List of Acronyms on Road Transportation Informatics
- (A)ICC (Autonomous) Intelligent Cruise Control
- ABS Anti lock Braking System
- ACC Adaptive Cruise Control
- ACD Automatic Congestion Detection
- ADP Application Data Protocol
- ADVANCE Advanced Driver and Vehicle Advisory Navigation Concept
- AHAR Advanced Highway Advisory Radio
- AID Automatic Incident Detection
- ALI Autofahrer Leit und Informationssystem (Bosch/Blaupunkt)
- AMTICS Advanced Mobile Traffic Information and Communication System
- ANSI American National Standards Institute
- APTS Advanced Public Transportation Systems
- ARI Autofahrer Rundfunk Information
- ARIAM ARI aufgrund Aktueller Messdaten
- ARTS Advanced Rural Transportation Systems (ITS)
- Advanced Road Traffic System (Japan)
- ATCS Advanced Traffic Control Systems
- ATIS Advanced Traveler Information Systems
- Advanced Traffic Information Systems (Japan)
- ATMIS Caltrans involvement in ATIS and ATMS
- ATMS Advanced Traffic Management Systems
- ATT Advanced Transport Telematics
- ATTT Advanced Transport and Traffic Telematics
- AVCS Advanced Vehicle Control Systems
- AVI Automatic Vehicle Identification
- AVL Automatic Vehicle Location
- BPR Bureau of Public Roads
- CACS Comprehensive Automobile Traffic Control System
- CALTRANS California Department of Transportation
- CARIN CAR Information and Navigation system (Philips)
- CARMINAT CARin MINerve ATlas
- CEN Comite Europeen de Normalisation
(European Committee for Standardisation)
- COMETT COMputer Model for Estimation of real-time Travel Times using
induction loop detectors
- CVO Commercial Vehicle Operations
- DACD Driver Assistance and Cooperative Driving
- DGPS Differential GPS
- DM Demand Management
- DNS Decca Navigation System
- DOT Department Of Transportation
- DRG Dynamic Route Guidance
- DRIVE Dedicated Road Infrastructure and Vehicle Environment
- ERTICO European Road transport Telematics Implementation Coordination Organization
- ETTM Electronic Toll and Traffic Management
- EUREKA EUropean REsearch Coordination Agency
- FFM Freight and Fleet Management
- FHWA Federal Highway Administration
- FOSIM Freeway Operations SIMulation
- FOSIM-P FOSIM for Probes
- GDF Geographic Data Format
- GERDIEN General European Road data Information Exchange Network
- GLONASS GLObal NAvigation Satellite System (Soviet)
- GPRS General Packet Radio Service
- GPS Global Positioning System
- GSM Global System for Mobile communications
- HAR Highway Advisory Radio
- HIDO Highway Industry Development Organisation (Japan)
- IDL Interactive Data Language
- IIUTM Integrated Inter-Urban Traffic Management
- IM Incident Management
- INTRAS INtegrated TRAffic Simulation
- IRTE Integrated Road Transport Environment
- ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
- ISRN International Standard Road Number
- ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems (formerly IVHS)
- IUTM Integrated Urban Traffic Management
- IVHS Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (now ITS)
- LISB Leit- und Information System Berlin
- MCP Message Control Protocol
- MCSS (Dutch) Motorway Control and Signalling System (now MTM)
- MER Milieu Effect Rapportage (Environment Effect Reporting)
- MITI Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan)
- MOC Ministry of Construction (Japan)
- MOE Measure Of Effectiveness
- MPT Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (Japan)
- MTC (California) Metropolitan Transportation Commission
- MTM system (Dutch) Motorway Traffic Management system (formerly MCSS)
- NAVSTAR NAVigation by Satellite Timing And Ranging
- OD(-matrix) Origin-Destination (matrix)
- OECD Organisation for Economic Co- operation and development
- PATH Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways
(formerly Program on Advanced Technology for the Highway)
- PPS Precise Positioning Service
- PROMETHEUS PROgram for European Traffic with Highest Efficiency and Unprecedented Safety
- PROMOT PRObe vehicle concept for MOnitoring road Traffic
- PTM Public Transport Management
- RACS Road/Automobile Communication System
- RDS Radio Data System
- RDS-TMC Radio Data System - Traffic Message Channel
- RHAPIT RHine/main Area Project for Integrated Traffic management
- RTI Road Transport Informatics
- RS Real System
- RWS (Dutch) Rijkswaterstaat
- SCP System Control Protocol
- SMR Specialized Mobile Radio
- SOCRATES System Of Cellular RAdio for Traffic Efficiency and Safety
- SPS Standard Positioning Service
- SSVS Super Smart Vehicle System (Japan)
- TANGO Traffic information And Navigation for GOthenburg
- TIS (traditional) Traveler Information Systems
- TC Traffic Center (either TMC or TIC)
- TCM Travel time and Congestion Monitoring module
- TIC Traveler Information Center
- TMC Traffic Management Center
- TMS (traditional) Traffic Management Systems
- TOC Traffic Operations Center
- TTI Traffic and Travel Information
- TTM_FCDctrl Traffic and Travel Message Floating Car Data Control
- TWC Two-Way Communication
- UTC Urban Traffic Control
- UTMS Universal Traffic Management Society (Japan)
- VERTIS VEhicle, Road and Traffic Intelligence Society (Japan)
- VICS Vehicle Information and Communication System
- VMS Variable Message Sign
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