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Suggested Citation:"Abbreviations and Acronyms ." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. Open Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Transit Agencies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22195.
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76 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APC Automatic passenger counter API Application programming interface AVL Automated vehicle location BART Bay Area Rapid Transit CAD Computer-aided dispatch CCTV Closed-circuit television CEN European Committee for Standardization CSV Comma-separated values CTA Chicago Transit Authority CUMTD Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District DMS Dynamic message sign DVRPC Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission GIS Geographic information systems GPS Global positioning system GTFS General Transit Feed Specification GTFS-realtime General Transit Feed Specification-realtime HTML HyperText Markup Language HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol IFOPT Identification of Fixed Objects in Public Transport IP Internet Protocol IT Information technology ITS Intelligent transportation systems ITSA Intelligent Transportation Society of America IVR Interactive voice response JSON JavaScript Object Notation KCATA Kansas City Area Transportation Authority KML Keyhole Markup Language KSF Key success factors LA Local authority MassDOT Massachusetts Department of Transportation MBTA Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority MTA Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York City) NeTEx Network Exchange NYCT New York City Transit NTCIP National Transportation Communications for ITS Protocol ODI Open Data Institute OS Operating systems PCB Professional capacity building PT Public transport QR Quick response RATP Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens RDF Resource Description Framework REST Representational state transfer RFID Radio-frequency identification RIAS Remote Infrared Audible Signage RSS Really Simple Syndication RTC Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County RTIG Real Time Information Group RTPI Real-time Passenger Information SEPTA Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority SIRI Service Interface for Real Time Information SMS Short Message Service

77 SOAP Simple Object Access protocol TAD Travel Assistant Device TCIP Transit Communications Interface Profiles TfL Transport for London TFT Thin-film transistor TIDE Transport Innovation Deployment for Europe TIL Traveline Information Limited TRID Transport Research International Documentation TriMet Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon TxC TransXChange U.K. United Kingdom WAP Wireless Application Protocol WMATA Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority W3C World Wide Web Consortium XML Extensible Markup Language

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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 115: Open Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Transit Agencies documents the current state of the practice in the use, policies, and impact of open data for improving transit planning, service quality, and treatment of customer information.

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