Economic, Environmental and Social Impacts of Changes in Maintenance Spend on Local Roads in Scotland
Glossary
AADF Annual Average Daily Flow
AIA Asphalt Industry Alliance
ALARM Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance
CABE Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
CDT Cycling Demonstration Town
CIMS Cleanliness Index Monitoring System
CMH Ceramic Metal Halide
COSLA Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
dB(A) A-weighted Decibel (measure of noise)
DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DfT Department for Transport
DPTAC Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
ESALF Equivalent Single Axle Load Factor
GDP Gross Domestic Product
HA Highways Agency
HGV Heavy Goods Vehicle
HPS High Pressure Sodium
HRA Hot Rolled Asphalt
ICE Institution of Civil Engineers
ILE Institution of Lighting Engineers
IRF International Road Federation
IRI International Roughness Index
ISOHDM International Study on Highway Development and Management (HDM-4)
KSI Killed and Seriously Injured
LGV Light Goods Vehicle
LPV Longitudinal Profile Variance (mm2) (reported at 3m, 10m or 30m wavelengths)
NOx Nitric Oxide and Nitrogen Dioxide
NPB Net Present Benefit
NPV Net Present Value
NTS National Travel Survey
OGV Other Goods Vehicle
PET Personal, Environmental, Trip (related)
PM10 Particulate Matter < 10 µm
PM2.5 Particulate Matter < 2.5 µm
PSV Public Service Vehicle
PTE Passenger Transport Executive
QUADRO Queues and Delays at Roadworks
RAMP Road Asset Management Plan
RCI Road Condition Index
RPI Retail Price Index
SCANNER Surface Condition Assessment for the National Network of Roads
SCOTS Society of Chief Officers of Transportation in Scotland
SCRIM Sideway-force Coefficient Routine Investigation Machine
SEU Social Exclusion Unit
SFC Sideway-Force Coefficient
SMTD Sensor Measured Texture Depth
SOLACE Society of Local Authority Chief Executives
SRMCS Scottish Road Maintenance Condition Survey
STAG Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance
SUDS Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
TfL Transport for London
TRIP A national transportation research group, Washington DC, USA
VOC Vehicle Operating Cost