Acronyms

Acronyms

Acronym	Meaning
ABTAs	Area Based Transport Assessments
AFIR	Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation
AFHDV	Alternative Fuels Heavy Duty Vehicles
AISRR	All-Island Strategic Rail Review
ANPR	Automatic nameplate recognition
AT	Active Travel
BÉ	Bus Éireann
BEV	Battery Electric Vehicle
BIK	Benefit-in-Kind
BRUCE	Better Road User Charging Evaluation
CAF	Common Appraisal Framework for Transport Projects and Programmes
CAFE	Clean Air For Europe
CAP	Climate Action Plan
CAROs	Climate Action Regional Offices
CAS	Clean Air Strategy
CCAC	Climate Change Advisory Council
CCMA	City and County Management Association

Acronym	Meaning
CDS	Curb Data Specifications
CMR	Coastal Mobility Route
COAD	Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease
COPD	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COTW	Commission on Taxation and Welfare
CSO	Central Statistics Office
CSRD	Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
DART	Dublin Area Rapid Transport
DCEE	The Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment
DETE	Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment
DHLGH	Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage
DLRCC	Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
DMURS	Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets
DEY	Department of Education and Youth
DoT	Department of Transport
DPER	Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
DPRO	Disability Persons Representative Organisation

Acronym	Meaning
DCEDIY	Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
DRS	Diesel Rebate Scheme
DSGBV	Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
DTA	Dublin Transport Authority
DZ	Decarbonisation Zone
EMRA	Eastern and Midlands Regional Assembly
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
ESD	Education for Sustainable Development
ESR	Efof rt Sharing Regulation
ETD	Energy Taxation Directive
EU	European Union
EV	Electric Vehicle
FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
FED	Fuel Excise Duty
FTAI	Freight Transport Association Ireland
GDA	Greater Dublin Area
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GHG	Greenhouse Gas
GPP	Green Public Procurement
HDVs	Heavy Duty Vehicles

Acronym	Meaning
HGVs	Heavy Goods Vehicles
HSE	Health Service Executive
IBEC	Irish Business and Employers Confederation
ICE	Internal Combustion Engine
ICT	Information and communications technology
IRHA	Irish Road Haulage Association
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ITF	International Transport Forum
ITS	Intelligent Transport Systems
KM	Kilometre
LAs	Local Authorities
LATPs	Local Area Transport Plans
LDVs	Light Duty Vehicles
LEZ	Low Emission Vehicle
LFS	Labour Force Survey
LG	Leadership Group
LiDAR	Light Detection and Ranging
LPT	Local Property Tax
LVS	Land Value Sharing
MaaS	Mobility as a Service
MATS	Metropolitan Area Transport Strategies

Acronym	Meaning
MT	Megatons
NCDs	Non-Communicable Diseases
NCSE	National Council for Special Education
NCPC	National Competitiveness and Productivity Council’
NCT	National Car Testing
NDCs	Nationally Determined Contributions
NDFM	National Demand Forecasting Model
NDP	National Development Plan
NESC	National Economic and Social Council
NECP	National Energy and Climate Plan
NGOs	Non-Governmental Associations
NGT	Next Generation Ticketing
NHTS	National Household Travel Survey
NIFTI	National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland
NLTP	National Land Transport Programme
NO2	Nitrogen Dioxide
NOx	Nitrogen Oxides
NPF	National Planning Framework

Acronym	Meaning
NPO	National Policy Objective
NSO	National Strategic Outcomes
NTA	National Transport Authority
NTS	National Travel Survey
NWRA	Northern and Western Regional Assembly
NVDF	National Vehicle and Driver File
NZ	New Zealand
NZD	New Zealand Dollar
NZTP	New Zealand Transport Program
OECD	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OPM	Open Mobility Foundation
OPR	Office of Planning Regulator
OPW	Office of Public Works
PAX	Passengers
PfG	Programme for Government
PHEV	Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
PI 2040	Project Ireland 2040
PM	Fine Particulate Matter
PPPs	Public Private Partnerships
PSO	Public Service Obligation
PTAL	Public Transport Accessibility Levels

Acronym	Meaning
RAs	Regional Assemblies
RED	Renewable Energy Directive
REPs	Regional Enterprise Plans
RES-T’	Renewable Energy Share- Transport
RMS	Regional Modelling System
RRDF	Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
RSA	Road Safety Authority
RSESs	Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies
RUC	Road User Charging
RZLT	Residential Zoned Land Tax
SCSGs	Sustainable and Compact Settlement Guidelines
SEAI	Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
SDGs	Sustainable Development Goals
SEN	Special Education Needs
SMP	Sustainable Mobility Policy
SRA	Southern Regional Assembly
SRD	Sustainable Residential Development
SRTS	Safe Routes to School Programme
STS	School Transport Scheme

Acronym	Meaning
SuDS	Sustainable Urban Drainage
SVT	Site Value Tax
TAA	Transport and Accessibility Appraisal
TAF	Transport Appraisal Framework
TCF	Town Centre First
TDM	Transport Demand Management
TEN-T	Trans European Network – Transport
TFI	Transport for Ireland
TfL	Transport for London
TII	Transport Infrastructure Ireland
TIMES	The Integrated MARKAL- EFOM1 System
TKM	Tonnes per Kilometre
TOD	Transport-Oriented Development
TROs	Town Regeneration Officers
TSG	Tax Strategy Group
TU	Technological University
UDZs	Urban Development Zones
UPS	United Postal Service
UN	United Nations
UNCRPD	United Nations Convention on The Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Acronym	Meaning
UNFCCC	UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
URDF	Urban Regeneration Development Fund
VAT	Value Added Tax
VFEL	Vehicle Fuel-Efficiency Labelling
VKT	Vehicle Kilometres Travelled
VRT	Vehicle Regulation Tax
WHO	World Health Organisation
WPL	Workplace Parking Levy
ZEHDV	Zero Emission Heavy Duty Vehicle
ZEVI	Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland
ZEV	Zero Emissions Vehicle

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