APPENDIX D - LIST OF ACRONYMS

AASHTO

American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials

AGCA

The Associated General Contractors of America

ARTBA

American Road and Transportation Builders Association

BOO

Build-Own-Operate

BOT/BTO

Build-Operate-Transfer/Build-Transfer-Operate

CBO

Congressional Budget Office

CEQ

Council on Environmental Quality

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CM

Construction Manager

CM@Risk

Construction Manager at Risk

CPTC

California Private Transportation Company

DB

Design-Build

DBB

Design-Bid-Build

DBF

Design-Build-Finance

DBOM

Design-Build-Operate-Maintain

DBOM-F

Design-Build-Operate-Maintain-Finance

DOT

Department of Transportation

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development

ECI

Early Contractor Involvement

EIB

European Investment Bank

EIS

Environmental Impact Statement

ESA

Endangered Species Act

FHWA

Federal Highway Administration

FOIA

Freedom of Information Act

FTA

Federal Transit Administration

GAN

Grant Anticipation Notes or Bonds

GAO

General Accounting Office

GARVEEs

Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicles (bonds or notes)

HBA

Highway Beautification Act

HOV

High Occupancy Vehicle

HUD

U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

IFB

Invitation for Bid

IDB

Inter-American Development Bank

IRR

Internal Rate of Return

ISTEA

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

JDA

Joint Development Agreement

LTM

Louisiana TIMED Managers

MPO

Metropolitan Planning Organization

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended

NHS Act

National Highway System Designation Act of 1995

NHS

National Highway System

NMSHTD

New Mexico State Highway & Transportation Department

NPV

Net Present Value

NTP

Notice to Proceed

OCTA

Orange County Transit Authority

PDC

Project Development Contractor

PENTA-P

FTA's PPP Pilot Program (or PPPPP)

PPP

Public-Private Partnership

PPTA

Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (Virginia)

RFP

Request for Proposal

RFQ

Request for Qualifications

RMAs

Regional Mobility Authorities

RSPA

Research and Special Programs Administration

SAFETEA

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2003

SEP-14

Special Experimental Project Number 14 allows state transportation and local transportation agencies using Federal-aid funds to apply for permission to use a variety of alternative procurement approaches to deliver projects

SEP-15

Special Experimental Project Number 15 allows state and local transportation agencies using Federal-aid funds to apply for permission to use alternative approaches to transportation planning, financing, contracting, environmental clearance, and right-of-way acquisition that are more efficient than traditional approaches and promote involvement by the private sector through PPPs

SCDOT

South Carolina Department of Transportation

SIBs

State Infrastructure Banks

STP

Surface Transportation Program

TEA-21

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, as amended

TIFIA

Transportation Infrastructure Finance & Innovation Act

TxDOT

Texas Department of Transportation

U.S.C.

United States Code

USFWS

United States Fish & Wildlife Service

UDOT

Utah Department of Transportation

USDOT

United States Department of Transportation

VDOT

Virginia Department of Transportation

VPPP

Value Pricing Pilot Program of FHWA

WSDOT

Washington State Department of Transportation

WVDOT

West Virginia Department of Transportation