Transportation Glossary

The following is a listing of transportation-related terminology and phraseology developed by CCMPO.
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Term	Acronym	Definition
10 MPH Pace Speed		10 mph range in which the majority of vehicles are traveling.
3C's Process	3Cs	A federally-mandated (via the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962) initiative, requiring a "Continuing, Cooperative, & Comprehensive" transportation planning process to be carried out by states, regions, and local communities.
3PL Provider	3PL	A third-party or outsourced freight management service provider, customizing shipping, warehousing, and administrative logistics activities.
4A's of the Federal-Aid Highway Program	4As	The process of funding highways that are desginated as part of the Federal-Aid System; Authorization, Appropriation, Apportionment, Allocation
4PL Provider	4PL	Similar to a 'Third-Party Logisitcs' (3PL) service provider, a 4PL specializes in expertise in the design of 'Supply Chain Management' systems, but has no freight moving assets (e.g. warehouses or infrastructure) of its own.
511	511	National traveller information phone number designated by the FCC.
811	811	Underground damage prevention system (e.g. electric, natural gas, telephone, cable, etc.) information phone number designated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In Vermont, this service is known as "Dig Safe".
85th Percentile Speed		The maximum speed at which 85% of all vehicles are travelling.
40-Foot Equivalent Unit	FEU	A Forty-Foot Equivalent Unit is used to express shipping or capacity volume of freight. Using the ISO standard of double the 20-foot shipping container (i.e. TEU - Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit) as a means of measurement, FEUs further summarise a general sense of freight traffic moving through major shipping ports commonly reported by government or industry. A FEU is an approximate measure of two containerized cargo units (20 ft. long * 8 ft. wide container), which does not account for container height. An FEU is generally the amount of freight carried by a standard 18-wheel tractor-trailer hauling a 48' trailer.
20-Foot Equivalent Unit	TEU	A Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit is used to express shipping or capacity volume of freight. Using the ISO standard of a 20-foot shipping container as a means of measurement, TEUs further summarise a general sense of freight traffic moving through major shipping ports commonly reported by government or industry. A TEU is an approximate measure of containerized cargo capacity (20 ft. long * 8 ft. wide container), which does not account for container height.

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