Tools and Technology for Roadside Vegetation Asset Management: A Guide (2025)
Chapter: Abbreviations
Abbreviations
AI | Artificial intelligence |
AMG | Automated machine guidance |
AR | Augmented Reality |
ATI | Annual Tree Inspection |
AVL | Automatic vehicle locator |
BIL | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law |
BIM | Building information modeling |
BIM41 | Building Information Modeling for Infrastructure Initiative Implementation Plan |
CADÂ software | Computer-aided design software |
Caltrans | California Department of Transportation |
CAPTI | Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure |
COTS software | Commercial off-the-shelf software |
DNR | Department of Natural Resources |
DOT | Department of Transportation |
DRISI | Division of Research, Innovation and System Information |
DRG | Davey Resource Group |
DTSD | Division of Transportation System Development |
EIMS | Enterprise Information Management System |
EIS | Environmental impact statement |
Esri | Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. |
FIRS | Financial Reporting System |
GIS | Geographic information system |
GPS | Global positioning system |
GPS/AVL | Global positioning system/automatic vehicle locator |
HATS | Highway Activity Tracking System |
HMM | Highway Maintenance Manual |
IIJA | Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act |
IMMS | Integrated Maintenance Management System |
IRVM | Integrated roadside vegetation management |
IT | Information technology |
IVM | Integrated vegetation management |
IVMP | Integrated Vegetation Management Plan |
LiDAR | Light detection and ranging |
MAP | Maintenance Accountability Program |
MMS | Maintenance Management System |
Monarch CCAA | Monarch Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances |
ODOT | Ohio Department of Transportation |
OTS | Off-the-shelf |
PCCA software | Proprietary Configurations of Commercially Available software |
PGR | Plant growth regulator |
PUSR | Pesticide Use Summary Report |
QA/QC | Quality Assurance and Quality Control |
RFP | Request for Proposal |
RIVM | Roadside integrated vegetation management |
RLAM | Roadside landscape asset management |
ROW | Right-of-way |
RPP | Roadside Preservation Program |
RVAM | Roadside vegetation asset management |
SHSMP | State Highway System Management Plans |
SHOPP | State Highway Operations and Protection Program |
T&E species | Threatened and Endangered species |
TAMP | Transportation Asset Management Plan |
TAMS | Transportation Asset Management System |
TDEC | Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation |
TDOT | Tennessee Department of Transportation |
TIMS | Transportation Information Mapping System |
TRAM | TDOT Roadside Asset Map |
UAV | Unmanned aerial vehicle |
USFWS | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
WisDOT | Wisconsin Department of Transportation |
WSDOT | Washington State Department of Transportation |
