East Mountain Trails & Bikeways Master Plan - Bernalillo County

Appendix B. Acronyms
List of Commonly Used Acronyms
AASHTO-Refers to the American Association
of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,
federal law requiring public entities and public
accommodation for people with disabilities.
ADT – Average Daily Traffic.
APS – Albuquerque Public Schools
POST Plan - A Bernalillo County
interdepartmental planning effort for Parks,
Open Space and Trails. Also, the physically
connected system of Parks, Open Space and
Trails.
ROW – Right-of-way.
SLO — New Mexico State Land Office
USFS – United States Forest Service
(Department of Agriculture)
BCPR -- Bernalillo County Parks & Recreation
BCPW – Bernalillo County Public Works
CAOS or AOS – City of Albuquerque Open
Space Division.
EMAP – East Mountain Area Plan.
EMTBMP – East Mountain Trails and Bikeways
Master Plan.
ISTEA- The Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991. The federal highway
and transportation bill which provides funding
for roads and other modes of transportation,
including bikes and pedestrians. Superseded
by Transportation Equity Act for 21 st Century
(TEA-21) in 1999.
MDU – Memorandum of Understanding.
MRCOG – Middle Region Council of
Governments
NMDOT – New Mexico Department of
Transportation.
NPS RTCA – National Park Services Rivers,
Trails and Conservation Assistance Program.
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