MPO - Metropolitan Planning Organization

FBRMPO - French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization

RPO - Rural Planning Organization

LOSRPO - Land of Sky Rural Planning Organization

TAC - Transportation Advisory Committee

TCC - Technical Coordinating Committee

TIP - Transportation Improvement Program 
         (also known as STIP - "State" TIP and MTIP - "Metropolitan TIP")

LRTP - Long Range Transportation Plan

PNL - Priority Needs List

UPWP - Unified Planning Work Program

NCDOT - North Carolina Department of Transportation

               NCDOT-TPB - Transportation Planning Branch
               NCDOT-PTD - Public Transportation Division

USDOT - United States Department of Transportation

FHWA - Federal Highway Administration

FTA - Federal Transit Administration

CMP - Congestion Management Process

TDM - Transportation Demand Management

LOS - Level of Service

SAFTEA-LU - Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users

NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act