Advocacy Acronyms - a reference guide for the rest of us

Bike and pedestrian advocacy acronyms got you down? Here is a quick and easy "cheat sheet" of the most popular terms used on Bike Delaware News!

AASHTO: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

ADA: American Disabilities Act
ADT: Average Daily Traffic

ARRA: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

ARSI: Arterial Road Signalized Intersection
CMAQ: Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality

CMS: Congestion Management System

CTP: Capital Transportation Program
DNREC: Delaware Department of Natural Resources

DOT: Department Of Transportation

FHWA: Federal Highway Administration

HAWK: High-Intensity Activated Crosswalk

LAB: League of American Bicyclists

LOS: Level-of-Service

MPO: Metropolitan Planning Organization

MUP: Multi-Use Path

MUTCD: Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices

NACTO: National Association of City Transportation Officials

NCC: New Castle County

NMWG: Non-Motorized Working Group
PAC: Public Advisory Committee (of an MPO)
ROW: Right Of Way

RTC: Rails to Trails Conservancy
RTOL: Right Turn-Only Lane

RTP: Long Range Transportation Plan

SAFETEA-LU: Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act

SHA: State Highway Administration (i.e. Maryland)

Sharrow: Shared Lane Marking

SHSP: State Strategic Highway Safety Plan
SOV: Single Occupancy Vehicle

SRTS: Safe Routes To School

STIP: State Transportation Improvement Program

TAC: Technical Advisory Committee (of an MPO)
TE: Transportation Enhancements

TIP: Transportation Improvement Program
TMA: Transportation Management Association

VMT: Vehicle Miles Traveled

WCBC: White Clay Bicycle Club

WILMAPCO: Wilmington Area Planning Council

And last, but not least ....

SALMON: Contraflow bicyclist (illegally opposing traffic), or?