| AASHTO | American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
| ADOT | Arizona Department of Transportation |
| Caltrans | California Department of Transportation |
| CDOT | Colorado Department of Transportation |
| CEVP | Cost Estimate Validation Process |
| CFLHD | Central Federal Lands Highway Division |
| COSO | Committee of Sponsoring Organizations |
| CPBM | Committee on Performance-Based Management |
| DOT | Department of transportation |
| ERM | Enterprise risk management |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| IBAO | International Behavior Analysis Organization |
| LRTP | Long-Range Transportation Plan |
| MAP-21 | Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012) |
| MassDOT | Massachusetts Department of Transportation |
| MDOT | Maryland Department of Transportation |
| MnDOT | Minnesota Department of Transportation |
| MoDOT | Missouri Department of Transportation |
| MPO | Metropolitan planning organization |
| NCHRP | National Cooperative Highway Research Program |
| NJDOT | New Jersey Department of Transportation |
| NYSDOT | New York State Department of Transportation |
| ODOT | Oregon Department of Transportation |
| PANYNJ | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| RFP | Request for proposals |
| SAFETEA-LU | Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005) |
| SME | Subject matter expert |
| STIP | State Transportation Improvement Program |
| TAM | Transportation Asset Management |
| TAMP | Transportation Asset Management Plan |
| TDOT | Tennessee Department of Transportation |
| TRB | Transportation Research Board |
| TRID | Transport Research International Documentation |
| TriMet | Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon |
| UDOT | Utah Department of Transportation |
| VDOT | Virginia Department of Transportation |
| VTrans | Vermont Agency of Transportation |
| WSDOT | Washington State Department of Transportation |