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Accessibility
Accessible Vehicle
Accident
Accounting System
Accrual Accounting
Active Vehicles
Activity Generator
Actual Cash Value (ACV)
Administration Expenses
Administration on Aging (AoA)
Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS)
Advanced Transit Management System (ATMS)
Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) – see Advanced Public Transportation Systems
Aerial Tramway
Alternate Mode Users
Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV)
Alternative Fuels
Altoona Tested – see Bus Testing
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Annual Element
Apportionment
Appropriation
Arbitration
Area Agency on Aging (AAA)
Arterial Street
Articulated Bus
Authorization
Auto Restricted Zone (ARZ)
Automated Guideway (AG)
Automated Scheduling and Dispatch System (ASDS)
Automated Voice Annunciator System (AVAS)
Automatic Fare Collection System (AFC)
Automatic Passenger Counting (APC)
Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)
Average Cost per Passenger
Average Productivity
Average Ridership
Average Speed
Average Trip Length
Award
Bargaining Agent
Base Fare
Base Fleet
Base Period – see Off-Peak Period
Baseline Cost Estimate (BCE)
Bidder
Bike-and-Ride
Binding Arbitration
Biodiesel
Block Grants
Body on Chassis
Breath Alcohol Technician (BAT)
Brokerage
Budget Authority
Budget Resolution
Bus
Bus Class
Bus Lane
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
Bus Shelter
Bus Stop
Bus Testing
Busway – see Bus Lane
Buy America
Cable Car
Capacity
Capital Assets – see Fixed Assets
Capital Assistance
Capital Expenses
Capital Grant Awards
Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)
Captive Riders
Carpool
Casualty Costs – see Liability Costs
Casualty Insurance – see Liability Insurance
Catchment Area
Catenary
Central Business District (CBD)
Certification and Assurances (C & As)
Chain of Custody
Chargeable Accident
Charter Bus
Charter Service
Circulator Service
Claim
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA)
Clean Fuel Vehicle (CFV)
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Collective Bargaining
Collector Street
Collectors
Collision
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
Commitment – see Obligation
Common Carrier
Common Wheelchair
Community Transportation Assistance Project (CTAP)
Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA)
Commute
Commuter
Commuter Lane
Commuter Rail
Complementary Paratransit Service
Compliance
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
Compulsory Arbitration
Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD)
Conciliation – see Mediation
Conformity
Congestion Management System (CMS)
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ)
Consolidated Human Service Transportation System
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA)
Consolidation
Consortium/Third Party Administrator (TPA)
Contract Authority
Contract Revenues
Contraflow Lane
Contributed Services
Cooperation
Cooperative Agreement
Coordination
Core
Corridor
Cost Accounting
Cost Allocation
Cost Effectiveness
Cost of Living Allowance (COLA)
Council of Governments (COG)
Crosstown
Curb-to-Curb
Custody and Control Form (CCF)
Cutaway Bus
Cutaway Van
Deadhead
Dedicated Funding Source
Deductible
Demand Forecasting
Demand-Response Service
Demonstration Grant
Density
Department of Energy – see United States Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services – see United States Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor – see United States Department of Labor
Department of Transportation – see United States Department of Transportation
Depreciation
Deviated Route (Deviated Fixed-Route)
Dial-a-Ride – see Demand-Response Service
Diesel Fuel
Direct Cost
Directors' and Officers' (D&O) Liability Insurance
Disabled – see Persons with Disabilities
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
Discretionary Grant
Discretionary Spending
Dispatcher
Door-through-Door Service
Door-to-Door Service
Double Deck Bus
Downtime
Downtown People Mover
Draw Down
Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations
Drug Free Workplace
Dual-Fueled Vehicles
Dwell Time
Earmark
Easter Seals Project ACTION
Elderly
Eligible Operating Expense
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Employee Compensation
Employee Work Hours
Employment Transportation
End of Line (EOL)
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Equipment
Equivalent Gallons
Equivalent Service Certification
Ethanol
Evacuation
Exclusive Right-of-Way
Express Bus Service
Expressway
Fare Box Recovery Ratio
Fare Box Revenue
Fare Elasticity
Fare Recovery – see Fare Box Recovery Ratio
Fare Revenue Collection Equipment
Fare Structure
Fatality
Feasibility Study
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Fiscal Year (FFY)
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Federal Interagency Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS)
Federal Operating Assistance
Federal Register (FR)
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Federal Transit Funding Equity
Feeder Route – see Circulator Bus
Feeder Service
Ferryboat
Final Stage Manufacturer
Fiscal Year (FY)
Fixed Assets
Fixed Cost
Fixed Guideway System
Fixed Route with Point Deviation – see Deviated Route
Fixed-Route
Fleet
Fleet Management System (FMS)
Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV)
Flexible Funds
Flexible Routes (Flex Routes) – see Deviated Routes
Focus Group
Formula Funds
Fossil Fuel
Four-point Securement System
Freeway
Fringe Benefits (Fringe Expenses)
Fringe Parking
Fuel Cell (Fuel Cell Technology)
Fully Allocated Costs
Fund
Funding Sources
General Administration
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS)
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) – see Global Positioning Satellite
Global Positioning Satellite (GPS)
Good Faith Effort
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Grade Crossing
Grant
Grant Agreement
Grantee
Grid
Grievance Arbitration
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)
Handicapped Person – see Person Who Is Handicapped
Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT)
Head Start
Headsign
Headway
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Heavy Rail
High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV)
High Occupancy Vehicle Lane – see Commuter Lane
High Speed Rail
Highway Trust Fund (HTF)
Hold-Harmless Agreement
Hub and Spoke
Human Services Transportation
Hybrid Vehicle
Hydrogen
In-Kind Match
In-Kind Services
Incident
Inclined Plane
Indemnify
Injury
Inspection, Maintenance, and Repairs of Revenue Vehicles
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS)
Intercity Bus
Intercity Transportation
Interest Expenses
Interface
Intermodal Facility
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA)
Intermodal Transportation
Invitation for Bid (IFB)
Jitney
Jobs Access Reverse Commute (JARC)
Joint Development
Joint Powers Agreement or Joint Participation Agreement (JPA)
Joint Venture
Kiss and Ride
Kneeling Bus
Large Transit Bus (LTB)
Latent Demand
Layover Time
Level of Service
Liability Costs
Liability Insurance
Life Cycle Costing
Life Safety Event
Lift
Light Rail Transit (Streetcar, Trolley Car, Tramway)
Limit of Liability
Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
Linked Passenger Trip
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Load Factor
Local Match
Locally Derived Expense
Locally Derived Income (LDI) – see Local Match
Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP)
Loss
Loss Control
Low Emission Fuel Standards
Low-Floor Vehicle
Magnetic Levitation (Mag-Lev)
Major Incident
Management Information System Report (MIS)
Manual Restraint System
Market
Marketing
Mass Transit (Mass Transportation)
Master Agreement
Match – see Local Match
Materials and Supplies
Mean Distance Between Failures (MDBF)
Mediation
Medicaid (Medical Assistance)
Medical Review Officer (MRO)
Medicare Card Holder
Medium Transit Bus (MTB)
Medium-Size Bus – see Medium Transit Bus
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) – see Memorandum of Understanding
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Methanol
Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
Metropolitan Railway (Metro) – see Heavy Rail
Minibus
Minivan
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)
Miscellaneous Expenses
Missed Trips
Mobile Data Terminals (MDT)
Mobility
Mobility Managers
Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA)
Modal Split
Mode
Model
Modified Van
Monorail (MO)
Multimodal – see Intermodal Transportation
Municipal
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)
National Highway System (NHS)
National Transit Database (NTD)
National Transit Institute (NTI)
National Transit Resource Center (NTRC)
National Transportation System (NTS)
Natural Gas
Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV)
Needs Assessment
Negligence
Network
New Freedom Program
New Starts (SAFETEA-LU Program)
No Show
Non-Ambulatory Person – see Person Who Is Non-ambulatory
Non-Attainment Area
Non-Discrimination
Non-Profit
Non-Urbanized Area (Non-UZA)
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
Notice to Proceed (NTP)
Objective
Obligation
Obligation Limitation
Occupancy
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Off-Peak Period
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
Older American's Act (OAA)
On-Board Survey
On-Time Performance
Operating Assistance
Operating Cost – see Operating Expense
Operating Deficit
Operating Expense
Operating Expense per Passenger Trip
Operating Income
Operating Ratio
Operating Revenue
Operating Subsidy
Operations and Maintenance (O&M)
Outlay
Oxygenate or Oxygenated Fuels Program (OPRG)
Paratransit
Park and Ride
Particulate Trap
Pass
Passenger
Passenger Miles
Passenger Revenue
Passenger Service and Safety Driver Certification Program (PASS)
Passenger Trip
Passenger Trips per Capita
Passenger Trips per Total Vehicle Miles
Passenger Vehicle
Passengers per Hour
Passengers per Mile – see Passenger Miles
Peak Hour Fleet
Peak Period
Peak/Base Ratio
People Mover
Performance Measures
Performance Monitoring
Person Trip – see Passenger Trip
Person Who Is Handicapped
Person Who Is Non-Ambulatory
Personal Care Attendants/Companions (PCA)
Persons with Disabilities
Platform
Point Deviation
Post-Delivery
Pre-Award
Pre-Award/Post-Delivery Audit Requirements
Pre-Trip Inspection
Preventable Accident
Preventive Maintenance (PM)
Private For-Profit Provider
Private Non-Profit Provider
Project ACTION – see Easter Seals Project ACTION
Propane
Property Damage
Protest
Public Body
Public Service Announcement (PSA)
Public Transportation (Public Transit System)
Purchased Transportation
Quality Assurance (QA)
Quality Control (QC)
Radial Network – see Hub and Spoke
Rapid Rail – see Heavy Rail
Rapid Transit
Recipient
Recovery Ratio
Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)
Rehabilitation
Request for Proposals (RFP)
Rescission
Research and Development (R&D)
Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)
Retention
Revenue
Revenue Hours
Revenue Miles (Revenue Vehicle Miles)
Revenue Vehicles
Reverse Commute
Ride Sharing
Rider Profile
Rider's Guide
Ridership
Rides
Risk
Risk Management
Risk Retention Pool (Risk Retention Group)
Risk Sharing
Road Call
Rolling Stock
Round Trip
Route
Route Deviation – see Deviated Route
Route Miles
Run Time
Running Gear
Rural
Rural Transit
Rural Transportation Assistance Program (RTAP)
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)
Safety
Safety and Security Management Plan (SSMP)
Safety-Sensitive Employee (Safety Sensitive Functions)
Salaries and Wages
Scheduling
School Bus
School Tripper Service – see Tripper Service
Section 133 – see Surface Transportation Program
Section 3038 – Over-the-Road Bus Program
Section 5303 – Metropolitan Planning
Section 5305 – Planning Formula Grant Program
Section 5307 – Urban Capital Improvements and Operating Funds
Section 5308 – Clean Fuels Formula Grant Program
Section 5309 – Capital Improvement Funds
Section 5310 – Elderly and Disabled Funds
Section 5311 – Small Urban and Rural Funds
Section 5316 – see Jobs Access Reverse Commute
Section 5317 – see New Freedom Program
Section 5336(j) – Small Transit Intensive Cities
Section 5340 – Growing States and High Density States Program
Self-Insurance
Sequestration
Service Agent
Service Animal
Service Area
Service Area Population
Service Design
Service Life – see Useful Life of Buses
Service Provider
Service Route
Shuttle
Shuttle Service – see Circulator Bus
Sightseeing Bus
Small Transit Bus (STB)
Small Urban Area
Smart Bus Technology – see Advanced Transit Management System
Smart Cards
Span of Service
Spare Ratio
Specialized Transportation Services (STS)
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
Standard Van
State Implementation Plan (SIP)
State Transportation Improvement Plan (STIP)
Station
Streetcar
Subcontract
Subrecipient
Subscription Bus Service
Subsidy
Subsidy per Passenger Trip
Substance Abuse Professional (SAP)
Suburban Bus
Suburban Rail – see Commuter Rail
Subway
Supplemental Appropriation
Surface Transportation Policy Partnership (STPP)
Surface Transportation Program (STP)
Technical Assistance
Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF)
Third Party
Third Party Contract
Total Quality Management (TQM)
Total Vehicle Miles (TVM)
Trackless Trolley – see Trolley Bus
Tramway – see Light Rail
Transfer
Transfer Center
Transfer Surcharge (Transfer Charge)
Transit – see Public Transportation
Transit Advertising
Transit Advisory Committee (TAC)
Transit Agency – see Transportation System
Transit Bus
Transit Dependent
Transit Development Plan (TDP)
Transit Enhancements (TE)
Transit Oriented Development or Transit Oriented Design (TOD)
Transit Pass
Transit Radio System (TRS)
Transit System – see Transportation System
Transit Vehicle Manufacturer (TVM)
Transport Workers Union (TWU)
Transportation Cooperative Research Program (TCRP)
Transportation Demand Management (TDM)
Transportation Disadvantaged (TD)
Transportation Electronic Award Management System (TEAM)
Transportation Equity Act for the Twenty-first Century (TEA-21)
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Transportation Research Forum (TRF)
Transportation Safety Institute (TSI)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Transportation System
Transportation System Management (TSM)
Transportation, Community, and System Preservation Program (TCSP)
Travel Demand
Travel Time
Travel Training Program
Tribal Entity
Tribal Transportation Program - 5311 (c)
Triennial Review
Trip
Trip Cycle – see Round Trip
Trip Denial
Trip Generation (Trip Generator)
Tripper Service
Trolley Bus (Trolley, Trolley Car, Trolley Coach, Trackless Trolley)
True Lease
Type of Service (TOS)
Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle
Unduplicated Number of Passengers
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)
Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Elements (FARE)
United States Code (USC)
United States Code of Federal Regulations – see Code of Federal Regulations
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Department of Energy (DOE)
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
United States Department of Labor (DOL)
United States Department of Transportation (USDOT)
United Transportation Union (UTU)
United We Ride Program (UWR)
Universal Design
Unlinked Passenger Trips
Urban
Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA)
Urbanized Area (UZA)
Useful Life of Buses
User Side Subsidy
Van
Vandalism
Vanpool (VP)
Variable Cost
Variable Message Signs (VMS)
Vehicle
Vehicle Hours
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
Vehicle Maintenance
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
Vehicle Operations
Vehicle Revenue Hours
Vehicle Revenue Miles
Volunteer Drivers
Vouchers
Wheelchair
Wheelchair Lift – see Lift
Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicle
Women's Business Enterprise (WBE)
Workforce Investment Act
Workforce Investment Board
Zero-Emission Vehicle
Zone Fares

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