Glossary

AGMA

Association of Greater Manchester Authorities

APR

Annual Progress Report

AQMA

Air Quality Management Area

AQAP

Air Quality Action Plan

BV 

Best Value

BVPI  

Best Value Performance Indicators

CC

City Council

CCTV

Closed Circuit Television

CDMF

Common Data Management Facility

CO2

Carbon Dioxide

COPECAT

Concise Pedestrian and Cycle Audit

CPO

Compulsory Purchase Order

CTC

Cycling Tourists Club

CRDP

City Region Development Programme

CVI

Culmative Volume Index

DDA

Disability Discrimination Act

DEFRA

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

DfT

Department for Transport

DRT

Demand Responsive Transport

ECI

Early Contractor Involvement

ER

Environmental Report

ERDF

European Regional Development Fund

EU

European Union

FE

Further Education

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GM

Greater Manchester

GMADE

Greater Manchester Association of District Engineers

GMITS

Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Strategy

GMJTT

Greater Manchester Joint Transport Team

GMLTP

Greater Manchester Local Transport Plan

GMPTA

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority

GMPTE

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

GVA

Gross Value Added

HEP

Higher Education Precinct

HGV

Heavy Goods Vehicles

HOV

High Occupancy Vehicle

ITB

Integrated Transport Block

ITIS

Integrated Transport Information System

ITS

Intelligent Transport Systems

JETTS

M60 Junction Eighteen to Twelve Multi-Modal Study

KSI

Killed or Seriously injured

LDF

Local Development Framework

LEA

Local Education Authority

LGA

Local Government Association

LRT

Light Rapid Transit

LSP

Local Strategic Partnership

LSS

Local Safety Schemes

LTP

Local Transport Plan

MBC

Metropolitan Borough Council

MCC

Manchester City Council

MMU

Manchester Metropolitan University

MOVA

Microprocessor Optimised Vehicle Actuation

MPPA

Million Passengers Per Annum

NOX

Oxides of Nitrogen

NWDA

North West Development Agency

NWGS

Northern Way Growth Strategy

ODPM

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

OUT

Outstation Transmission Unit

PFI

Private Finance Intiative

PHV

Private Hire Vehicle

POG

Planning Officers Group

PPA

Passengers Per Annum

PSA

Public Service Agreement

PTA

Passenger Transport Authority

PTE

Passenger Transport Executive

PTW

Powered Two Wheelers

QBC

Quality Bus Corridor

RES

Regional Economic Strategy

ROWIP

Rights of Way Improvement Plans

RPA

Regional Planning Assessment

RPG

Regional Planning Guidance

RSS

Regional Spatial Strategy

RTS

Regional Transport Strategy

RUS

Route Utilisation Strategy

SCOOT

Split cycle offset optimisation technique

SEA

Strategic Environmental Assessment

SEMMMS

South East Manchester Multi Modal Study

SPITS

South Pennine Integrated Transport Strategy

SPM

Strategy Planning Model

SR

Safer Roads

SRA

Strategic Rail Authority

SRF

Strategic Regeneration Framework

SRO

Side Road Order

TEMPRO

Trip End Model Projections

TIF

Transport Innovation Fund

TRL

Transport Research Laboratory

UDP

Unitary Development Plan

UKPMS

United Kingdom Pavement Management  System

UMIST

University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

URC

Urban Regeneration Company

UTC

Urban Traffic Control

UTMC

Urban Traffic Management and Control

VMS

Variable Message Signing

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