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see American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
(also known as Non-motorized Transportation) Includes walking, bicycling, small-wheeled transport (skates, skateboards, push scooters and hand carts) and wheelchair travel.
see Americans with Disabilities Act.
A minor revision to a long-range statewide transportation or metropolitan transportation plan, TIP, or STIP that includes minor changes to project/project phase costs, minor changes to funding sources of previously included projects, and minor changes to project/project phase initiation dates. An administrative modification is a revision that does not require public review and comment, re-demonstration of fiscal constraint, or a conformity determination (in non-attainment areas).
Preliminary engineering and environmental studies of a wide range of transportation project alternatives. Alternatives are narrowed down, with some selected for more detailed study. Then, after substantial and detailed engineering and environmental studies, a preferred alternative is identified.
A revision to a long-range statewide or metropolitan transportation plan, TIP, or STIP, that involves major change to a project included in a MTP, TIP, or STIP, including the addition or deletion of a project or a major change in project cost, project/project phase initiation dates, or a major change in design concept or design scope (e.g., changing project termini or the number of through traffic lanes). An amendment is not required for changes to projects that are included only for illustrative purposes. An amendment is a revision that requires public review and comment, re-demonstration of fiscal constraint, or a conformity determination (for MTPs and TIPs involving "non-exempt" projects in nonattainment and maintenance areas). In the context of a long-range statewide transportation plan, an amendment is a revision approved by the state in accordance with its public involvement process.
A nonprofit, nonpartisan association representing highway and transportation departments in the 50 states.
A professional certification for planners requiring completing a set of courses and passing a test offered by the American Planning Association's professional institute.
An organization for the bus, rapid transit and commuter rail systems industry, based in Washington, DC that works to improve the accessibility and availability of public transportation.
Enacted in 1990, the ADA established that persons with disabilities have the same rights as other citizens to access services and facilities available to the public. In transportation terms, the ADA seeks to ensure that all Americans can meet their basic mobility needs.
see Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations.
see American Public Transportation Association.
Small stationary and non-transportation pollution sources that are too small and/or numerous to be included as point sources but may collectively contribute significantly to air pollution (e.g., dry cleaners).
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
AMPO, of which the SJTPO is a member, is a nonprofit, membership organization established to serve the needs and interests of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) nationwide.
BCI see Bicycle Compatibility Index.
Any geographic area in which levels of a given criteria air pollutant (e.g., ozone, carbon monoxide, PM10, PM2.5, and nitrogen oxide) meet the health-based National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for that pollutant. An area may be an attainment area for one pollutant and a nonattainment area for others. A "maintenance area" (see definition below) is not considered an attainment area for transportation planning purposes.
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An analytical tool for assessing how well-suited a roadway is for bicycle travel.
Bridge Management System
A system that allows bus vehicles to operate on a right-of-way that is largely separated from other types of traffic.
Abandoned, idle, or under-used industrial or commercial properties where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by environmental contamination that can make redevelopment financially or logistically prohibitive.
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see Clean Air Act Amendments.
Coastal Area Facility Review Act
A transportation facility’s ability to accommodate a moving stream of people or vehicles in a given time period.
The CCP is a listing of NJDOT and NJ Transit projects and programs to be submitted to the state Legislature for approval and to be considered for inclusion in the draft Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
Financial assistance from the transit major capital programs of 49 U.S.C. Section 5309. This program enables the Secretary of Transportation to make discretionary capital grants and loans to finance public transportation projects divided among fixed guideway (rail) modernization; construction of new fixed guideway systems and extensions to fixed guideway systems; and replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and rented equipment, and construction of bus-related facilities.
A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas formed in large part by incomplete combustion of fuel. Human activities (i.e., transportation or industrial processes) are largely the source for CO emissions.
A CE applies to transportation projects that have minimal environmental impacts.
see Capital Construction Program.
see Concept Development.
see Categorical Exclusion.
A federally mandated process whose purpose is to certify that an MPO is legally qualified to receive and expend federal dollars. A certification review examines the planning process to ensure that it complies with the provisions of SAFETEA LU.
see Code of Federal Regulations.
Established as part of the initial structure of the SJTPO in recognition of the importance of public involvement to the organization. The CAC represents a broad cross-section of interests, and others are added to the CAC mailing list upon request.
The original Clean Air Act was passed in 1963, but the national air pollution control program is actually based on the 1970 revision of the law. The Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 made major changes and contains the most far-reaching revisions of the 1970 law.
Federal law that requires states to set budgets and timetables for reducing air pollution. The law requires the SJTPO to give priority funding to transportation projects which reduce vehicle emissions through travel pattern changes, travel mode options, and/or traffic flow improvements.
This program funds transportation projects or programs that will contribute to attainment of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), with a focus on reducing ozone and carbon monoxide. Funds are distributed to states based on each state's population level in air quality non-attainment areas weighted by the degree of air pollution (i.e. severe, moderate).
see Congestion Management Process.
A compilation of all regulations issued by the federal government's agencies and departments. Published annually.
CSNJ is a non-profit organization of public, private, and academic sector organizations having an interest in the research, deployment, and operation of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in New Jersey.
A CAA (42 U.S.C. 7506[c]) requirement that ensures that federal funding and approval are given to transportation plans, programs and projects that are consistent with the air quality goals established by a State Implementation Plan (SIP). Conformity, to the purpose of the SIP, means that transportation activities will not cause new air quality violations, worsen existing violations, or delay timely attainment of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The transportation conformity rule (40 CRF, part 93) sets forth policy, criteria, and procedures for demonstrating and assuring conformity of transportation activities.
A systematic approach required in transportation management areas (TMAs) that provides for effective management and operation, based on a cooperatively developed and implemented metropolitan-wide strategy of new and existing transportation facilities eligible for funding under title 23 U.S.C. and title 49 U.S.C. through the use of operational management strategies. Provides information on transportation system performance and finds alternative ways to alleviate congestion and enhance the mobility of people and goods, to levels that meet state and local needs.
A federal-aid funding program created under ISTEA, which directs funding to projects that contribute to meeting national air quality standards. CMAQ funds generally may not be used for projects that result in the construction of new capacity available to SOVs (single-occupancy vehicles).
Transportation tolls, fares or other charges that vary with the level of travel demand (for example, by time of day). Congestion pricing is intended to help optimize the efficiency of the transportation system.
Funding for the first three years of the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is fiscally constrained, meaning that the projected allocations must balance with assumed revenues.
A final phase of work in the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), involving actual construction.
A collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to designing transportation infrastructure that involves all stakeholders to develop a facility that is appropriate to its setting and preserves scenic, aesthetic, historic, and environmental resources, while maintaining safety and mobility.
A federally required plan to help guide the region in prioritizing and funding transportation services for disabled, elderly and low-income residents.
A broad geographical band that follows a general directional flow connecting major origins and destinations of trips, and which may contain a number of streets, highways, and transit alignments.
A roadway designated and/or maintained by a county road department.
see Context-Sensitive Design.
New Jersey's Comprehensive Strategic Highway Safety Plan
see Committee for a Smart New Jersey.
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see Disadvantaged-Owned Business Enterprise.
see Design Build Operate Maintain.
The DVRPC is a bi-state Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Philadelphia area, including the New Jersey counties of Mercer, Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester.
When used alone, indicates the U.S. Department of Transportation. In conjunction with a place name, indicates state, city, or county transportation agency (e.g., Illinois DOT, Los Angeles DOT).
A term to indicate that the design, building, operation, and maintenance of a project are performed by a single agency or firm.
This term includes both minority-owned (MBE) and women-owned (WBE) businesses. In transportation planning, DBE programs insure that eligible MBE and WBE businesses can compete fairly for government-funded projects and programs.
DMS
Drainage Management System
Diesel Multiple Units
DRJTBC
Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission
see Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission.
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see Environmental Assessment.
A requirement placed in legislation by an elected official devoting revenues to a specific public expenditure.
see Executive Committee.
see Environmental Impact Statement.
see Environmental Justice.
The part of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) that identifies the allowable emissions levels, mandated by the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), for certain pollutants emitted from mobile, stationary, and area sources. The emissions levels are used for meeting emission reduction milestones, attainment, or maintenance demonstrations.
A report that identifies the environmental impacts of project alternatives as a requirement of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The EA can lead to a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) or indicate that further study through an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is required.
An investigative report issued to comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that quantifies the environmental impacts of major proposed transportation projects. Also: Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).
Refers to an effort initiated at the Federal level to: avoid, minimize, or mitigate disproportionately high and adverse human health and environmental effects, including social and economic effects, on minority populations and low-income populations; ensure the full and fair participation by all potentially affected communities in the transportation decision-making process; and prevent the denial of, reduction in, or significant delay in the receipt of benefits by minority and low-income populations. (See also "Title VI.")
Strategies, policies, programs, actions, and activities that, over time, will serve to avoid, minimize, or compensate for (by replacing or providing substitute resources) the impacts of to or disruption of elements of the human and natural environment associated with the implementation of a long-range statewide transportation plan or MTP. The human and natural environment includes, for example, neighborhoods and communities, homes and businesses, cultural resources, parks and recreation areas, wetlands and water sources, forested and other natural areas, agricultural areas, endangered and threatened species, and the ambient air. The environmental mitigation strategies and activities are intended to be regional in scope, and may not necessarily address potential project-level impacts.
The federal regulatory agency responsible for administering and enforcing federal environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, and others.
EOC
Emergency Operation Center
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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A branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation that administers the federal-aid highway program, providing financial assistance to states to construct and improve highways, urban and rural roads, and bridges. The FHWA also administers the Federal Lands Highway Program, including survey, design, and construction of forest highway system roads, parkways and park roads, Indian reservation roads, defense access roads, and other Federal Lands roads.
The FRA is the agency of the USDOT that issues and enforces rail safety regulations; administers railroad assistance programs; conducts research and development in support of improved railroad safety and national rail transportation policy; provides for the rehabilitation of Northeast Corridor rail passenger service; and consolidates government support of rail transportation activities.
A branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation that administers federal funding to transportation authorities, local governments, and states to support a variety of locally planned, constructed, and operated public transportation systems throughout the U.S., including buses, subways, light rail, commuter rail, streetcars, monorail, passenger ferry boats, inclined railways, and people movers.
see Federal Highway Administration.
The documentation required to be included with a MTP and TIP (optional for the long-range statewide transportation plan and STIP) that demonstrates the consistency between reasonably available and projected sources of federal, state, local, and private revenues and the costs of implementing the proposed transportation system improvements.
A short-term commitment of funds to specific projects identified in both the regional and the statewide Transportation Improvement Program.
A determination of an Environmental Assessment (EA) indicating that a potential project will have no significant environmental impact.
FIRE
Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Sector
Making sure that a given program or project can reasonably expect to receive funding within the time allotted for its implementation. The MTP, TIP, and STIP must include sufficient financial information for demonstrating that projects in the MTP, TIP, and STIP can be implemented using committed, available, or reasonably available revenue sources, with reasonable assurance that that the federally supported transportation system is being adequately operated and maintained. For the TIP and the STIP, financial constraint/fiscal constraint applies to each program year. Additionally, projects in air quality nonattainment and maintenance areas can be included in the first two years of the TIP and STIP only if funds are "available" or "committed."
The New Jersey state fiscal year is July 1 through June 30. The federal fiscal year is October 1 through September 30.
see Finding of No Significant Impact.
Federal transit funds for transit operators, allocated by FTA, and used to purchase rolling stock (e.g., buses and trains) as well as design and construct facilities (e.g., shelters, transfer centers, etc.).
see Federal Railroad Administration.
see Final Scope Development [now Preliminary Design].
see Federal Transit Administration.
see Fiscal Year.
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see Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicles.
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Computerized data management system designed to capture, store, retrieve, analyze, and display geographically referenced information.
GHG
Greenhouse Gas
see Geographic Information System.
A navigation system made up of a network of satellites that allows land, sea, and airborne users to determine their exact location.
A GARVEE is any bond or other form of debt repayable, either exclusively or primarily, with future federal highway funds
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HAWK
High-Intensity Activated Crosswalk Signal
Vehicles carrying two or more people. The number that constitutes an HOV for the purposes of HOV highway lanes may be designated differently by different transportation agencies.
HRRRP
High Risk Rural Roads Program
see High Occupancy Vehicle.
This NJDOT strategy is designed to accelerate a project's schedule by condensing any or all phases of its development.
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IATA
International Air Transport Association
Agencies responsible for maintenance, construction, and operation of the state highway and public transit systems. Also known as operating agencies, these include NJDOT, NJ Transit, and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.
Electronics, photonics, communications, or information processing used singly or in combination to improve the efficiency or safety of a surface transportation system. The National ITS architecture is a blueprint for the coordinated development of ITS technologies in the U.S., providing a systems framework to guide the planning and deployment of ITS infrastructure.
Refers to the ability to connect, and the connections between, differing modes of transportation.
Legislative initiative by the U.S. Congress that restructured and authorized federal funding for transportation programs; provided for an increased role for regional planning commissions/ MPOs in funding decisions; and required comprehensive regional and statewide long-term transportation plans.
The specially designated system of highways, begun in 1956, which connects the principal metropolitan areas, cities, and industrial centers of the United States. Also connects the U.S. to internationally significant routes in Canada and Mexico.
see Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act.
see Intelligent Transportation Systems.
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A Federal Transit Administration (FTA) program providing funding for selected counties and municipalities to increase job accessibility for the most disadvantaged members of the population, including facilitating urban to suburban commuting.
A classification of data used in transportation planning; it describes the mode used by an individual to travel from home to work, as well as the time that it takes to do so. This data is collected in travel surveys and through the U.S. Census.
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Refers to the manner in which portions of land or the structures on them are used (or designated for use in a plan), i.e., commercial, residential, retail, industrial, etc.
A set of characteristics - based on travel mode - that indicate the quality and quantity of transportation service provided. A facility's LOS is often given as a numerical rating.
Persons who are unable to communicate effectively in English because their primary language is not English and they have not developed fluency in the English language.
A joint undertaking of the SJTPO and NJDOT, this is a competitive program providing federal funds for the advancement of locally important projects through final design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction.
The official, statewide, multimodal transportation plan covering no less than 20 years developed through the statewide transportation planning processes.
See Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)
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Any geographic region of the United States that the EPA previously designated as a nonattainment area for one or more pollutants pursuant to the CAA Amendments of 1990, and subsequently re-designated as an attainment area subject to the requirement to develop a maintenance plan under section 175A of the CAA, as amended.
The Major Documents of the SJTPO include the three core products that define the MPO process: the long-range Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), an annually updated multi-year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), and the annual Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), which communicates the planning activities anticipated within the upcoming year.
A study, similar to an Alternatives Analysis (AA), which was previously required by federal regulation. It reviewed and evaluated a range of alternatives for proposed transportation improvements in a corridor or subarea.
The SJTPO will define Major Amendments as those Amendments requiring a new air quality conformity analysis or adding or deleting a single item of $10 million or more, or multiple items totaling $20 million or more, from the SJTPO portion of the TIP (excludes the Statewide programs).
System designed to generate strategies or actions related to transportation system performance and/or the physical condition of transportation system assets (examples include the Bridge and Pavement Management Systems, as well as the Congestion Management Process).
An official agreement designed to ensure consistency in the administration of programs or projects.
In this context refers specifically to the Memorandum of Understanding on procedures to modify the TIP and STIP among the SJTPO, the NJDOT, and NJ Transit.
The geographic area determined by agreement between the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for the area and the Governor, in which the metropolitan transportation planning process is carried out.
The policy board of an organization created and designed to carry out the metropolitan transportation planning process for urbanized areas with populations greater than 50,000, and designated by local officials and the Governor of the state.
The official multimodal transportation plan addressing no less than a 20-year planning horizon that is developed, adopted and updated by the MPO through the metropolitan transportation planning process.
The initial section or operating component of a transportation project.
All amendments not defined above as Major Amendments will be Minor Amendments.
see Major Investment Study.
Any action taken or not taken to offset environmental or other impacts of proposed transportation improvements.
see Memorandum of Agreement.
Refers to a specific form of transportation, such as automobile, subway, bus, rail, air, bicycle, or foot.
see Travel Demand Model.
see Major Operating Segment.
see Memorandum of Understanding.
see Metropolitan Planning Organization.
MUTCD
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
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see National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
see National Association of Counties
Federal standards that set allowable concentrations and exposure limits for various pollutants. The EPA established these standards pursuant to section 109 of the CAA. Air quality standards have been established for the following six criteria pollutants: ozone (or smog), carbon monoxide, particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, lead, and sulfur dioxide.
An organization representing the nation's county governments in Washington, D.C.
NARC is a nonprofit membership organization serving the interests of regional councils and Metropolitan Planning Organizations nationwide. Regional councils are organizations with state and locally-defined boundaries that deliver a variety of government programs, yet still function as a planning organizations and technical assistance providers.
Established requirements that any project using federal funding or requiring federal approval, including transportation projects, examine the effects of proposed and alternative choices on the environment before a federal decision is made.
The national system consisting of interstate highways and other key links such as major state highways.
see National Environmental Policy Act.
Advocacy group for New Jersey's 21 county governments.
The cabinet-level agency that leads the state's environmental science, regulatory, research, education and assessment efforts.
The state agency responsible for maintenance, construction, and operation of state and interstate highways.
An organization that addresses issues facing short line railroads serving New Jersey.
New Jersey’s state-wide provider of public transportation services, including bus, commuter rail, light rail, and paratransit services.
The agency that maintains, operates, and plans the NJ Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway.
see National Highway System.
see New Jersey Association of Counties.
see New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
see New Jersey Department of Transportation.
NJDVCC
The New Jersey Deer Vehicle Crash Coalition
see New Jersey Institute of Technology.
see New Jersey Transit.
see New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
see North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
A geographic region of the United States that has been designated by the EPA as a non-attainment area under section 107 of the CAA for any pollutants for which an NAAQS exists, meaning that federal air quality standards are not being met. Regions within non-attainment areas are required to ensure that emissions from transportation investments are consistent, or in conformity with, levels set forth in state air quality plans.
The NJTPA is a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Northern New Jersey, including the counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren.
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The division of the state Department of Community Affairs that is charged with coordinating implementation of the State Plan and Smart Growth policies across the various state agencies.
OHSP
Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness
Actions and strategies aimed at improving the performance of existing and planned transportation facilities to relieve congestion and maximize the safety and mobility of people and goods.
see Office of Smart Growth.
Ozone is a colorless gas with a sweet odor. It is a secondary pollutant formed when VOCs and NOx combine in the presence of sunlight. Ozone is associated with smog or haze conditions. Although the ozone in the upper atmosphere protects us from harmful ultraviolet rays, ground-level ozone—resulting from human and natural sources—produces an unhealthy environment in which to live.
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Designated parking areas for automobile drivers who then board buses or trains from these locations.
Particulate matter consists of airborne solid particles and liquid droplets. Particulate matter may be in the form of fly ash, soot, dust, fog, fumes, etc. These particles are classified as "coarse" if they are smaller than 10 microns or "fine" if they are smaller than 2.5 microns. Coarse airborne particles are produced either during grinding operations or from the physical disturbance of dust by natural air turbulence processes, such as wind. Fine particles can be a by-product of fossil fuel combustion, such as diesel and bus engines. Fine particles can easily reach remote lung areas, and their presence in the lungs is linked to serious respiratory ailments such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, and aggravated coughing. Exposure to these particles may aggravate other medical conditions such as heart disease and emphysema and may cause premature death. In the environment, particulate matter contributes to diminished visibility and particle deposition (soiling).
see Preliminary Engineering.
Indicators of how well the transportation system is performing with regard to such measures as average speed, reliability of travel, and accident rates. Used as feedback in the decision-making process.
Federal funds provided for planning projects and programs derived from a 1.25 % set-aside from the federal transportation funding provided to states. PL funds are the principal revenue source for SJTPO Staff operation and other components of the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP).
PMS
Pavement Management System
The initial stage of Preliminary Design (PD). At this stage, engineering has progressed to the level of assessing a project's environmental impacts through the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and will result in a solution to a defined problem.
The project pipeline is the multi-step project development process from problem statement through construction and completion. Note: The NJDOT uses four parallel pipelines depending upon the size and complexity of a particular project.
A Federally required document for MPOs (Chap 23 § 450.316) that defines a process for providing citizens, affected public agencies, representatives of public transportation employees, freight shippers, providers of freight transportation services, private providers of transportation, representatives of users of public transportation, representatives of users of pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities, representatives of the disabled, and other interested parties with reasonable opportunities to be involved in the metropolitan transportation planning process.
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see Regional Capital Investment Strategy.
The official record resulting from an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
Regional councils of governments are multipurpose, multijurisdictional public organizations. Created by local governments to respond to federal and state programs, regional councils bring together participants at multiple levels of government to foster regional cooperation, planning and service delivery. They may also be called planning commissions, development districts, or other names, and may or may not include the structure and functions of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs).
A document resulting from regional or statewide collaboration and consensus on a region’s or state’s transportation system, and serving as the defining vision for the region’s or state’s transportation systems and services. In metropolitan areas, this is the official multimodal transportation plan addressing no less than a 20-year planning horizon that is developed, adopted, and updated by the MPO through the metropolitan transportation planning process.
In invitation--often issued as part of a competitive bidding process--for consultants, suppliers, vendors, etc. to submit a proposal on a specific service or commodity.
Property on which a transportation project is built. Also regularly used to refer to the phase of work during which such property is acquired.
see Record of Decision.
see Right-of-Way.
RRFB
Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon
RQI
Road Quality Index
see Regional Transportation Plan.
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The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). SAFETEA-LU authorized the federal surface transportation programs for highways, highway safety, and transit for the 5-year period 2005-2009.
SCIS
State Capital Investment Strategy
SDI
Surface Distress Index
see State Development and Redevelopment Plan .
Small railroads that provide links between major rail freight companies and industries.
Refers to motor vehicles occupied by the driver only (excludes motorcycles).
see State Implementation Plan.
see South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization.
Well-planned and well-managed growth that adds new homes and creates new jobs, while preserving open space, farmland, and environmental resources. Smart Growth supports livable neighborhoods with a variety of housing types, price ranges and multi-modal forms of transportation.
Refers to the origin of air contaminants, which can be point-source (coming from a defined site) or nonpoint-source (coming from many diffuse sources). Stationary sources include relatively large, fixed facilities such as power plants, chemical process industries, and petroleum refineries. Area sources are small, stationary, non-transportation sources that collectively contribute to air pollution, and include such sources as dry cleaners and bakeries, surface coating operations, home furnaces, and crop burning. Mobile sources include on-road vehicles such as cars, trucks, and buses; and off-road sources such as trains, ships, airplanes, boats, lawnmowers, and construction equipment. Common mobile source-related pollutants are carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbons (HC), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and particulate matter (PM-10 and PM 2.5).
Established by the State Legislature in June 1991 to assume operational responsibilities for the Atlantic City Expressway, Atlantic City International Airport terminal, and parking facilities in Atlantic City. The SJTA serves the counties of Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem.
The Metropolitan Planning Organization for the New Jersey counties of Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, and Salem.
see Single Occupancy Vehicle.
see State Planning Commission.
The unlimited outward expansion of suburbs characterized by low-density residential and commercial development, unchecked land development, and dominance of transportation by autos.
see State Planning & Research.
SRTS
Safe Routes to School
Individuals and organizations involved in or affected by the transportation planning process. Include federal/state/local officials, MPOs, transit operators, freight companies, shippers, users of the transportation infrastructure, and the general public.
Enacted in 1986 by the state Legislature, the SDRP is intended to control the unplanned "suburban sprawl" overtaking many parts of the state by influencing the intensities and locations of development and redevelopment.
The portion (or portions) of the implementation plan (as defined in section 302[q] of the CAA), or most recent revision thereof, which has been approved under section 110 of the CAA, or promulgated or approved under section 301(d) of the CAA and which implements the relevant requirements of the CAA. Although the SIP is produced by the state environmental agency (not the MPO) to monitor, control, maintain, and enforce compliance with the NAAQS, it must also be taken into account in the transportation planning process.
A revolving fund mechanism for financing a wide variety of highway and transit projects through loans and credit enhancement. SIBs are designed to complement traditional federal-aid highway and transit grants by providing states increased flexibility for financing infrastructure investments.
Primary source of funding for statewide long-range planning, administered by the FHWA.
A 17-member group representing state government, local government and the public on statewide planning issues. Works with the Office of Smart Growth (OSG) to further state planning goals.
A statewide prioritized listing/program of transportation projects covering a period of four years that is consistent with the long-range statewide transportation plan (LRSTP), metropolitan transportation plans (MTPs), and transportation improvement plans (TIPs), and is required for projects to be eligible for funding under title 23 U.S.C. and title 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53.
Federal-aid highway funding program that supports a broad range of surface transportation capital needs, including many roads, transit, sea and airport access, vanpool, bike, and pedestrian facilities.
see Surface Transportation Board.
see State Transportation Improvement Program.
see Surface Transportation Program.
The STB is a federal agency that adjudicates disputes and regulates federal interstate surface transportation including trucking, rail freight, ocean shipping, interstate buses, and other modes.
Provides flexible funding that may be used by the state and localities for projects on any federal-aid highway, including the NHS, bridge projects on any public road, transit capital projects, and intracity and intercity bus terminals and facilities.
Infrastructure projects that will physically add capacity to the existing transportation network.
Projects and programs that optimize the performance of the existing transportation network.
Projects and programs that rehabilitate or replacing aging infrastructure without expanding the system.
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see Transportation Clean Air Measures.
see Transportation Control Measures.
see Transportation Demand Management.
see Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
A fourteen member committee that provides input to the Policy Board, and consists of staff of each Policy Board member, as well as representatives of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and the Delaware River and Bay Authority, along with the chairperson of the Citizens Advisory Committee. A wide variety of other agencies are also invited to participate in the Technical Advisory Committee.
Employment utilizing electronic communications (by telephone, computer, fax, etc.) with a physical office, either from home or from another site, instead of traveling to and working in the office.
see Twenty-foot Equivalent Units.
see Transportation Improvement Program.
A TIP amendment is required when adding a new project (or program), deleting a project (or program), when there is a major change to project design concept or scope that would require a new air quality conformity analysis, and when a project (or program) is being moved forward from the fourth or fifth years of the TIP into the first year. Amendment is as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the SJTPO, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), and the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit).
The SJTPO will define TIP Modifications as changes to the TIP as defined in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the SJTPO, the NJDOT, and the NJ Transit, as amended and supplemented that are of less significance than an amendment. Under the MOU, they are usually processed administratively by the SJTPO Executive Director upon consultation with the counties.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in any program receiving federal assistance. (See "Environmental Justice.")
see Transportation Management Area.
see Transportation Management Associations.
see Transportation Management Strategies.
see Transit Oriented Development.
Traffic calming involves changes in street alignments, installation of barriers, and other physical measures to reduce traffic speeds and/or cut-through volumes to improve street safety and livability.
Compact, pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use development near bus and rail stations that serves housing, transportation, and neighborhood goals.
Measures intended to reduce transportation-related emissions. TCAMs could include clean vehicle technology and diesel retrofits, anti-idling strategies, vehicle travel reduction, and public outreach programs.
Any measure that is specifically identified committed to in the applicable SIP that is either one of the types listed in section 108 of the CAA or any other measure for the purpose of reducing emissions or concentrations of air pollutants from transportation sources by reducing vehicle use or changing traffic flow or congestion conditions. Notwithstanding the above, vehicle technology-based, fuel-based, and maintenance-based measures that control the emissions from vehicles under fixed traffic conditions are not TCMs.
Programs designed to reduce demand for transportation through various means, such as the use of public transit and of alternative work hours.
Legislated in 1998, TEA-21 authorized approximately $217 billion in federal funding for transportation investment for FYs 1998- 2003. Used for highway, transit, and other surface transportation programs.
A prioritized listing/program of transportation projects covering a period of four years that is developed by an MPO as part of the metropolitan transportation planning process, consistent with the metropolitan transportation plan (MTP), and required for projects to be eligible for funding under title 23 U.S.C. and title 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53.
A federal credit program under which the DOT may provide three forms of credit assistance— secured (direct) loans, loan guarantees, and standby lines of credit – for surface transportation projects of national or regional significance. The fundamental goal is to leverage federal funds by attracting substantial private and non-federal co-investment in critical improvements to the nation's surface transportation system.
An urbanized area with a population of 200,000 or more, as defined by the U.S. Bureau of the Census and designated by the Secretary of Transportation, or any additional area where TMA designation is requested by the Governor and the MPO and designated by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
Organizations established to work with employers to help provide more effective transportation options. They promote ridesharing and transit use, among other activities
The TRB is a division of the National Research Council, which serves as an independent adviser to the federal government and others on scientific and technical questions of national importance.
Initiatives designed to create the more efficient use of existing transportation facilities through improved infrastructure management and operation.
The account established by state law for funding transportation programs and initiatives, with revenues from fuel taxes and other sources.
A computer-based simulation of the transportation network that generates travel pattern forecasts. Used by the SJTPO in its transportation planning activities.
see Transportation Research Board.
A fund credited with receipts that are held in trust by the government and earmarked by law for use in carrying out specific purposes and programs in accordance with an agreement or a statute.
see Transportation Trust Fund.
TEU is the standardized unit for measuring container capacity on ships, railcars, etc.
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A statement of work identifying the planning priorities and activities to be carried out within a metropolitan planning area. At a minimum, a UPWP includes a description of the planning work and resulting products, which will perform the work, time frames for completing the work, the cost of the work, and the source(s) of funds.
The USDOT is the main federal agency that develops and coordinates policies pertaining to the national transportation system. It includes the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
The EPA is a cabinet-level federal regulatory agency that leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts.
see Unified Planning Work Program.
A geographic area with a population of 50,000 or more, as designated by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
see United States Department of Transportation.
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An electronic traffic sign often used to give travelers information about emergencies, special events, construction, speed limits, etc.
One vehicle traveling the distance of one mile equals one VMT. This measure is used to estimate congestion, fuel consumption and a host of other key transportation-related factors.
see Congestion Pricing
VHT
Vehicle Hours Traveled
Methods used by states and MPOs in the development of transportation plans and programs with the public, elected and appointed officials, and other stakeholders in a clear and easily accessible format such as maps, pictures, and/or other displays to promote improved understanding of existing or proposed transportation plans and programs.
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