APPENDIX B
GLOSSARY AND TERMINOLOGY
This section will provide an alphabetical list of the terms used in the report that may be unclear to those unfamiliar with the topic of this report.
ADA–Americans with Disabilities Act
ATC–Alternative Technical Concept
ATCMTD–Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment
BAB–Build America Bureau
BUILD–Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development
BUILD Act–Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018
CCIP–Contractor’s Controlled Insurance Program
CDOT–Colorado Department of Transportation
CE–Categorical Exclusion
CERCLA–Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
CEQ–Council on Environmental Quality
CEQA–California Environmental Quality Act
CGL–Commercial General Liability
CHSRA–California High-Speed Rail Authority
CIG–Capital Investment Grant
CIP–controlled insurance program
CM/GC–Construction Manager/General Contractor
CMR–Construction Manager at Risk
CRISI–Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
CRMF–Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility
CSXT–CSX Transportation
DB–design-build
DBB–design-bid-build
DBE–Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
DBF–design-build-finance
DBFOM–design-build-finance-operate-maintain
DBOM–design-build-operate-maintain
DC2RVA–Washington, DC to Richmond Southeast High-Speed Rail
DRPT–Department of Rail and Public Transportation
EA–environmental assessment
EIS–environmental impact statement
FAST Act–Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act
FELA–Federal Employees Liability Act
FFGA–Full Funding Grant Agreement
FHWA–Federal Railroad Administration
FONSI–finding of no significant impact
FRA–Federal Railroad Administration
FTA–Federal Transit Administration
GDC–Gateway Development Commission
GWMP–George Washington Memorial Parkway
HBLR–Hudson-Bergen Light Rail
HOV–high-occupancy-vehicle
HSR–High-Speed Rail
ICCTA–Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act
IIJA–Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021
INFRA–Infrastructure for Rebuilding America
ITP–instructions to proposers
MOS–Minimum Operable Segments
MPO–Metropolitan Planning Organization
NEPA–National Environmental Policy Act
NJ Transit–New Jersey Transit Corporation
OCIP–Owner’s Controlled Insurance Program
P&P bonds–performance and payment bonds
P3 or PPP–Public-Private Partnership
PCIP–Partner Controlled Insurance Plan
PDA–Pre-Development Agreement
PDB–Progressive Design-Build
PMP–Project Management Plan
PRPs–potentially responsible parties
RAISE–Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity
RAMP–Real Estate Acquisition Management Plan
RFI–Request for Information
RFP–Request for Proposal
RFQ–Request for Qualification
ROD–Record of Decision
RRIF–Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing
RTD–Regional Transportation District
Sound Transit–Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
STB–Surface Transportation Board
TIFIA–Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act
TIGER–Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery
TIP–Transportation Improvement Program
TREX–Metro Denver Transportation Expansion Project
URA–Uniform Relocation and Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970
USDOT–United States Department of Transportation
VAP3–Virginia Department of Transportation’s Office of Public-Private Partnership
VfM–value-for-money
VPRA–Virginia Passenger Rail Authority
VRE–Virginia Railway Express
