A.C.S.M. |
American Congress of Survey and Mapping |
ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
A.L.T.A. |
American Land Title Association |
BA |
Biological Assessment, part of the environmental process |
BRT |
Bus Rapid Transit |
C/D |
Collector/Distributor lanes |
CFP |
Capital Facilities Plans |
CIP |
Capital Improvement Project |
CM |
Construction Management |
COA |
Comprehensive Operational Analysis |
Comp Plan |
Comprehensive Plan |
CTR |
Commute Trip Reduction, a Washington State program under the GMA |
DOE |
Department of Ecology |
EA |
Environmental Assessment |
EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement (see also SEIS and FEIS) |
FAR |
Floor Area Ratios |
FAST |
Freight Action Strategy for Everett-Seattle-Tacoma |
FEIS |
Final Environmental Impact Statement |
FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
GPS |
Global Positioning System / Satellite |
GMA |
Growth Management Act |
GP |
General Purpose lane (open to all traffic) |
HAL |
High Accident Locations |
HES |
Hazard Elimination System |
HOV |
High Occupancy Vehicle lanes on a freeway |
HSS |
Highway of Statewide Significance |
ICC |
Infrastructure Coordinating Committee (Snohomish County Tomorrow) |
KCMetro |
King County Metro, the agency that oversees transit, Wastewater, water, and
other services in the King County area |
LID |
Low Impact Development, also can be used to mean Local Improvement District (see also ULID) |
LINK |
Sound Transit's Light Rail |
LOS |
Level Of Service |
LRT |
Light Rail Transit alignments |
MF |
Multifamily housing |
MUTCD |
Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices |
NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
NEXT |
North Estension Study (Sound Transit) |
NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
NPDES |
Ph. II National Pollution Discharge Elimination System-Phase I
PS&E Plans, Specifications and Estimates |
PSRC |
Puget Sound Regional Council |
QA / QC |
Quality Assurance / Quality Control. In construction management, refers to
materials compliance and documentation |
RID |
Road Improvement District |
| R-O-W or R/W |
Right-of-Way |
| RPM |
Raised Pavement Markers |
| RTID |
Regional Transportation Investment District |
| SCCIT |
Snohomish County Committee for Improved Transportation |
| SEIS |
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement |
| SEPA |
Washington State Environmental Policy Act |
| SnoCAN |
Snohomish Countywide Arterial Network |
| Sounder |
Sound Transit's commuter rail line between Seattle and Tacoma |
| SR |
State Route (e.g., SR 99 is Highway 99) |
| ST Express |
Sound Transit Express bus services, limited stops |
| TDM |
Travel Demand Management |
| TDP |
Transportation Development Plans |
| TIB |
Transportation Improvement Board, a funding agency in Washington State
that works with counties and municipalities to fund infrastructure
improvements |
| TIP |
Transportation Improvement Project |
| TOD |
Transit Oriented Development |
| TSM |
Transportation System Management |
| ULID |
Utility Local Improvement District |
| VE |
Value Engineering |
| WSDOT |
Washington State Department of Transportation |
| WSF |
Washington State Ferries |
