Transportation Expressions (1996)DIANE Publishing, 1998 - 264 pages Compiles definitions of transportation terms used throughout the Department of Transportation and other U.S. government agencies. The terms are organized by their common name, with each term appearing in bold print and followed by its definition and the source citation. Specific documents, publications or databases used to compile the report are identified in a source index. Terms are cross-referenced within the document and within a term index. |
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Common terms and phrases
Accident Air Carrier Air Traffic Control aircraft airport airspace altitude approach procedure APTA1 ATA1 automatic train stop axle barges boat brake BTS4 BTS5 cargo Center Collision commercial designed DOE3 DOE5 DOE6 engine equipment FAA2 FAA4 FAA8 facility Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Regulations FHWA2 flight plan Flight Rules IFR Flight Service Station freight FTA1 fuel Gasohol GSA2 hazardous Highway Index for additional injury Inland Waterways Transport instrument approach Instrument Flight Rules Instrument Landing System landing load located lock locomotive MARAD2 miles Motor Gasoline motor vehicle natural gas navigation NHTSA3 operations passenger person petroleum pilot pipeline port radar rail railroad Revenue river Road route runway signal specific terms speed surface switch System takeoff tank Term Index Terminal tion TNDOT1 track Traffic Control ATC trailer train transit TRB1 trip Truck United vessel Visual Flight Rules weight Zone
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Page 105 - Interstate air transportation," "overseas air transportation," and "foreign air transportation," respectively, mean the carriage by aircraft of persons or property as a common carrier for compensation or hire or the carriage of mail by aircraft...
Page 94 - ... the occupants do not live and eat with any other persons in the structure and there is either (1) direct access from the outside or through a common hall or (2) a kitchen or cooking equipment for the exclusive use of the occupants.
Page 108 - Landing area" means any locality, either of land or water, including airports and intermediate landing fields, which is used, or intended to be used, for the landing and take-off of aircraft, whether or not facilities are provided for the shelter, servicing, or repair of aircraft, or for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo. (23) "Mail" means United States mail and foreign-transit mail.
Page 26 - Btu is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water 1 degree Fahrenheit (F) at or near 39.2 degrees F.
Page 70 - Administration encompasses highway transportation in its broadest scope, seeking to coordinate highways with other modes of transportation to achieve the most effective balance of transportation systems and facilities under cohesive Federal transportation policies pursuant to the act.
Page 197 - The Coast Guard is a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States at all times and is a service within the Department of Transportation except when operating as part of the Navy in time of war or when the President directs. The predecessor of the Coast Guard, the Revenue Marine, was established in 1 790 as a Federal maritime law enforcement agency.
Page 53 - ... national transportation policies and programs conducive to the provision of fast, safe, efficient, and convenient transportation at the lowest cost consistent therewith and with other national objectives, including the efficient utilization and conservation of the Nation's resources ; 2. to assure the coordinated, effective administration of the transportation programs of the Federal Government; 3.
Page 71 - Administration are 1 ) to assist in the development of improved mass transportation facilities, equipment, techniques, and methods, with the cooperation of mass transportation companies both public and private. 2) to encourage the planning and establishment of areawide urban mass transportation systems needed for economical and desirable urban development...
Page 7 - Air transportation" means interstate, overseas, or foreign air transportation or the transportation of mail by aircraft.
Page 5 - Air navigation facility" means any facility used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including landing areas, lights, any apparatus or equipment for disseminating weather information, for signaling, for...