Acronyms

The following acronyms are commonly used at the Agency and by planning professionals.

Acronym Description
AADT Annual Average Daily Traffic (basic measure of traffic volume)
AAP Affirmative Action Plan
AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ACIR Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (CT)
ACOE Army Corps of Engineers
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADT Average Daily Traffic
AICP American Institute of Certified Planners
APA American Planning Association
APTA American Public Transit Association
BFO Burden, Fringe and Overhead rate
BHC Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
CAPA CT Chapter - American Planning Association
CBIA Connecticut Business and Industry Association
CCC Coastal Corridor Coalition
CCM Connecticut Conference of Municipalities
CCRPA Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency
CEC Corridor Emergency Communications
CEDA Connecticut Economic Development Association
CEO Chief Elected Officials
CFE Connecticut Fund for the Environment
CIP Congressional Intervention Petition
CLUTRAP Connecticut Land Use and Transportation Planning Program (long since finished, no doubt due to the sound of the acronym)
CMAQ Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (Federal Transportation Funding Program)
CMS 2020 Congestion Mitigation System 2020 Study
COFC Container on Flatcar
COGCNV Council of Governments of the Central Naugatuck Valley
CONNDECD Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
CONNDEP Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
CONNDOT Connecticut Department of Transportation
COST Council of Small Towns (Conn.)
CPEC Connecticut Public Expenditure Council
CPTC Connecticut Public Transportation Commission
CRCOG Capitol Region Council of Governments
CRERPA Connecticut River Estuary Regional Planning Agency
CSXT Chessie System - Successor to Conrail in Connecticut
DBE Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
DPUC Department of Public Utilities Control (CT)
E&D Elderly and Disabled
EA Environment Assessment
ECO Employer Commute Option
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
EPA Environmental Protection Administration (U.S.)
FAA Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.)
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FHWA Federal Highway Administration (U.S.)
FRA Federal Railroad Administration (U.S.)
FTA Federal Transit Administration
GBRPA Greater Bridgeport Regional Planning Agency
GIS Geographic Information Systems
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U.S. Department of Transportation List of Glossary & Acronyms

Last Updated: April 1, 2006

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