and development |
| R&T | research and technology |
| RAC | Research Advisory Committee |
| RD&T | research, development, and technology |
| RRPM | raised retroreflective pavement markers |
| RTCC | Research and Technology Coordinating Council |
| RWIS | Road Weather Information System |
| SAFETEA-LU | Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users |
| SCOR | Standing Committee on Research |
| SMP | Seasonal Monitoring Program |
| SRS | Safety, Reliability, and Security |
| Superpave® | Superior Performing Asphalt Pavements System |
| SWAT | Strategic Work Zone Analysis Tools |
| T&I | technology and innovation |
| TDR | time domain reflectometry |
| TFHRC | Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center |
| TMC | transportation management center |
| TPF | Transportation Pooled Fund Program |
| TRB | Transportation Research Board |
| TReL | Traffic Research Laboratory |
| TrEPS | Traffic Estimation and Prediction System |
| UAV | unmanned aerial vehicle |
| UHPC | ultra-high performance concrete |
| USDOT | United States Department of Transportation |
| VII | Vehicle Infrastructure Integration |
| WIM | weigh in motion |
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