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AA

U.K. Automobile Association

AAA

American Automobile Association

AAM

Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers

AAMVA

American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators

AAR

Association of American Railroads

AASHTO

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

ABCR

Associacao Brasilera de Concessionarias de Rodovias

ABS

Anti-lock Braking System

AC ASSIST

Anti-Collision Autonomous Support, Safety and Intervention System

ACC

Autonomous/Adaptive Cruise Control

ACCEPT

ALERT Concerted Cooperation in European Pilots for TMC

ACEA

Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles

ACESA

Autopistas Concesionaria Española SA

ACN

Automatic Collision Notification

ACOBA

Société des Autoroutes de la Côte Basque

ACPO

Association of Chief Police Officers

ACTIF

Architecture Cadre pour les Systems de Transport Intelligents en France

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act

ADAC

Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobilclub

ADAMS

Automatic Debiting Applications for new Motorway Services

ADAS

Advanced driver assistance systems

ADEPT

Automatic Debiting and Electronic Payment for Transport

ADS

Automatic Debiting Systems

ADVISORS

Action for Advanced Driver Assistance and Vehicle Control System Implementation, Standardisation, Optimum Use of the Road Network and Safety

AEI

Automatic Equipment Identification

AFC

Automatic Fare Collection

AFT-IFTIM

Association pour le Developpment de la Formation Professional dans les Transports – Institut aux Techiques de Formation d’ Implantation et de Manutention

AGE

Automatische Gebührenerhebung auf Autobahnen

AGNES

Automatisches GPS-Netz Schweis

AHS

Automated Highway System

AHSRA

Advanced Cruise-Assist Highway System Research Association

AHSS

Advanced Highway Safety System

AICC

Autonomous Intelligent Cruise Control

AID

Automatic Incident Detection

AIDA

Application Information des Autoroutes

AIMSE

Advanced Integrated Motorway System in Europe

AISCAT

Associazone Italiana Società Concessionarie Autostrade e Trafori

AIT

Alliance Internationale d’Tourisme

ALERT

Advice and Problem Location for European Road Traffic

AMI-C

Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration

AMIS

Advanced Mobile Information Systems

ANIPTA

An Individual Public Transport

ANPR

Automatic Number Plate Recognition

ANSA

An Open Systems Architecture

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

ANTARES

A New Traffic Approach Regarding Energy Saving

ANWB

Algemene Nederlandse Wielrijders Bond

APC

Automatic Passenger Counting

API

Application Programming Interface

APLC

Advanced Programming Logic Circuit

APPLE

Advanced Pilot Project for London and Europe

APTA

American Public Transit Association

APTS

Advanced Public Transportation System

APWA

American Public Works Association

ARCO

Advanced Rail Traffic Control

AREA

Société des Autoroutes Rhône et Alpes

ARGOS

Investigation into Driver Behaviour

ARIADNE

Application for a Real-time Intelligent Aid for Driving and Navigation Enhancement

ARIES

Automobiles Roadside-Transceiver Infrastructure for Extensive Service

ARISE

Automobile Road Information System Evolution

ARPA

Advanced Research Project Agency

ARTIS

Advanced Road Transport Informatics In Spain

ARTS

Advanced Rural Transportation System

ASCE

American Society of Civil Engineers

ASECAP

Association Européenne des Concessionaires d’Autoroutes et d’Ouvrages à Péage

ASEGA

Asociation de Sociedades Espanoles Concesionarias de Autopistas, Tuneles, Puentes y Vias de Peaje

ASETA

Asociación de Sociedades Españolas Concesionarias de Autopistas, Túneles, Puentas y Vías de Peaje

ASF

Autoroutes du Sud de la France

ASF-SAPRR

Societe des Autoroutes Sud France-Paris Rhine Rhone

ASFA

Association des Sociétés Françaises d’Autoroutes

ASFINAG

Autobahnen-und Schnellstrassen-
Finanzierungs-Atkiengesellschaft

ASIC

Application Specific Integrated Circuit

ASTM

American Society of Testing and Materials

ASTRA

Assistance Services for Travel and Traffic

ASV

Advanced Safety Vehicle

ATA

American Trucking Associations

ATC

Advanced Traffic Controller

ATCAS

Automated Toll Collection and Accounting System

ATCS

Advanced Traffic Control Systems

ATEC

Association pour le Transport, l’Environment et la Circulation

ATES

Advanced Transport Efficiency System

ATIS

Advanced Traveler Information System

ATLAS

Acquisition par Telediffusion de Logiciel Automobiles pour les Services

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

ATMB

Autoroutes et Tunnel du Mont Blanc

ATMS

Advanced Traffic Management System

ATOC

Association of Train Operating Companies

ATP

Automatic Train Positioning

ATS

Automatic Tolling Systems

ATSAC

Automated Traffic Surveillance System

ATT

Advanced Transport Telematics

ATT ALERT

ATT-Advice and problem Location for European Road Traffic

ATTCE

Automotive and Transportation Technology Congress and Exhibition

AUTOCAT

Automatic Road Traffic Attribute Collection

AUTOL

Automatic Road Tolling systems

AVC

Automatic Vehicle Classification

AVCS

Advanced Vehicle Control System

AVI

Automatic Vehicle Identification

AVL

Automatic Vehicle Location

AVM

Automatic Vehicle Monitoring

AVMC

Advanced Vehicle Monitoring and Control

AVP

Automatic Vehicle Positioning

AVV

Adviesdienst Vekeer en Vervoer

BAA

Broad Agency Announcement

BACARES

Base Cartografica de España

BART

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit

BATT

Behaviour and Advanced Transport Telematics

BBC

British Broadcasting Corporation

BEVEI

Bessere Verkehrsinformationen über Radio im Versuchsfeld

BIONIC

Blind Operation of In-Car Controls

BLUEPRINT

Birmingham Launches a European Program in Integrated Transport telematics

BMBF

Bundesministerium fur Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie

BMV

Bundesministerium fur Verkehr

BOC

Bureau of Census

Bopcom

Baltic Open Port Communication System

BOT

Build, Operate, Transfer

BPS

Bits per second

BRIMMI

Basic Research in Man Machine Interaction

BRITE

Basic Research into Industrial Technologies for Europe

BS

British Standard

BTS

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

CACS

Comprehensive Automobile Traffic Control System

CAD

Computer-Aided Design

CADD

Computer-Aided Design and Drafting

CALTRANS

California Department of Transportation

CAM

Computer Aided Manufacture

CAMP

Crash Avoidance Metrics Programme

CAN

Controller Area Network

CAPITALS

Capital City Project for Integrated Telematics Applications on a Large Scale

CARAT

Congestion Avoidance and Reduction for Autos and Trucks

CARD ME

Concerted Action for Research on Demand Management in Europe

CARESSE

Car Electronic Systems for Safety and Efficiency

CARIN

Car Information and Navigation

CARS

Condition Acquisition and Reporting System

CASE

Computer Aided System Engineering

CASH

Coordination of Automatic debiting systems Standardisation and Harmonization, Coordination of Activities for Standardization of Hades

CATV

Community Antenna Television

CB

Citizens Band

CCATS

Camera and Computer Aided Traffic Sensor

CCD

Charge Coupled Device

CCI

Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie

CCTV

Closed Circuit Television

CD

Compact Disc

CD-ROM

Compact Disc-Read Only Memory

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

CDPD

Cellular Digital Packet Data

CE

Consumer Electronics

CED

Common European Demonstrator

CEEC

central and eastern European countries

CEMT

Conference of European Ministers of Transport

CEN

Comité Européen de Normalisation

CENELEC

CEN Electrotechnique

CENTRO

West Midlands passenger transport authority

CEPT

Conference Européene des Administrations des Postes et Télécommunications

CERERE

Optimisation of Energy Consumption with an On-Call Public Transport Service on Set and Flexible Routes

CERF

Civil Engineering Research Foundation

CERT

Cellular Emergency Roadside Telephones

CERTU

Centre d’Études sur les Réseaux, les Transports, l’Urbanisme et les Constructions Publiques

CESAR

Cooperative European System for Advanced Information Redistribution Railroad

CEST

Centre for the Exploitation of Science and Technology

CETE

Centre d’Etudes Techniques de l’Equipement

CGEY

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

CITIES

Cooperation for Integrated Traffic Management and Information Exchange Systems

CITRA

Control of Dangerous Goods Transport in International Alpine Corridors

CITRAC

Centrally Integrated Traffic Control

CIVITAS

Clean Urban Transport City Vitality Sustainability Initiative

CM&S

Computer Modeling & Simulation

CMAQ

Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality

CMOS

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CMPS

Controlled Motorway Pilot Scheme

CMS

Changeable Message Sign

CNIR

Centre National d’Information Routière

COBS

Control Office Base System

CODE

Coordinated Dissemination in Europe of Transport Telematics Achievements

COFIROUTE

Compagnie Financiere et Industrielle des Autoroutes

COMBICOM

Combined Transport Communications Systems

COMETA

Commercial Vehicle Electronic and Telematic Architecture

COMFORT

Cooperative Management for Urban and Regional Transport

COMIS

Communications using Millimetre Wave Systems

COMMETT

European Community Program for Education and Training in Technology

COMPOSE

Communications and Positioning Equipment

CONCERT

Cooperation for Novel City Electronic Regulating Tools

CONTRAM

Continuous Traffic Assignment Module

CORD

Coordination of Research and Development

CORDIS

Community Research and Development Information Service

COSMOS

Control Strategies and Methods in European States

COST

European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research

COTS

Commercial Off the Shelf

CPT

Confederation of Passenger Transport

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CRICR

Centre Régionaux d’Information et Circulation Routières

CRM

Customer Relationship Management

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube

CSA

Canadian Standards Association

CSIR

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

CSTM

Central Scotland Transport Model

CTMS

Computerized Transportation Management System

CVISN

Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks

CVO

Commercial Vehicle Operations

CVSA

Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance

CWS

Collision Warning System

DAB

Digital Audio Broadcasting

DACCORD

Development and Application of Coordinated Control of Corridors

DASCAR

Data Acquisition System for Crash Avoidance Research

DATEX

Data Exchange

DB

Deutsche Bahn

DBE

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

DBFO

Design, Build, Finance and Operate

DDG

Daten und Dienstleitungsgesellschaft

DECT

Digital Cordless Telephony

DEDALE

Algorithms for a Prototype Traffic Control System Centralizing Data from Lyon Network

DEFI

Definition of First Step Implementation

DELTA

DSRC Electronics Implementation for Transport and Automotive Applications

DEMOTEL

Demonstration Program for Telematics Applications in Freight Transport

DESPINA

Demand Spreading Through Pre-trip Information using ATT

DETER

Detection, Enforcement and Tutoring for Error Reduction

DETR

UK Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions

DEUFRAKO

German-French Cooperation

DG

Directorate General

DG INFSO

European Commission Directorate General for the Information Society

DGPS

Differential Global Positioning System

DG RESEARCH

European Commission directorate general for research

DG RTD

European Commission Directorate General for Research and Technological Development

DGT

Direccion General de Traffico of the Ministerio del Interior

DG TREN

European Commission Transport and Energy Directorate General

DIACS

Development of Intelligent Automotive Control Systems

DIOMEDES

Distributed, Interworking, Real-time Database

DIRECT

Driver Information Radio Experimenting with Communication Technology Project

DIRECTS

Demonstration of Interoperable Road User End-to-End Charging and Telematics Systems

DMA

Designated Market Area

DMRG

Dual-Mode Route Guidance

DMS

Dynamic Message Sign

DOC

Department of Commerce

DOD

Department of Defense

DORIS

Demand Responsive Service

DOT

US Department of Transportation

DR

Dead Reckoning

DREIF

Direction Regionale de l’Equipment d’Ile de France

DRGS

Dynamic Route Guidance Systems

DRIVE

Dedicated Road Infrastructure for Vehicle Safety in Europe

DRM

Digital Road Map

DSCR

Direction de Securite et Circulation Routiere

DSCS

Defense Satellite Communications System

DSRC

dedicated short range communications

DSN

Drivers with Special Needs

DTI

UK Department of Trade and Industry

DVLA

UK Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

DYNA

Dynamic Traffic Model for Real-time Applications

D2B

Digital Data Bus

EAVES

Evaluation and Assessment of Variable European Sign Systems

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EBU

European Broadcasting Union

EC

European Commission

ECMT

European Conference of Ministers of Transport

EDACON

European data communication network

EDDIT

Elderly and Disabled Drivers using In-vehicle Information Telematics

EDGE

Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

EDIFACT

Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport

EDL

Electronic Document Library

EDRM

European Digital Road Map

EDS

Electronic Data Systems

EESD

Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Energie Programme

EFC

Electronic Fee Collection

EFKON

Entwicklung Forschung & Konstruktion

EFT

Electronic Funds Transfer

EFTA

European Free Trade Association

EGNOS

European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service

EGT

European Geographic Technologies

EIA

Electronic Industries Association

EICC

Extended Intelligent Cruise Control

EIFA

European ITS Framework Architecture

EIRENE

European Integrated Railway Radio Enhanced Network

EIS

Electronic Integrated Systems

ELP

Electronic License Plate

EMC

Electromagnetic Compatibility, Emergency Management Center

EMCATT

Electromagnetic Compatibility with ATT

EMI

Electromagnetic Interference

EMMA

Environmental Monitoring and Warning System in Metropolitan Areas

EMMIS

Evaluation of Man-Machine Interface by Simulation Techniques

EMS

Enhanced Message Sign, Emergency Medical Service

ENS

European Nervous System

ENTERPRICE

Enhanced Network for Traffic Services and Information Provided by Regional Information Centres in Europe

ENTERPRISE

Evaluating New Technologies for Roads Program Initiatives in Safety and Efficiency

ENTRANCE

Energy Savings in Transport Through Innovation in the Cities of Europe

EO

Electro-Optical

EOC

Emergency Operations Center

EON

Enhanced Other Network

EOTD

Enhanced Observed Time Difference

EPMS

Environment Protection Management Systems

EPSRC

UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

EPS

Electronic Payment Systems

EPSS

European Payment Systems Services

EPTR

European Platform for Cooperation and Coordination of Transport Research

ERA

European Research Area

ERCIM

European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics

ERIC

European Road Information Center

ERP

Electronic Road Pricing

ERTICO

European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordination Organization

ESA

European Space Agency

ESCOTA

Société de l’Autoroute Esterel-Côte d’Azur

ESPRIT

European Strategic Program for Research and Information Technologies

ESRC

Economic and Social Research Council

ET NET

European Transport Network

ETAS

European Terminal Automation Strategy

ETC

Electronic Toll Collection

ETCS

European Train Control System

ETPI

European Transport Pricing Initiative

ETRI

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

ETTM

Electronic Tolling and Traffic Management

EU

European Union

EUREKA

European research coordination Agency

EURO GARDENS

European Generic Road Deployment Enhancement System

EUROBUS

European Reference Data Model for Public Transport

EUROCOR

European Urban Corridor Control

EUROFRET

European System for International Road Freight Transportation Operations

EUROGARDEN

European Generic Adaptive Road Deployment Enhancement System

EUROLOG

European Logistics Data Communication

EUROPE-TRIS

European Railways Optimization Planning Environment Teleconferencing

EUROSCOPE

Efficient Urban Transport Operation Services Cooperation of Port cities in EU

EUROTOLL

European Project for Toll Effects and Pricing Strategies

EUROTRIANGLE

Pilot Applications of Advanced Traffic Management in Flanders Walloonia and North Rhine Westphalia

EVA

Equipement Visionique Autonome, Evaluation Process for Road Transport Informatics

EWICS

European Workshop in Industrial Computer Systems

EWTIS

European Water Traffic Information System

E9-1-1

E911, Enhanced 9-1-1