Acronyms

A

AADT

Annual Average Daily Traffic

AASHTO

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

ACA

All Crack Area

ACD

Automatic Crack Detection

AMP

Asset Management Plan

AMT

Asset Management Tools

B

BCI

Bridge Condition Index

BCN

Bridge Condition Number

BCR

Benefit Cost Ratio

BHI

Bridge Health Index

BSI

British Standards Institution

C

CBA

Cost-Benefit Analysis

CBR

California Bearing Ratio

CIPFA

Code of Practice on Transport Infrastructure Assets

CSS

County Surveyor's Society

D

DALYs

Disability Adjusted Life Years

DCP

Dynamic Cone Penetrometer

DfT

Department for Transport

DGCC

General Directorate of Road Maintenance

DOT

Department of Transportation

DRC

Depreciated Replacement Cost

E

ESAL

Equivalent Single Axle Load

F

FHWA

Federal Highway Administration (USA)

FWD

Falling Weight Deflectometer

G

GASB

Governmental Accounting Standards Board

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GIS

Geographic Information System

GNI

Gross National Income

GNP

Gross National Product

GPR

Ground Penetrating Radar

GPS

Geographic Positioning System

GRC

Gross Replacement Cost

H

HDM

Highway Design Manual

HMEP

Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme

I

IAM

Institute of Asset Management

IEM

Intervention Effect Model

IFI

International Friction Index

IFRS

International Financial Reporting Standards

IIMM

Infrastructure Management Manual

IQL

Information Quality Level

iRAP

International Road Assessment Programme

IRF

International Road Federation

IRI

International Roughness Index

ISO

International Standards Organization

K

KPIs

Key Performance Indicators

L

LCC

Life Cost Cycle

LCMS

Laser Crack Measurement System

LiDAR

Light Detection and Ranging

LMICs

Low and Middle Income Countries

M

MDB

Multilateral Development Banks

MDGs

Millennium Development Goals

MnDOT

Minnesota Department of Transportation

MUTCD

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

N

NAMS

New Zealand Asset Management Support

NCHRP

The National Cooperative Highway Research Program

NEM

Natural evolution model

NPV

Net Present Value

O

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

P

PAS

Publicly Available Specification

PM

Performance Management

PMT

Project Management Team

PSI

Present Serviciability Index

Q

QI

Quarter-car Index

QMP

Quality Management Plan

R

RoadPOL

Road Policing Organization

RWD

Rolling Wheel Deflectometer

S

SCT

Secretariat of Communications and Transport

SMART

Specific, Measurable, Aligned, Relevant, Time-bound

SMTD

Sensor Measured Texture Depth

T

TAC

Transportation Association of Canada

TAG

Transport Analysis Guidance

TAMP

Transition Assistance Management Program

TSD

Traffic Speed Deflectometer

U

UKRLG

UK Roads Liaison Group

UNGA

United Nations General Assembly

UNRSC

United Nations Road Safety Collaboration

V

VDOT

Virginia Department of Transportation

VPD

Vehicles Per Day