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Pages 92-97

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From page 92...
... 92 A B B R E V I A T I O N S , A C R O N Y M S , I N I T I A L I S M S , A N D S Y M B O L S 3PL Third-party logistics AADT Annual average daily traffic AAR American Association of Railroads AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ABI Automated Broker Interface ACE Automated Commercial Environment ACI Airports Council International ACS Automated Commercial System ADUS Archived data user service AES Automated Export System AIS Automatic identification system ALMIS America's Labor Market Information System AMPO Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations AMS Automated Manifest System ANSI ASC American National Standards Institute Accredited Standards Committee ARC Analyst Resource Center ARDIS Airline Reporting and Data Information System AS Applicability Statement ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations ATCS Advanced Train Control Systems ATIS Advanced traveler information system ATMS Advanced traffic management system ATN Aeronautical Telecommunications Network ATRI American Transportation Research Institute AVCS Advanced vehicle control system BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis BIFA Border Information Flow Architecture BIIF Basic image interchange format BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics BOL Bill of lading BPMN Business process modeling notation BTS Bureau of Transportation Statistics C&P Condition and performance C2C Center-to-Center
From page 93...
... 93 CADD Computer-aided design and drafting CBD Central business district CBP U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBSA Core-Based Statistical Area CDS Crashworthiness Data System CEFM Columbus Electronic Freight Management CES Current Employment Statistics CFR Code of Federal Regulations CFS Commodity Flow Survey CICA Context Inspired Component Architecture CIREN Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species CMSPI Couriers and Messengers Services Price Index COACH CVISN Operational and Architectural Compatibility Handbook COFC Container on flatcar CPC Central Product Classification CPI Consumer price index CSCMP Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals CSDGM Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata CV Commercial vehicle CVISN Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks CVO Commercial vehicle operations DBMS Database management system DFD Data flow diagram DHS Department of Homeland Security DLG Digital line graph DOT Department of transportation DRIVE Dedicated Road Infrastructure for Vehicle Safety DSRC Dedicated short-range communication DVD Digital video disk ECM Engine control module EDI Electronic data interchange EDS Electronic Data System EDW Enterprise data warehouse EFM Electronic freight management EIA Energy Information Administration EMS Engine control module EPA Environmental Protection Agency ESCM Electronic Supply Chain Manifest ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute FAA Federal Aviation Administration FACET Future Automated Commercial Environment Team FAF Freight Analysis Framework FAK Freight-all-kinds FARS Fatality Analysis Reporting System
From page 94...
... 94 FAZ Freight analysis zone FDA Food and Drug Administration FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FFA Flow of Funds Accounts FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee FHWA Federal Highway Administration FICCDC Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee on Digital Cartography FIPS PUBS Federal Information Processing Standards Publication FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FPM Freight Performance Measurement FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration FTS Foreign Trade Statistics GAO Government Accountability Office GDP Gross domestic product GDS Global Distribution Systems GES General Estimates System GIS Geographic information system GML Geography Markup Language GNP Gross national product GPS Global Positioning System Hazmat Hazardous material HIP Hazmat Intelligence Portal HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HMIS Hazardous Materials Information System HOV High-occupancy vehicle HPMS Highway Performance Monitoring System HS Harmonized System HTS Harmonized Tariff Schedule HTTPS Hypertext transfer protocol over secure socket layer I-O Input-Output IANA Intermodal Association of North America IBET Intermodal Bottleneck Evaluation Tool IBM International Business Machines ICC Interstate Commerce Commission IDEF Integration definition IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IFDS International Freight Data System IMT&S Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics INCITS InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards IRI International Roughness Index IRS Internal Revenue Service ISIC International Standard Industrial Classification ISO International Organization of Standards ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
From page 95...
... 95 ITDS International Trade Data System ITS Intelligent transportation system IVHS Intelligent Vehicle/Highway System JPO Joint Program Office LNG Liquefied natural gas LoB Line of Business LOS Level of service LPMS Lock Performance Monitoring System LRS Linear Referencing System LTCCS Large Truck Crash Causation Study LTL Less-than-truckload MA Metropolitan area MARAD Maritime Administration MCMIS Motor Carrier Management Information System MCSAP Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program METS Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard MFRS Mileage Facilities Reporting System MISLE Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement MPO Metropolitan planning organization MS/ETMCC Message Sets for External Traffic Management Center Communications MSA Metropolitan statistical area MXP Import/Export Price Index NAAQS National ambient air quality standards NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NAICS North American Industry Classification System NAPCS North American Product Classification System NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASS National Automotive Sampling System NATAP North American Trade Automation Prototype NBI National Bridge Inventory NBIS National Bridge Inspection Standards NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program NCSC National Crosswalk Service Center NDC Navigation Data Center NHMRR National Hazardous Materials Route Registry NHN National Highway Network NHPN National Highway Planning Network NHS National Highway System NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NIPA National Income and Product Accounts NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology NITL National Industrial Transportation League NMFC National motor freight classification NMFTA National Motor Freight Traffic Association
From page 96...
... 96 NMVCCS National Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Study NORTAD North American Transportation Atlas Database NPMS National Pipeline Mapping System NSDI National Spatial Data Infrastructure NST Standards Nomenclature for Transport Statistics NTAD National Transportation Atlas Database NTAR National transportation analysis region NTN National Truck Network NWN National Waterway Network NYMTC New York Metropolitan Transportation Council O-D Origin-destination OAI Office of Airline Information OASIS Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards OMB Office of Management and Budget ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory OTII Office of Trade and Industry Information PERT Project evaluation and review technique PGA Participating government agency PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration PIA Privacy impact assessment PIERS Port Import Export Reporting Service PLU Price look-up PPI Producer price index QCEW Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages RCAF Rail Cost Adjustment Factor RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration RLF Remote Location Filing S&P Standard & Poor's SaDIP Safety Data Improvement Program SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SafeStat Motor Carrier Safety Status Measurement System SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users SCI Special Crash Investigations SCOP Standing Committee on Planning SCTG Standard Classification of Transported Goods SDS Standard dataset SDTS Spatial Data Transfer Standard SEA Safety evaluation area SED Shipper export declaration SIC Standard industrial classification SITC Standard International Trade Classification SOAP Simple object access protocol SPLC Standard point location code SQL Structured Query Language
From page 97...
... International Trade Commission VAN Value-added network VIUS Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey VMT Vehicle miles traveled VS/F Volume/service flow VTRIS Vehicle Travel Information System WCO World Customs Organization WCSC Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center WCUS Waterborne Commerce of the United States WID Workforce Information Database XML Extensible markup language


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