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Glossary of Acronyms - Missouri Department of Transportation

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<strong>Glossary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Acronyms</strong><br />

Document <strong>Acronyms</strong><br />

TEA-21 <strong>Transportation</strong> Efficiency Act for the Twenty-first Century<br />

MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization<br />

TMA <strong>Transportation</strong> Management Area<br />

STIP Statewide <strong>Transportation</strong> Improvement Program<br />

STP Surface <strong>Transportation</strong> Program<br />

TIP <strong>Transportation</strong> Improvement Program<br />

LRTP Long-Range <strong>Transportation</strong> Plan<br />

SFY State Fiscal Year (ex. July 2000 - June 2001)<br />

FFY Federal Fiscal Year (ex. October 2000 - September 2001)<br />

ITS Intelligent <strong>Transportation</strong> System<br />

FHWA Federal Highway Association<br />

DEMO Demonstration<br />

R/W Right <strong>of</strong> Way<br />

PE Preliminary Engineering<br />

DED <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Economic Development<br />

CE Construction Engineering<br />

Federal Funding Category <strong>Acronyms</strong><br />

NHS National Highway System<br />

STP Surface <strong>Transportation</strong> Program<br />

MPO <strong>Acronyms</strong><br />

CATSO Columbia Area <strong>Transportation</strong> Study Organization<br />

EWGCC East-West Gateway Coordinating Council<br />

JATSO Joplin Area <strong>Transportation</strong> Study Organization<br />

MARC Mid-America Regional Council<br />

SATSO Springfield Area <strong>Transportation</strong> Study Organization<br />

SJATS St. Joseph Area <strong>Transportation</strong> Study Organization


Railroad <strong>Acronyms</strong><br />

BNSF The Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company<br />

GWWR Gateway Western Railway Company<br />

IMRL I & M Rail Link<br />

KCS The Kansas City Southern Railway Company<br />

MNA <strong>Missouri</strong> And Northern Arkansas Railroad Company<br />

MRS Manufacturer’s Railway Company<br />

NS Norfolk Southern Railway Company<br />

TRRA Terminal Railroad Association <strong>of</strong> St. Louis<br />

UP Union Pacific Railway Company<br />

C.U. Circuitry upgrade, to constant warning time circuitry<br />

D.U. Device upgrade, same as circuitry upgrade plus gates at crossings<br />

P to A Passive to Active warning devices, installation <strong>of</strong> flashing light signals<br />

And gates at crossings which currently have only passive warning devices<br />

(i.e. cross buck)

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