| ADAPT |
A European Commission-supported initiative focused on
developing new services, products and training methods to assist firms with less than 50
employees. The programme can also tackle the needs of employees undergoing change and
individuals who have recently been made redundant. |
| AONB |
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty |
| AQMA |
Air Quality Management Area. |
| ASAS |
Airport Surface Access Strategy |
| BSI |
British Standards Institute |
| BTW |
Business TravelWise. A transport awareness initiative
for Hertfordshire businesses. |
| CA |
Countryside Agency |
| CAA |
Civil Aviation Authority |
| CCTV |
Closed Circuit Television |
| CHPTS |
Central Herts Passenger Transit System |
| CPRE |
Council for the Protection of Rural England |
| CPZ |
Controlled Parking Zone |
| CVI |
Coarse Visual Inspection |
| CVS |
Council for Voluntary Service |
| DDA |
Disability Discrimination Act |
| DETR |
Department of the Environment, Transport and the
Regions |
| DfEE |
Department for Education and Employment |
| Dial-a-Ride |
A jointly funded county/district transport scheme
which enables mobility impaired people to pre-book door-to-door travel by bus. |
| DPTAC |
Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee |
| DVI |
Detailed Visual Inspection |
| EMS |
Environmental Management Scheme |
| ETP |
Education, training and publicity |
| FLA |
Further Level Assessment |
| GIS |
Geographical Information System. A computer system
which enables information on a geographical area to be stored and analysed. |
| GPS |
Global Positioning Satellite |
| Green Route |
A bus priority corridor involving new bus shelters,
passenger information and bus priority systems. |
| HCC |
Hertfordshire County Council |
| HCCI |
Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| HERMIS |
Highways Engineering Road Management Information
System. A suite of computer programmes which aid in managing carriageway maintenace, and
enable the analysis of a wide range of data related to roads and highways. |
| HGV |
Heavy Goods Vehicle |
| Highway Authority |
The authority which is responsible for the road. |
| HiMP |
Health Improvement Programme |
| IHT |
Institute of Highways and Transportation |
| INPHORMM |
Information and Publicity Helping the Objective of
Reducing Motorised Mobility |
| ITS |
Intelligent Transport System |
| ITSO |
Integrated Ticketing Smartcard Organisation |
| KONVER |
An organisation that provide European funding for
tourism related cycling schemes. |
| KSI |
Killed and seriously injured |
| LAQM |
Local Air Quality Management |
| LARSOA |
Local Authorities Road Safety Officers Association. A
national organisation representing road safety officers of county councils, metropolitan
borough councils and unitary authorities to reduce the number and severity of road
accidents. |
| LEARN |
Local Educational Access Route Network. A package of
measures to achieve a move away from the private car for pupils’ home/school
journeys. |
| LGA |
Local Government Association |
| LTP |
Local Transport Plan |
| NERR |
North East Relief Road |
| NHS |
National Health Service |
| NRMCS |
National Road Maintenance Condition Survey |
| NTWA |
National TravelWise Association |
| PATS |
Passenger Transport System |
| PFI |
Private Finance Initiative. A term for the use of
private finance in public projects. |
| PHV |
Private Hire Vehicle |
| PNR |
Private non-residential |
| PPA |
Permitted Parking Area |
| PPG |
Planning Policy Guidance |
| PRN |
Primary Route Network |
| PSHE |
Personal Social and Health Education |
| PSR |
Passenger Service Requirements |
| RMS |
Risk Management System |
| RPG |
Regional Planning Guidance |
| RTAG |
Rural Transport Action Groups |
| RTDF |
Rural Transport Development Fund |
| RTPI |
Real Time Passenger Information |
| SCA |
Supplementary Credit Approval |
| SCOOT |
Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique. An
integrated traffic control system. |
| SCRIM |
Sideways-Force Coefficient Routine Investigation
Machine |
| SERPLAN |
The London and South East Regional Planning Conference |
| SME |
Small and Medium Enterprises |
| SPA |
Special Parking Area. An area in which parking
controls are wholly enforced by the local authority (rather than the police). |
| SPG |
Supplementary Planning Guidance |
| SRB |
Single Regeneration Budget |
| SRTS |
Safer Routes To School |
| SSRA |
Shadow Strategic Rail Authority |
| STRAP |
Sustainable Transport in Rural Areas Project |
| TOC |
Train Operating Company |
| TPP |
Transport Policies and Programmes |
| TRL |
Transport Research Laboratory |
| UKPMS |
United Kingdom Pavement Management System. A scheme
which enables accurate analysis of the condition of carriageways in different authorities
around the country. |
| UTC |
Urban Traffic Control |
| UTMC |
Urban Traffic Management and Control |
| WAGN |
West Anglia Great Northern railway |
| WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol |
| WARM |
West Anglia Route Modernisation |