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8 Glossary

AADT
average annual daily traffic
ADT
average daily traffic
ATT
actual travel time
CGI
congestion indicator
CHTS
continuous household travel survey
COF
certificate of fitness
Disaggregate
separate out into groups (e.g. humans can be disaggregated out into men and women)
HHTS
household travel survey
NTT
nominal travel time (i.e. optimal travel time given speed limits)
RCA
road controlling authority (e.g. Transit and territorial authorities)
RUC
road use category (a method for separating different types of roads, e.g. arterial, rural, CBD)
Spatial sampling
a set of sampling designed to be extrapolated to give an estimate for a wider geographic region (e.g. sample traffic on roads in a RCA to give an estimate for the whole RCA)
Temporal sampling
a set of sampling designed to be extrapolated to give an estimate for a longer period of time (e.g. sample for one week, and extrapolate to give an estimate for one year)
VKT
vehicle kilometres travelled in one year
WOF
warrant of fitness