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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