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and public transit operators.
TDM: Transportation Demand Management, techniques to reduce the use of motor vehicles or
shift the use of vehicles to uncongested times of the day. TDM could include employersponsored
rideshare programs, or flexible working hours that enable people to commute to work
before or after rush hour, for example.
TSM: Transportation System Management, a state program used to fund local and state
transportation projects that will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the existing
transportation system without increasing the capacity.
TEA: Transportation Enhancement Activities, a set-aside of STP funds for use on projects that
enhance the quality of life, protect the environment, and provide an aesthetic, pleasant, and
improved interface between the transportation system for communities and people adjacent to
transportation facilities.
TEA 21: Transportation Equity Act for the 21@ Century, the current federal surface
transportation act. TEA 21 outlines federal policy on transportation planning and programming
and includes funding programs for various transportation projects. Successor legislation to
ISTEA.
TEA-3/TEA-LU: Transportation Equity Act - A Legacy for Users, the proposed successor to
TEA 21. Although TEA 21 expired on October 1, 2005, the new authorizing legislation has not
yet been passed. Federal transportation funds continue to flow, however, through a series of
continuing resolutions.
Traffic lmpact Fee: See Developer Fees above.
Unitrans: A public transit operators headquartered at UC Davis, running bus routes that connect
to UC campus to various Davis neighborhoods.
YCTA: Yolo County Transit Authority, the locally designated congestion management agency
for Yolo County, and an operator of public transit service in Yolo County.
YST: Yuba-Sutter Transit, the transit operator and transit planning agency for Sutter and Yuba
Counties.
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