Management Practices for Ancillary Transportation Assets (2025)

Chapter: Abbreviations and Acronyms

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Abbreviations and Acronyms

AI Artificial intelligence
AMO Asset management office
AMSIP Asset management strategic implementation plan
Caltrans California Department of Transportation
CDOT Colorado Department of Transportation
CIMS Culvert inspection and management system
DOT Department of transportation
EAM Enterprise asset management
EAMS Enterprise asset management system
ERS Earth retaining structures
GIS Geographic information systems
IIJA Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
IoT Internet of things
ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
ITS Intelligent transportation systems
LiDAR Light detection and ranging
MDOT Maryland Department of Transportation
MLOS Maintenance levels of service
MnDOT Minnesota Department of Transportation
MQA Maintenance quality assurance
NBIS National Bridge Inspection Standards
NHS National Highway System
NZTA New Zealand Transport Agency
PBPP Performance-based planning and programming
PIARC Permanent International Association of Road Congresses
SGR State of good repair
SHA State Highway Administration
SHS State Highway System
SHSMP State Highway System Management Plan
STIP Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
TAM Transportation asset management
TAMP Transportation asset management plan
TAMS Transportation asset management system
TDOT Tennessee Department of Transportation
TMS Transportation management systems
TRAM TDOT Roadway Asset Map
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Suggested Citation: "Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Management Practices for Ancillary Transportation Assets. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29059.
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