Communicating Railroad–DOT Mitigation Strategies (2014)

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72 Abbreviations and Acronyms AAR—Association of American Railroads AASHTO—American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials AREMA—American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association ARRA—American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ASCE—American Society of Civil Engineers BNSF—Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Caltrans—California Department of Transportation CDOT—Colorado Department of Transportation Central COI—central community of interest Champion pair—a pairing of a state DOT and a Class I/II railroad to apply and pilot test the results of the Railroad–DOT Mitigation Strategies project CN—Canadian National COI— Community of Interest Collaborative Solutions Suite—several tools developed as part of the SHRP 2 Projects on Railroad–DOT Mitigation Strategies, which include several training lessons, a library of resources, and a web tool CREATE—A Union Pacific project in the Chicago area involving investments on rail projects. CSX—CSX Railroad D-B—design-build DOT— Department of Transportation FDOT—Florida Department of Transportation FEC—Florida East Coast Railroad FHWA— Federal Highway Administration FRA—Federal Railroad Administration FTA—Federal Transit Administration G&W—Genesee & Wyoming Railroad HOV—High Occupancy Vehicle LDTD—Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development MAASTO—Mid America Association of State Transportation Officials MIT—Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation MOU— Memorandum of Understanding MPO—Metropolitan Planning Organization NCDOT— North Carolina Department of Transportation NCUTCD—National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices NEPA— National Environmental Policy Act NS—Norfolk Southern Railroad Partnering MOU—partnering memorandum of understanding PSA— Public Service Announcement

73 Regional COI—regional community of interest RPO—rural planning organization SASHTO—Southeastern Association of State Highway and Transportation officials SCORT— AASHTO’s Standing Committee on Rail TSP 2—Transportation System Preservation Technical Services Program UP— Union Pacific Railroad WASHTO—Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials WSDOT— Washington State Department of Transportation