PBOT GLOSSARY OCTOBER 2019 cut-through (n. and adj.) FEMA Acronym for the Federal reference to lanes sometimes referred write alone. Otherwise, note ODOT Acronym for the Oregon PPP Internal abbreviation for the Policy, runoff (n.) speed hump NACTO term for what the Transit Mall Capitalize in reference to

Style guide for writing common terms, acronyms, and programs for public communications. Emergency Management Agency. Write to as carpool lanes by the public, but capitalization in MAX Light Rail. Department of Transportation. Write out Planning & Projects group. Do not use in Portland public is most likely to see on the Portland Transit Mall whether or not DEI Increasingly common abbreviation out on first usage. which are also used by transit, vanpools, on first usage. public communications. rush hour (n.), rush-hour (adj.) local streets and call speed bumps, often the word Portland appears. for diversity, equity, and inclusion in Lowercase generally when alone. etc. Write out on first usage, note mayor indicated by signage that says “bump.” describing training, courses, and other Capitalize only in formal titles with the predesignated Safe Routes to School PBOT program. FHWA Acronym for the Federal Highway hyphen in high-occupancy. Avoid OMF Abbreviation for city’s Office of Define on first usage and use pictures to TransitTracker Written as one word, This glossary is the work of the PBOT Communications team, with guidance from the 2018 Associated Press Stylebook, consultation with opportunities to engage on these topics. person’s name. Also: mayoral, mayor’s Note capitalization. Do not use Administration. Write out on first usage. shortening to HOVs, use HOV lanes on Management & Finance. As with PBOT, “pricing” General transportation term help tell the story. note capitalization. city staff, and research into best practices across trade publications, mainstream media, and public agencies. Language evolves and Avoid acronym in public communications acronym. Be sure to use all four letters to not second usage, if needed. office, etc. write out on first usage. used to refer to a suite of strategies that changes. Please ask us about any changes or additions you want to see reflected in the PBOT Glossary moving forward. Questions on wherever possible. If needed, write out confuse with other federal agencies. use fees to more accurately reflect the stairway TriMet Written as one word, note something not covered here? Ask Stacy Brewster with PBOT Communications. 503-823-2302 [email protected] on first usage to explain. IGA Common city acronym for an metered, unmetered Use to describe online sandbag (n. and v.) capitalization. demand for our transportation system. Fixing Our Streets PBOT program. intergovernmental agreement. Write out metered parking areas, metered spaces, or DEQ Abbreviation for the Oregon Examples of “pricing” include the cost of S-curve Capital S in all uses. stakeholder Capital F, O, and S. Write out, do not use on first usage and use sparingly. metered districts where parking has a PAC Alternatively used as acronym for TRIP Acronym for trip reduction AASHTO Acronym for American Associa- standard for car-share, ride-share, things that happen in the city of Department of Environmental Quality. parking, tolls, fees based on geographic acronym and define on first usage as a cost or is time-limited. Opposite is Pedestrian Advisory Committee or (n. and adj.) (v.) incentive program, used internally for ride-hailing, etc. Portland. Also: citywide. “In Motion” Internal PBOT term for area, time of day, or specific types of SDC Acronym for system development startup start up tion of State Highway and Transporta- Write out on first usage. voter-approved 10-cent gas tax and unmetered. Do not use meter district as political action committees. Avoid city employees. Not for public various plans such as East Portland in trips, or based on VMT. Never use alone charge. Write out on first usage. Plural tion Officials. Write out on first usage. Bike to Books PBOT program with city council Lowercase, especially heavy vehicle use tax. we do not have individual meters confusion, do not use acronym. state Lowercase generally, especially communications. director Lowercase generally when Motion, Southwest in Motion, etc. Do without describing more fully. is SDCs. ADA Acronym for Americans with Multnomah County Library. No hyphens, when written alone. Capitalize only anymore, but parking kiosks, also known when written alone. Lowercase in alone. Capitalize only in formal titles not use alone in public communications PARK(ing) Day National program PBOT TripCheck Written as one word, note Disabilities Act. Write out on first usage. note capitalization. when referring to the full formal name FTA Abbreviation for the Federal Transit as pay stations. sextant An instrument for taking constructions such as the state of with the person’s name. without quotes or defining what they participates in. Note capitalization and private for-hire Use hyphen between capitalization. Note capitalization in ADA ramp, ADA Title of Portland’s government body and its Administration. Write out on first usage. altitudes in navigation, not a term to be Oregon, Washington state (when BIKETOWN One word, all caps for D/M/W/ESB/SDVBE Current acronym are. For individual plans, use the full micromobility Transportation term not punctuation. second and third word only. Capitalize II, and the difference between ADA meetings: Portland City Council. used to describe sections of the city. differentiating from D.C.). Capitalize only TSP Acronym for Transportation System Portland's bike-share program. Note for the certification of contractors and geo-fence (adj., n., and v.) Term for a plan name, not acronyms. in wide usage. Define and use sparingly. Private For-Hire in headlines and titles. compliance (n.) and ADA-compliant (adj.) Lowercase council documents, referred See: quadrant. when referring to the formal name of Plan, adopted by the city and part of capitalization in BIKETOWN for All, sub-contractors that meet criteria for virtual geographic boundary defined by parking-protected bike lane Use Do not use acronym. to city council, etc. Do not use city JPACT Acronym for Metro’s Joint Policy midblock the government body, statehouse, etc., state and regional planning arterial PBOT technical jargon for BIKETOWN for All’s Pay-It-Forward being disadvantaged, minority-owned, the Global Positioning System (GPS) or hyphen, or use protected bike lane, as side guard commission. Advisory Committee on Transportation. prorate as in Oregon State Legislature, Oregon requirements. Write out on first usage, specific type of street. Not necessarily program, etc. women-owned, emerging small radio-frequency identification (RFID) appropriate. Do not use cycletrack. Write out on first usage. MO Internal abbreviation for the Statehouse, etc. understood by the public. Define and city hall Lowercase, especially when technology. Use hyphen in all usage. PWB Abbreviation for the Portland sight lines use sparingly. bikeway Term used to refer to specific businesses, or service-disabled veterans’ Maintenance Operations group. Never use sparingly. written alone. Capitalize only when Patch-a-thon Maintenance Operations bike routes or portions of bike routes business enterprises. This acronym land use (n. and adj.) use in public communications. Water Bureau. As with PBOT, write out stormwater (n. and adj.) TSUP Internal acronym for the referring to formal name of a building Get Portland Moving PBOT program. term for concentrated focus on pothole sign-up (n. and adj.) sign up (v.) ATS Internal abbreviation for the Active that are on streets with higher traffic must be written out in full and defined on first usage Temporary Street Use Permitting group. or alternative name for our city council: Write out, do not use acronym. and sinkhole repair. Note capitalization. single-occupancy vehicle Clunky term. street furniture Clunky term without Transportation & Safety group. Never volume, such as major arterials or before using it. Use sparingly and lane mile Industry term used by PBOT MOU Common city acronym for Do not use acronym in public Portland City Hall. to measure pavement surface, equal to memorandum of understanding. Write quadrant The community and local Use more colloquial driving alone in context, instead use specific examples use in public communications. collector streets that may have addition- accurately. Do not use older versions GIF Acronym for graphic interchange Pay-by-Plate PBOT terminology for pay communications. out on first usage and use sparingly. press’s preferred, informal, technically public communications. Do not use like benches or café seating, wherever al infrastructure like marked bike lanes, citywide such as MWESB, DMWESB, etc. 1 mile of standard-width motor vehicle station technology. Note capitalization AWSC Abbreviation for all-way stop format, files that support both animated and inaccurate but charmingly easier term to acronym. possible. parking-protected bike lanes, etc. Not to travel lane. Use this more accurate term and hyphens. U-turn (n. and adj.) Capital U in all uses. control. Write out on first usage and collector PBOT technical jargon for DOT Acronym for the U.S. Department of static images. Use all caps, plural is GIFs. mph Always abbreviate for miles per hour, describe the five (soon to be six) be used interchangeably with neighbor- instead of centerline miles. avoid in public communications. Use specific type of street. Not necessarily Transportation. Write out on first usage. use lowercase. Metric analog of kilometers geographic sections of Portland. Avoid single-occupancy vehicle Clunky term. Streetcar Capitalize in reference to unmetered No hyphen, see entry for hood greenway. GIS Abbreviation for geographic-based pay station Two words. Do not use more publicly understood terms understood by the public. Define and DPT Internal acronym for the Develop- lane-splitting (n. and adj.) Define first per hour should be abbreviated kph or term sextant in all usage. Use more colloquial driving alone in Portland Streetcar whether or not the metered. information systems. Best to use more parking meter. four-way stop, five-way stop, etc., as BPS Abbreviation for city’s Bureau of use sparingly. and use sparingly. Do not use lane-split km/h. Do not write kmh. public communications. Do not use word Portland appears. Lowercase in ment, Permitting & Transit group. Never colloquial terms like interactive map in VMT Abbreviation for vehicle miles appropriate. Planning & Sustainability. As with PBOT, use in public communications. as a verb. Write split lanes instead. PDX WAV PBOT program for rapid-flashing beacon Acceptable and acronym. generic usage such as streetcar tracks. commissioner Lowercase, especially public communications. multimodal No hyphen. Explain on first colloquial shortening of rectangular traveled. Define on first usage and BAC Alternatively used as acronym for write out on first usage. wheelchair-accessible vehicles and other when written alone. Capitalize only in drive-thru (n. and adj.) Leaf Day, Leaf District PBOT usage and use sparingly. rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB). Note SmartPark PBOT-branded parking streetlight (n.) street lighting (n.) The before using in tables. Bicycle Advisory Committee or bureau bureau Lowercase, especially when guardrail on-demand transport for people with formal titles with the person’s name. Also: terminology. Note capitalization in Leaf hyphen. garages. One word, note capitalization. physical object is one word. Presented budget committees. Avoid confusion, do written alone. Capitalize in formal names: DUII Acronym for driving under the multiuse disabilities. Note capitalization. See: WAV. WAV Acronym for wheelchair-accessible commissioner-in-charge, commission form greenway One word and lowercase, Day pickup, Leaf Day service district, Leaf as a category, it’s two. not use acronym. Portland Bureau of Transportation, etc. influence of intoxicants, correct Oregon reroute SmartTrips PBOT program. One word, vehicle. Write out on first usage. of government, city commissioners, etc. usage. Plural is DUIIs. unless in reference to Neighborhood District schedule. MUTCD Acronym for the Manual on pedestrian More inclusive term than backup (adj. and n.) back up (v.) note capitalization. SWIM Acronym for Southwest In Motion. bureau-wide Use hyphen. Greenway program or particular Uniform Traffic Control Devices for walker, people walking. restriping (n.) No hyphen needed. Use waitlist (n.), wait-list (v.) Complete Streets Transportation term e-bike Abbreviation for electric bikes or left-turn calming Note hyphen. All plans of the “In Motion” type say what BAT Acronym for Business Access and Informal acronym for community branded greenway. Term not in wide Streets and Highways, a publication of sparingly when striping would suffice. snowplow (n.) snow-plow (adj.) snow CAC for streets designed and operated for electric-assist bikes. Note hyphen. E-bike “pedestrian-scale” lighting (n.) Term they do and work better written out wayfinding Transportation term, not in Transit lanes, not bus and turn lane or advisory committee or citizen advisory usage, define first. See: neighborhood the Federal Highway Administration plow (v.) use by all modes, ages, and abilities at beginning of a sentence. E-Bike in LEP Abbreviation for limited English not in wide usage and can be confused than with an abbreviation. Do not common usage. Avoid or describe more other variations. Write out on first usage. greenway. (FHWA), a division of the U.S. RFI Contracting abbreviation for request committee. Avoid acronym altogether proficiency, a metric sometimes used in abbreviate in public communications. thoroughly with a description of the kind safely. Never use alone in public headline or formal titles. Department of Transportation (DOT). with different infrastructure. Use quotes for information. Write out on first usage. speed bump This is a term the public BBAC Internal Acronym for PBOT’s groundbreaking (n.) One word. As verb, demographic data. To the extent that a of sign, or using a picture. car pool (n.) carpool (v.) Do not use communications without explaining this Write out in first usage. and define first as shorter streetlights may use for a variety of traffic calming Bureau Budget Advisory Committee. email One word, no hyphen. two words: break ground. term like LEP describes a population you TAC Informal acronym for a technical carpooler. Instead: people carpooling. context. that make pedestrians and crosswalks RFP Contracting abbreviation for request devices, including speed humps, speed Write out on first usage. want to reach, determine whether advisory committee, of which there are weather permitting EPASS Acronym for the East Portland hands-free (adj. and adv.) NACTO Acronym for National more visible. Use sparingly. When used, for proprosal. Write out on first usage. cushions, speed tables, the abrupt car-share (n. and adj.) Use hyphen. “crossbike” (n.) One word, no hyphen. multilingual or alternate phrasing might many. Do not use acronym. BDS Abbreviation for city’s Bureau of Arterial Streets Strategy. Write out on Association of City Transportation note hyphen. Do not abbreviate to ped barrier sometimes used in driveways or website Also webpage, the web, etc. Avoid using as a verb (I took car-share, Term not in wide usage. Use quotes be more appropriate, given the context. ride-hailing (n. and adj.) Development Services. As with PBOT, first usage and use sparingly since full HAWK (n.) Acronym for high-intensity Officials. Write out on first usage. scale lighting. private lots, or the narrow, rubber TDM Acronym for Transportation not I car-shared.) and define first as green crosswalk-like Write out on first usage, note write out on first usage. name is better descriptor than the activated crosswalk beacon. Define on bumps used in PBOT’s left-turn calming Demand Management, as referenced in WES Acronym for Westside Express markings indicating where bikes may capitalization. neighborhood greenway Because this PedPDX PBOT branding of pedestrian ride-share (n. and adj.) catch basin abbreviation. first usage. project. Regardless of the use, be sure to city code. Do not use acronym. Service, the commuter rail run by BES Abbreviation for city’s Bureau of cross a roadway. is a local, and not ubiquitous, term for plan. One word, note capitalization. TriMet. Always abbreviate, all caps, okay Acronym for Local Improvement right of way, right-of-way Use right be clear about what you’re describing Environmental Services. As with PBOT, central city Avoid capitalization when ETC Acronym for Enhanced Transit Heliport Capitalize in reference to the LID bike boulevards, define neighborhood crossing (n.) Used as stand-in term for of way (n.) in reference to traffic laws and use pictures wherever possible to through lane to write alone. Otherwise, note write out on first usage. using informally. Reserve capitalization Corridors, a PBOT plan in coordination Portland Downtown Heliport operated District. Write out on first usage. Avoid greenways first as streets with lower PFC Internal acronym for the Portland bridge or crosswalk, depending on (pedestrians have the right of way), plural capitalization in WES Commuter Rail. with TriMet. Do not use acronym. by PBOT whether or not the word repetitive phrase LID district. Plural is LIDs. Freight Committee. Do not use in public help tell that story. bike box for exact plans that require legal usage volumes of auto traffic and lower is rights of way; Use right-of-way (n.) in TIR Internal acronym for Transportation context. Be sure usage is clear and Portland appears. Lowercase otherwise. communications. of term Central City. speeds, where pedestrians and people speed cushion NACTO term for speed Impact Review. Do not use externally. workgroup bike corral Term not in wide usage. unambiguous. e-scooter Use hyphen, lowercase, to life cycle (n.), life-cycle (adj.) reference to easements, typically of abbreviate references to electric biking are given priority. Only capitalize Internal acronym for private city-owned land. Don’t use acronym ROW. humps or speed tables with wheel Define first as a group of bike racks. Central City in Motion PBOT project. As High Crash Network Formal PBOT PFHT TNC Acronym for transportation network work site cross street scooters. Use of scooter alone LTIC Acronym for Local Transportation when naming a particular branded cutouts that make it easier for large with other “In Motion” projects, full name terminology for the most dangerous for-hire transportation. Do not use in companies such as Lyft, Uber, etc. Write bike facilities Clunky term, use bike acceptable after first usage. Follow same Infrastructure Charge. Write out on first greenway such as Lincoln-Harrison road diet Retired PBOT term. Do not use. emergency vehicles to pass them wrap-up (n.), wrap up (v.) says what it does better than with crosswalk One word. Important to intersections and streets evaluated by public communcations. out on first usage. Avoid repetitive lanes or other specifics on what kind of capitalization guidelines as . usage. Avoid repetitive phrase LTIC charge. Neighborhood Greenway. Always write unaffected, but still slow passenger abbreviation. Do not abbreviate in public note marked or unmarked and e-bike the bureau and the Vision Zero team. road user PBOT jargon. Use people phrase TNC company. Plural is TNCs. year-end (n. and adj.) facilities you’re referring to. out, never use acronyms. Portland in the Streets PBOT program. vehicles. Define on first usage and use communications. distinguish from term crossing. farmers markets No apostrophes Write out, do not use acronym. Note LUBA Acronym for Oregon’s Land Use driving, biking, or other simple Note capitalization. Do not use acronym. pictures to help tell the story. Avoid year-round (adj. and adv.) bike lane Two words. Hyphenate when needed. Singular is farmers market. capitalization in High Crash Network Board of Appeals. Write out on first usage. NEO Internal acronym for new employee construction. Tram Capitalize in reference to the Lowercase, especially when written confusing terms like firetruck-friendly or used as an adjective: bike-lane symbols. city CSO Abbreviation for an event known as Capitalize branded markets such as streets, High Crash Network intersection, or orientation. Never use acronym. Portland Aerial Tram whether or not PPB Abbreviation for the Portland Police roadway fire-friendly speed bumps. zero-emission vehicles alone. Capitalize as City of Portland when a combined sewer overflow. Write out High Crash Corridor. MAX Acronym for Metropolitan Area words Portland or Aerial appear. bike rack Portland Farmers Market. Bureau. As with PBOT, write out on first referring to the actual legal government on first usage. Express, the light rail run by TriMet. nonprofit One word, no hyphen. Do not Lowercase in generic usage such as Transportation abbreviation for usage. RRFB See: rapid-flashing beacon. ZIP code Always abbreviate, all caps ZIP. entity, not when referring to general FAQ Always abbreviate, all caps. Plural is HOV use not-for-profit. tram cables tram operations etc. bike-share Use hyphen to match AP curb cut Always abbreviate, all caps, okay to , , Lowercase code. 1 FAQs. high-occupancy vehicles, used in

GLOSSARY OF COMMON PBOT TERMS & PROGRAMS

cut-through (n. and adj.) FEMA Acronym for the Federal reference to lanes sometimes referred write alone. Otherwise, note ODOT Acronym for the Oregon PPP Internal abbreviation for the Policy, runoff (n.) speed hump NACTO term for what the Transit Mall Capitalize in reference to

Emergency Management Agency. Write to as carpool lanes by the public, but capitalization in MAX Light Rail. Department of Transportation. Write out Planning & Projects group. Do not use in Portland public is most likely to see on the Portland Transit Mall whether or not DEI Increasingly common abbreviation out on first usage. which are also used by transit, vanpools, on first usage. public communications. rush hour (n.), rush-hour (adj.) local streets and call speed bumps, often the word Portland appears. for diversity, equity, and inclusion in Lowercase generally when alone. etc. Write out on first usage, note mayor indicated by signage that says “bump.” describing training, courses, and other Capitalize only in formal titles with the predesignated Safe Routes to School PBOT program. FHWA Acronym for the Federal Highway hyphen in high-occupancy. Avoid OMF Abbreviation for city’s Office of Define on first usage and use pictures to TransitTracker Written as one word, opportunities to engage on these topics. person’s name. Also: mayoral, mayor’s Note capitalization. Do not use Administration. Write out on first usage. shortening to HOVs, use HOV lanes on Management & Finance. As with PBOT, “pricing” General transportation term help tell the story. note capitalization. Avoid acronym in public communications acronym. Be sure to use all four letters to not second usage, if needed. office, etc. write out on first usage. used to refer to a suite of strategies that wherever possible. If needed, write out confuse with other federal agencies. use fees to more accurately reflect the stairway TriMet Written as one word, note on first usage to explain. IGA Common city acronym for an metered, unmetered Use to describe online sandbag (n. and v.) capitalization. demand for our transportation system. Fixing Our Streets PBOT program. intergovernmental agreement. Write out metered parking areas, metered spaces, or DEQ Abbreviation for the Oregon Examples of “pricing” include the cost of S-curve Capital S in all uses. stakeholder Capital F, O, and S. Write out, do not use on first usage and use sparingly. metered districts where parking has a PAC Alternatively used as acronym for TRIP Acronym for trip reduction AASHTO Acronym for American Associa- standard for car-share, ride-share, things that happen in the city of Department of Environmental Quality. parking, tolls, fees based on geographic acronym and define on first usage as a cost or is time-limited. Opposite is Pedestrian Advisory Committee or (n. and adj.) (v.) incentive program, used internally for ride-hailing, etc. Portland. Also: citywide. “In Motion” Internal PBOT term for area, time of day, or specific types of SDC Acronym for system development startup start up tion of State Highway and Transporta- Write out on first usage. voter-approved 10-cent gas tax and unmetered. Do not use meter district as political action committees. Avoid city employees. Not for public various plans such as East Portland in trips, or based on VMT. Never use alone charge. Write out on first usage. Plural tion Officials. Write out on first usage. Bike to Books PBOT program with city council Lowercase, especially heavy vehicle use tax. we do not have individual meters confusion, do not use acronym. state Lowercase generally, especially communications. director Lowercase generally when Motion, Southwest in Motion, etc. Do without describing more fully. is SDCs. ADA Acronym for Americans with Multnomah County Library. No hyphens, when written alone. Capitalize only anymore, but parking kiosks, also known when written alone. Lowercase in alone. Capitalize only in formal titles not use alone in public communications PARK(ing) Day National program PBOT TripCheck Written as one word, note Disabilities Act. Write out on first usage. note capitalization. when referring to the full formal name FTA Abbreviation for the Federal Transit as pay stations. sextant An instrument for taking constructions such as the state of with the person’s name. without quotes or defining what they participates in. Note capitalization and private for-hire Use hyphen between capitalization. Note capitalization in ADA ramp, ADA Title of Portland’s government body and its Administration. Write out on first usage. altitudes in navigation, not a term to be Oregon, Washington state (when BIKETOWN One word, all caps for D/M/W/ESB/SDVBE Current acronym are. For individual plans, use the full micromobility Transportation term not punctuation. second and third word only. Capitalize II, and the difference between ADA meetings: Portland City Council. used to describe sections of the city. differentiating from D.C.). Capitalize only TSP Acronym for Transportation System Portland's bike-share program. Note for the certification of contractors and geo-fence (adj., n., and v.) Term for a plan name, not acronyms. in wide usage. Define and use sparingly. Private For-Hire in headlines and titles. compliance (n.) and ADA-compliant (adj.) Lowercase council documents, referred See: quadrant. when referring to the formal name of Plan, adopted by the city and part of capitalization in BIKETOWN for All, sub-contractors that meet criteria for virtual geographic boundary defined by parking-protected bike lane Use Do not use acronym. to city council, etc. Do not use city JPACT Acronym for Metro’s Joint Policy midblock the government body, statehouse, etc., state and regional planning arterial PBOT technical jargon for BIKETOWN for All’s Pay-It-Forward being disadvantaged, minority-owned, the Global Positioning System (GPS) or hyphen, or use protected bike lane, as side guard commission. Advisory Committee on Transportation. prorate as in Oregon State Legislature, Oregon requirements. Write out on first usage, specific type of street. Not necessarily program, etc. women-owned, emerging small radio-frequency identification (RFID) appropriate. Do not use cycletrack. Write out on first usage. MO Internal abbreviation for the Statehouse, etc. understood by the public. Define and city hall Lowercase, especially when technology. Use hyphen in all usage. PWB Abbreviation for the Portland sight lines use sparingly. bikeway Term used to refer to specific businesses, or service-disabled veterans’ Maintenance Operations group. Never use sparingly. written alone. Capitalize only when Patch-a-thon Maintenance Operations bike routes or portions of bike routes business enterprises. This acronym land use (n. and adj.) use in public communications. Water Bureau. As with PBOT, write out stormwater (n. and adj.) TSUP Internal acronym for the referring to formal name of a building Get Portland Moving PBOT program. term for concentrated focus on pothole sign-up (n. and adj.) sign up (v.) ATS Internal abbreviation for the Active that are on streets with higher traffic must be written out in full and defined on first usage Temporary Street Use Permitting group. or alternative name for our city council: Write out, do not use acronym. and sinkhole repair. Note capitalization. single-occupancy vehicle Clunky term. street furniture Clunky term without Transportation & Safety group. Never volume, such as major arterials or before using it. Use sparingly and lane mile Industry term used by PBOT MOU Common city acronym for Do not use acronym in public Portland City Hall. to measure pavement surface, equal to memorandum of understanding. Write quadrant The community and local Use more colloquial driving alone in context, instead use specific examples use in public communications. collector streets that may have addition- accurately. Do not use older versions GIF Acronym for graphic interchange Pay-by-Plate PBOT terminology for pay communications. out on first usage and use sparingly. press’s preferred, informal, technically public communications. Do not use like benches or café seating, wherever al infrastructure like marked bike lanes, citywide such as MWESB, DMWESB, etc. 1 mile of standard-width motor vehicle station technology. Note capitalization AWSC Abbreviation for all-way stop format, files that support both animated and inaccurate but charmingly easier term to acronym. possible. parking-protected bike lanes, etc. Not to travel lane. Use this more accurate term and hyphens. U-turn (n. and adj.) Capital U in all uses. control. Write out on first usage and collector PBOT technical jargon for DOT Acronym for the U.S. Department of static images. Use all caps, plural is GIFs. mph Always abbreviate for miles per hour, describe the five (soon to be six) be used interchangeably with neighbor- instead of centerline miles. avoid in public communications. Use specific type of street. Not necessarily Transportation. Write out on first usage. use lowercase. Metric analog of kilometers geographic sections of Portland. Avoid single-occupancy vehicle Clunky term. Streetcar Capitalize in reference to unmetered No hyphen, see entry for hood greenway. GIS Abbreviation for geographic-based pay station Two words. Do not use more publicly understood terms understood by the public. Define and DPT Internal acronym for the Develop- lane-splitting (n. and adj.) Define first per hour should be abbreviated kph or term sextant in all usage. Use more colloquial driving alone in Portland Streetcar whether or not the metered. information systems. Best to use more parking meter. four-way stop, five-way stop, etc., as BPS Abbreviation for city’s Bureau of use sparingly. and use sparingly. Do not use lane-split km/h. Do not write kmh. public communications. Do not use word Portland appears. Lowercase in ment, Permitting & Transit group. Never colloquial terms like interactive map in VMT Abbreviation for vehicle miles appropriate. Planning & Sustainability. As with PBOT, use in public communications. as a verb. Write split lanes instead. PDX WAV PBOT program for rapid-flashing beacon Acceptable and acronym. generic usage such as streetcar tracks. commissioner Lowercase, especially public communications. multimodal No hyphen. Explain on first colloquial shortening of rectangular traveled. Define on first usage and BAC Alternatively used as acronym for write out on first usage. wheelchair-accessible vehicles and other when written alone. Capitalize only in drive-thru (n. and adj.) Leaf Day, Leaf District PBOT usage and use sparingly. rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB). Note SmartPark PBOT-branded parking streetlight (n.) street lighting (n.) The before using in tables. Bicycle Advisory Committee or bureau bureau Lowercase, especially when guardrail on-demand transport for people with formal titles with the person’s name. Also: terminology. Note capitalization in Leaf hyphen. garages. One word, note capitalization. physical object is one word. Presented budget committees. Avoid confusion, do written alone. Capitalize in formal names: DUII Acronym for driving under the multiuse disabilities. Note capitalization. See: WAV. WAV Acronym for wheelchair-accessible commissioner-in-charge, commission form greenway One word and lowercase, Day pickup, Leaf Day service district, Leaf as a category, it’s two. not use acronym. Portland Bureau of Transportation, etc. influence of intoxicants, correct Oregon reroute SmartTrips PBOT program. One word, vehicle. Write out on first usage. of government, city commissioners, etc. usage. Plural is DUIIs. unless in reference to Neighborhood District schedule. MUTCD Acronym for the Manual on pedestrian More inclusive term than backup (adj. and n.) back up (v.) note capitalization. SWIM Acronym for Southwest In Motion. bureau-wide Use hyphen. Greenway program or particular Uniform Traffic Control Devices for walker, people walking. restriping (n.) No hyphen needed. Use waitlist (n.), wait-list (v.) Complete Streets Transportation term e-bike Abbreviation for electric bikes or left-turn calming Note hyphen. All plans of the “In Motion” type say what BAT Acronym for Business Access and Informal acronym for community branded greenway. Term not in wide Streets and Highways, a publication of sparingly when striping would suffice. snowplow (n.) snow-plow (adj.) snow CAC for streets designed and operated for electric-assist bikes. Note hyphen. E-bike “pedestrian-scale” lighting (n.) Term they do and work better written out wayfinding Transportation term, not in Transit lanes, not bus and turn lane or advisory committee or citizen advisory usage, define first. See: neighborhood the Federal Highway Administration plow (v.) use by all modes, ages, and abilities at beginning of a sentence. E-Bike in LEP Abbreviation for limited English not in wide usage and can be confused than with an abbreviation. Do not common usage. Avoid or describe more other variations. Write out on first usage. greenway. (FHWA), a division of the U.S. RFI Contracting abbreviation for request committee. Avoid acronym altogether proficiency, a metric sometimes used in abbreviate in public communications. thoroughly with a description of the kind safely. Never use alone in public headline or formal titles. Department of Transportation (DOT). with different infrastructure. Use quotes for information. Write out on first usage. speed bump This is a term the public BBAC Internal Acronym for PBOT’s groundbreaking (n.) One word. As verb, demographic data. To the extent that a of sign, or using a picture. car pool (n.) carpool (v.) Do not use communications without explaining this Write out in first usage. and define first as shorter streetlights may use for a variety of traffic calming Bureau Budget Advisory Committee. email One word, no hyphen. two words: break ground. term like LEP describes a population you TAC Informal acronym for a technical carpooler. Instead: people carpooling. context. that make pedestrians and crosswalks RFP Contracting abbreviation for request devices, including speed humps, speed Write out on first usage. want to reach, determine whether advisory committee, of which there are weather permitting EPASS Acronym for the East Portland hands-free (adj. and adv.) NACTO Acronym for National more visible. Use sparingly. When used, for proprosal. Write out on first usage. cushions, speed tables, the abrupt car-share (n. and adj.) Use hyphen. “crossbike” (n.) One word, no hyphen. multilingual or alternate phrasing might many. Do not use acronym. BDS Abbreviation for city’s Bureau of Arterial Streets Strategy. Write out on Association of City Transportation note hyphen. Do not abbreviate to ped barrier sometimes used in driveways or website Also webpage, the web, etc. Avoid using as a verb (I took car-share, Term not in wide usage. Use quotes be more appropriate, given the context. ride-hailing (n. and adj.) Development Services. As with PBOT, first usage and use sparingly since full HAWK (n.) Acronym for high-intensity Officials. Write out on first usage. scale lighting. private lots, or the narrow, rubber TDM Acronym for Transportation not I car-shared.) and define first as green crosswalk-like Write out on first usage, note write out on first usage. name is better descriptor than the activated crosswalk beacon. Define on bumps used in PBOT’s left-turn calming Demand Management, as referenced in WES Acronym for Westside Express markings indicating where bikes may capitalization. neighborhood greenway Because this PedPDX PBOT branding of pedestrian ride-share (n. and adj.) catch basin abbreviation. first usage. project. Regardless of the use, be sure to city code. Do not use acronym. Service, the commuter rail run by BES Abbreviation for city’s Bureau of cross a roadway. is a local, and not ubiquitous, term for plan. One word, note capitalization. TriMet. Always abbreviate, all caps, okay Acronym for Local Improvement right of way, right-of-way Use right be clear about what you’re describing Environmental Services. As with PBOT, central city Avoid capitalization when ETC Acronym for Enhanced Transit Heliport Capitalize in reference to the LID bike boulevards, define neighborhood crossing (n.) Used as stand-in term for of way (n.) in reference to traffic laws and use pictures wherever possible to through lane to write alone. Otherwise, note write out on first usage. using informally. Reserve capitalization Corridors, a PBOT plan in coordination Portland Downtown Heliport operated District. Write out on first usage. Avoid greenways first as streets with lower PFC Internal acronym for the Portland bridge or crosswalk, depending on (pedestrians have the right of way), plural capitalization in WES Commuter Rail. with TriMet. Do not use acronym. by PBOT whether or not the word repetitive phrase LID district. Plural is LIDs. Freight Committee. Do not use in public help tell that story. bike box for exact plans that require legal usage volumes of auto traffic and lower is rights of way; Use right-of-way (n.) in TIR Internal acronym for Transportation context. Be sure usage is clear and Portland appears. Lowercase otherwise. communications. of term Central City. speeds, where pedestrians and people speed cushion NACTO term for speed Impact Review. Do not use externally. workgroup bike corral Term not in wide usage. unambiguous. e-scooter Use hyphen, lowercase, to life cycle (n.), life-cycle (adj.) reference to easements, typically of abbreviate references to electric biking are given priority. Only capitalize Internal acronym for private city-owned land. Don’t use acronym ROW. humps or speed tables with wheel Define first as a group of bike racks. Central City in Motion PBOT project. As High Crash Network Formal PBOT PFHT TNC Acronym for transportation network work site cross street scooters. Use of scooter alone LTIC Acronym for Local Transportation when naming a particular branded cutouts that make it easier for large with other “In Motion” projects, full name terminology for the most dangerous for-hire transportation. Do not use in companies such as Lyft, Uber, etc. Write bike facilities Clunky term, use bike acceptable after first usage. Follow same Infrastructure Charge. Write out on first greenway such as Lincoln-Harrison road diet Retired PBOT term. Do not use. emergency vehicles to pass them wrap-up (n.), wrap up (v.) says what it does better than with crosswalk One word. Important to intersections and streets evaluated by public communcations. out on first usage. Avoid repetitive lanes or other specifics on what kind of capitalization guidelines as . usage. Avoid repetitive phrase LTIC charge. Neighborhood Greenway. Always write unaffected, but still slow passenger abbreviation. Do not abbreviate in public note marked or unmarked and e-bike the bureau and the Vision Zero team. road user PBOT jargon. Use people phrase TNC company. Plural is TNCs. year-end (n. and adj.) facilities you’re referring to. out, never use acronyms. Portland in the Streets PBOT program. vehicles. Define on first usage and use communications. distinguish from term crossing. farmers markets No apostrophes Write out, do not use acronym. Note LUBA Acronym for Oregon’s Land Use driving, biking, or other simple Note capitalization. Do not use acronym. pictures to help tell the story. Avoid year-round (adj. and adv.) bike lane Two words. Hyphenate when needed. Singular is farmers market. capitalization in High Crash Network Board of Appeals. Write out on first usage. NEO Internal acronym for new employee construction. Tram Capitalize in reference to the Lowercase, especially when written confusing terms like firetruck-friendly or used as an adjective: bike-lane symbols. city CSO Abbreviation for an event known as Capitalize branded markets such as streets, High Crash Network intersection, or orientation. Never use acronym. Portland Aerial Tram whether or not PPB Abbreviation for the Portland Police roadway fire-friendly speed bumps. zero-emission vehicles alone. Capitalize as City of Portland when a combined sewer overflow. Write out High Crash Corridor. MAX Acronym for Metropolitan Area words Portland or Aerial appear. bike rack Portland Farmers Market. Bureau. As with PBOT, write out on first referring to the actual legal government on first usage. Express, the light rail run by TriMet. nonprofit One word, no hyphen. Do not Lowercase in generic usage such as Transportation abbreviation for usage. RRFB See: rapid-flashing beacon. ZIP code Always abbreviate, all caps ZIP. entity, not when referring to general FAQ Always abbreviate, all caps. Plural is HOV use not-for-profit. tram cables tram operations etc. bike-share Use hyphen to match AP curb cut Always abbreviate, all caps, okay to , , Lowercase code. FAQs. high-occupancy vehicles, used in 2

GLOSSARY OF COMMON PBOT TERMS & PROGRAMS cut-through (n. and adj.) FEMA Acronym for the Federal reference to lanes sometimes referred write alone. Otherwise, note ODOT Acronym for the Oregon PPP Internal abbreviation for the Policy, runoff (n.) speed hump NACTO term for what the Transit Mall Capitalize in reference to

Emergency Management Agency. Write to as carpool lanes by the public, but capitalization in MAX Light Rail. Department of Transportation. Write out Planning & Projects group. Do not use in Portland public is most likely to see on the Portland Transit Mall whether or not DEI Increasingly common abbreviation out on first usage. which are also used by transit, vanpools, on first usage. public communications. rush hour (n.), rush-hour (adj.) local streets and call speed bumps, often the word Portland appears. for diversity, equity, and inclusion in Lowercase generally when alone. etc. Write out on first usage, note mayor indicated by signage that says “bump.” describing training, courses, and other Capitalize only in formal titles with the predesignated Safe Routes to School PBOT program. FHWA Acronym for the Federal Highway hyphen in high-occupancy. Avoid OMF Abbreviation for city’s Office of Define on first usage and use pictures to TransitTracker Written as one word, opportunities to engage on these topics. person’s name. Also: mayoral, mayor’s Note capitalization. Do not use Administration. Write out on first usage. shortening to HOVs, use HOV lanes on Management & Finance. As with PBOT, “pricing” General transportation term help tell the story. note capitalization. Avoid acronym in public communications acronym. Be sure to use all four letters to not second usage, if needed. office, etc. write out on first usage. used to refer to a suite of strategies that wherever possible. If needed, write out confuse with other federal agencies. use fees to more accurately reflect the stairway TriMet Written as one word, note on first usage to explain. IGA Common city acronym for an metered, unmetered Use to describe online sandbag (n. and v.) capitalization. demand for our transportation system. Fixing Our Streets PBOT program. intergovernmental agreement. Write out metered parking areas, metered spaces, or DEQ Abbreviation for the Oregon Examples of “pricing” include the cost of S-curve Capital S in all uses. stakeholder Capital F, O, and S. Write out, do not use on first usage and use sparingly. metered districts where parking has a PAC Alternatively used as acronym for TRIP Acronym for trip reduction AASHTO Acronym for American Associa- standard for car-share, ride-share, things that happen in the city of Department of Environmental Quality. parking, tolls, fees based on geographic acronym and define on first usage as a cost or is time-limited. Opposite is Pedestrian Advisory Committee or (n. and adj.) (v.) incentive program, used internally for ride-hailing, etc. Portland. Also: citywide. “In Motion” Internal PBOT term for area, time of day, or specific types of SDC Acronym for system development startup start up tion of State Highway and Transporta- Write out on first usage. voter-approved 10-cent gas tax and unmetered. Do not use meter district as political action committees. Avoid city employees. Not for public various plans such as East Portland in trips, or based on VMT. Never use alone charge. Write out on first usage. Plural tion Officials. Write out on first usage. Bike to Books PBOT program with city council Lowercase, especially heavy vehicle use tax. we do not have individual meters confusion, do not use acronym. state Lowercase generally, especially communications. director Lowercase generally when Motion, Southwest in Motion, etc. Do without describing more fully. is SDCs. ADA Acronym for Americans with Multnomah County Library. No hyphens, when written alone. Capitalize only anymore, but parking kiosks, also known when written alone. Lowercase in alone. Capitalize only in formal titles not use alone in public communications PARK(ing) Day National program PBOT TripCheck Written as one word, note Disabilities Act. Write out on first usage. note capitalization. when referring to the full formal name FTA Abbreviation for the Federal Transit as pay stations. sextant An instrument for taking constructions such as the state of with the person’s name. without quotes or defining what they participates in. Note capitalization and private for-hire Use hyphen between capitalization. Note capitalization in ADA ramp, ADA Title of Portland’s government body and its Administration. Write out on first usage. altitudes in navigation, not a term to be Oregon, Washington state (when BIKETOWN One word, all caps for D/M/W/ESB/SDVBE Current acronym are. For individual plans, use the full micromobility Transportation term not punctuation. second and third word only. Capitalize II, and the difference between ADA meetings: Portland City Council. used to describe sections of the city. differentiating from D.C.). Capitalize only TSP Acronym for Transportation System Portland's bike-share program. Note for the certification of contractors and geo-fence (adj., n., and v.) Term for a plan name, not acronyms. in wide usage. Define and use sparingly. Private For-Hire in headlines and titles. compliance (n.) and ADA-compliant (adj.) Lowercase council documents, referred See: quadrant. when referring to the formal name of Plan, adopted by the city and part of capitalization in BIKETOWN for All, sub-contractors that meet criteria for virtual geographic boundary defined by parking-protected bike lane Use Do not use acronym. to city council, etc. Do not use city JPACT Acronym for Metro’s Joint Policy midblock the government body, statehouse, etc., state and regional planning arterial PBOT technical jargon for BIKETOWN for All’s Pay-It-Forward being disadvantaged, minority-owned, the Global Positioning System (GPS) or hyphen, or use protected bike lane, as side guard commission. Advisory Committee on Transportation. prorate as in Oregon State Legislature, Oregon requirements. Write out on first usage, specific type of street. Not necessarily program, etc. women-owned, emerging small radio-frequency identification (RFID) appropriate. Do not use cycletrack. Write out on first usage. MO Internal abbreviation for the Statehouse, etc. understood by the public. Define and city hall Lowercase, especially when technology. Use hyphen in all usage. PWB Abbreviation for the Portland sight lines use sparingly. bikeway Term used to refer to specific businesses, or service-disabled veterans’ Maintenance Operations group. Never use sparingly. written alone. Capitalize only when Patch-a-thon Maintenance Operations bike routes or portions of bike routes business enterprises. This acronym land use (n. and adj.) use in public communications. Water Bureau. As with PBOT, write out stormwater (n. and adj.) TSUP Internal acronym for the referring to formal name of a building Get Portland Moving PBOT program. term for concentrated focus on pothole sign-up (n. and adj.) sign up (v.) ATS Internal abbreviation for the Active that are on streets with higher traffic must be written out in full and defined on first usage Temporary Street Use Permitting group. or alternative name for our city council: Write out, do not use acronym. and sinkhole repair. Note capitalization. single-occupancy vehicle Clunky term. street furniture Clunky term without Transportation & Safety group. Never volume, such as major arterials or before using it. Use sparingly and lane mile Industry term used by PBOT MOU Common city acronym for Do not use acronym in public Portland City Hall. to measure pavement surface, equal to memorandum of understanding. Write quadrant The community and local Use more colloquial driving alone in context, instead use specific examples use in public communications. collector streets that may have addition- accurately. Do not use older versions GIF Acronym for graphic interchange Pay-by-Plate PBOT terminology for pay communications. out on first usage and use sparingly. press’s preferred, informal, technically public communications. Do not use like benches or café seating, wherever al infrastructure like marked bike lanes, citywide such as MWESB, DMWESB, etc. 1 mile of standard-width motor vehicle station technology. Note capitalization AWSC Abbreviation for all-way stop format, files that support both animated and inaccurate but charmingly easier term to acronym. possible. parking-protected bike lanes, etc. Not to travel lane. Use this more accurate term and hyphens. U-turn (n. and adj.) Capital U in all uses. control. Write out on first usage and collector PBOT technical jargon for DOT Acronym for the U.S. Department of static images. Use all caps, plural is GIFs. mph Always abbreviate for miles per hour, describe the five (soon to be six) be used interchangeably with neighbor- instead of centerline miles. avoid in public communications. Use specific type of street. Not necessarily Transportation. Write out on first usage. use lowercase. Metric analog of kilometers geographic sections of Portland. Avoid single-occupancy vehicle Clunky term. Streetcar Capitalize in reference to unmetered No hyphen, see entry for hood greenway. GIS Abbreviation for geographic-based pay station Two words. Do not use more publicly understood terms understood by the public. Define and DPT Internal acronym for the Develop- lane-splitting (n. and adj.) Define first per hour should be abbreviated kph or term sextant in all usage. Use more colloquial driving alone in Portland Streetcar whether or not the metered. information systems. Best to use more parking meter. four-way stop, five-way stop, etc., as BPS Abbreviation for city’s Bureau of use sparingly. and use sparingly. Do not use lane-split km/h. Do not write kmh. public communications. Do not use word Portland appears. Lowercase in ment, Permitting & Transit group. Never colloquial terms like interactive map in VMT Abbreviation for vehicle miles appropriate. Planning & Sustainability. As with PBOT, use in public communications. as a verb. Write split lanes instead. PDX WAV PBOT program for rapid-flashing beacon Acceptable and acronym. generic usage such as streetcar tracks. commissioner Lowercase, especially public communications. multimodal No hyphen. Explain on first colloquial shortening of rectangular traveled. Define on first usage and BAC Alternatively used as acronym for write out on first usage. wheelchair-accessible vehicles and other when written alone. Capitalize only in drive-thru (n. and adj.) Leaf Day, Leaf District PBOT usage and use sparingly. rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB). Note SmartPark PBOT-branded parking streetlight (n.) street lighting (n.) The before using in tables. Bicycle Advisory Committee or bureau bureau Lowercase, especially when guardrail on-demand transport for people with formal titles with the person’s name. Also: terminology. Note capitalization in Leaf hyphen. garages. One word, note capitalization. physical object is one word. Presented budget committees. Avoid confusion, do written alone. Capitalize in formal names: DUII Acronym for driving under the multiuse disabilities. Note capitalization. See: WAV. WAV Acronym for wheelchair-accessible commissioner-in-charge, commission form greenway One word and lowercase, Day pickup, Leaf Day service district, Leaf as a category, it’s two. not use acronym. Portland Bureau of Transportation, etc. influence of intoxicants, correct Oregon reroute SmartTrips PBOT program. One word, vehicle. Write out on first usage. of government, city commissioners, etc. usage. Plural is DUIIs. unless in reference to Neighborhood District schedule. MUTCD Acronym for the Manual on pedestrian More inclusive term than backup (adj. and n.) back up (v.) note capitalization. SWIM Acronym for Southwest In Motion. bureau-wide Use hyphen. Greenway program or particular Uniform Traffic Control Devices for walker, people walking. restriping (n.) No hyphen needed. Use waitlist (n.), wait-list (v.) Complete Streets Transportation term e-bike Abbreviation for electric bikes or left-turn calming Note hyphen. All plans of the “In Motion” type say what BAT Acronym for Business Access and Informal acronym for community branded greenway. Term not in wide Streets and Highways, a publication of sparingly when striping would suffice. snowplow (n.) snow-plow (adj.) snow CAC for streets designed and operated for electric-assist bikes. Note hyphen. E-bike “pedestrian-scale” lighting (n.) Term they do and work better written out wayfinding Transportation term, not in Transit lanes, not bus and turn lane or advisory committee or citizen advisory usage, define first. See: neighborhood the Federal Highway Administration plow (v.) use by all modes, ages, and abilities at beginning of a sentence. E-Bike in LEP Abbreviation for limited English not in wide usage and can be confused than with an abbreviation. Do not common usage. Avoid or describe more other variations. Write out on first usage. greenway. (FHWA), a division of the U.S. RFI Contracting abbreviation for request committee. Avoid acronym altogether proficiency, a metric sometimes used in abbreviate in public communications. thoroughly with a description of the kind safely. Never use alone in public headline or formal titles. Department of Transportation (DOT). with different infrastructure. Use quotes for information. Write out on first usage. speed bump This is a term the public BBAC Internal Acronym for PBOT’s groundbreaking (n.) One word. As verb, demographic data. To the extent that a of sign, or using a picture. car pool (n.) carpool (v.) Do not use communications without explaining this Write out in first usage. and define first as shorter streetlights may use for a variety of traffic calming Bureau Budget Advisory Committee. email One word, no hyphen. two words: break ground. term like LEP describes a population you TAC Informal acronym for a technical carpooler. Instead: people carpooling. context. that make pedestrians and crosswalks RFP Contracting abbreviation for request devices, including speed humps, speed Write out on first usage. want to reach, determine whether advisory committee, of which there are weather permitting EPASS Acronym for the East Portland hands-free (adj. and adv.) NACTO Acronym for National more visible. Use sparingly. When used, for proprosal. Write out on first usage. cushions, speed tables, the abrupt car-share (n. and adj.) Use hyphen. “crossbike” (n.) One word, no hyphen. multilingual or alternate phrasing might many. Do not use acronym. BDS Abbreviation for city’s Bureau of Arterial Streets Strategy. Write out on Association of City Transportation note hyphen. Do not abbreviate to ped barrier sometimes used in driveways or website Also webpage, the web, etc. Avoid using as a verb (I took car-share, Term not in wide usage. Use quotes be more appropriate, given the context. ride-hailing (n. and adj.) Development Services. As with PBOT, first usage and use sparingly since full HAWK (n.) Acronym for high-intensity Officials. Write out on first usage. scale lighting. private lots, or the narrow, rubber TDM Acronym for Transportation not I car-shared.) and define first as green crosswalk-like Write out on first usage, note write out on first usage. name is better descriptor than the activated crosswalk beacon. Define on bumps used in PBOT’s left-turn calming Demand Management, as referenced in WES Acronym for Westside Express markings indicating where bikes may capitalization. neighborhood greenway Because this PedPDX PBOT branding of pedestrian ride-share (n. and adj.) catch basin abbreviation. first usage. project. Regardless of the use, be sure to city code. Do not use acronym. Service, the commuter rail run by BES Abbreviation for city’s Bureau of cross a roadway. is a local, and not ubiquitous, term for plan. One word, note capitalization. TriMet. Always abbreviate, all caps, okay Acronym for Local Improvement right of way, right-of-way Use right be clear about what you’re describing Environmental Services. As with PBOT, central city Avoid capitalization when ETC Acronym for Enhanced Transit Heliport Capitalize in reference to the LID bike boulevards, define neighborhood crossing (n.) Used as stand-in term for of way (n.) in reference to traffic laws and use pictures wherever possible to through lane to write alone. Otherwise, note write out on first usage. using informally. Reserve capitalization Corridors, a PBOT plan in coordination Portland Downtown Heliport operated District. Write out on first usage. Avoid greenways first as streets with lower PFC Internal acronym for the Portland bridge or crosswalk, depending on (pedestrians have the right of way), plural capitalization in WES Commuter Rail. with TriMet. Do not use acronym. by PBOT whether or not the word repetitive phrase LID district. Plural is LIDs. Freight Committee. Do not use in public help tell that story. bike box for exact plans that require legal usage volumes of auto traffic and lower is rights of way; Use right-of-way (n.) in TIR Internal acronym for Transportation context. Be sure usage is clear and Portland appears. Lowercase otherwise. communications. of term Central City. speeds, where pedestrians and people speed cushion NACTO term for speed Impact Review. Do not use externally. workgroup bike corral Term not in wide usage. unambiguous. e-scooter Use hyphen, lowercase, to life cycle (n.), life-cycle (adj.) reference to easements, typically of abbreviate references to electric biking are given priority. Only capitalize Internal acronym for private city-owned land. Don’t use acronym ROW. humps or speed tables with wheel Define first as a group of bike racks. Central City in Motion PBOT project. As High Crash Network Formal PBOT PFHT TNC Acronym for transportation network work site cross street scooters. Use of scooter alone LTIC Acronym for Local Transportation when naming a particular branded cutouts that make it easier for large with other “In Motion” projects, full name terminology for the most dangerous for-hire transportation. Do not use in companies such as Lyft, Uber, etc. Write bike facilities Clunky term, use bike acceptable after first usage. Follow same Infrastructure Charge. Write out on first greenway such as Lincoln-Harrison road diet Retired PBOT term. Do not use. emergency vehicles to pass them wrap-up (n.), wrap up (v.) says what it does better than with crosswalk One word. Important to intersections and streets evaluated by public communcations. out on first usage. Avoid repetitive lanes or other specifics on what kind of capitalization guidelines as . usage. Avoid repetitive phrase LTIC charge. Neighborhood Greenway. Always write unaffected, but still slow passenger abbreviation. Do not abbreviate in public note marked or unmarked and e-bike the bureau and the Vision Zero team. road user PBOT jargon. Use people phrase TNC company. Plural is TNCs. year-end (n. and adj.) facilities you’re referring to. out, never use acronyms. Portland in the Streets PBOT program. vehicles. Define on first usage and use communications. distinguish from term crossing. farmers markets No apostrophes Write out, do not use acronym. Note LUBA Acronym for Oregon’s Land Use driving, biking, or other simple Note capitalization. Do not use acronym. pictures to help tell the story. Avoid year-round (adj. and adv.) bike lane Two words. Hyphenate when needed. Singular is farmers market. capitalization in High Crash Network Board of Appeals. Write out on first usage. NEO Internal acronym for new employee construction. Tram Capitalize in reference to the Lowercase, especially when written confusing terms like firetruck-friendly or used as an adjective: bike-lane symbols. city CSO Abbreviation for an event known as Capitalize branded markets such as streets, High Crash Network intersection, or orientation. Never use acronym. Portland Aerial Tram whether or not PPB Abbreviation for the Portland Police roadway fire-friendly speed bumps. zero-emission vehicles alone. Capitalize as City of Portland when a combined sewer overflow. Write out High Crash Corridor. MAX Acronym for Metropolitan Area words Portland or Aerial appear. bike rack Portland Farmers Market. Bureau. As with PBOT, write out on first referring to the actual legal government on first usage. Express, the light rail run by TriMet. nonprofit One word, no hyphen. Do not Lowercase in generic usage such as Transportation abbreviation for usage. RRFB See: rapid-flashing beacon. ZIP code Always abbreviate, all caps ZIP. entity, not when referring to general FAQ Always abbreviate, all caps. Plural is HOV use not-for-profit. tram cables tram operations etc. bike-share Use hyphen to match AP curb cut Always abbreviate, all caps, okay to , , Lowercase code. FAQs. high-occupancy vehicles, used in 3

GLOSSARY OF COMMON PBOT TERMS & PROGRAMS cut-through (n. and adj.) FEMA Acronym for the Federal reference to lanes sometimes referred write alone. Otherwise, note ODOT Acronym for the Oregon PPP Internal abbreviation for the Policy, runoff (n.) speed hump NACTO term for what the Transit Mall Capitalize in reference to

Emergency Management Agency. Write to as carpool lanes by the public, but capitalization in MAX Light Rail. Department of Transportation. Write out Planning & Projects group. Do not use in Portland public is most likely to see on the Portland Transit Mall whether or not DEI Increasingly common abbreviation out on first usage. which are also used by transit, vanpools, on first usage. public communications. rush hour (n.), rush-hour (adj.) local streets and call speed bumps, often the word Portland appears. for diversity, equity, and inclusion in Lowercase generally when alone. etc. Write out on first usage, note mayor indicated by signage that says “bump.” describing training, courses, and other Capitalize only in formal titles with the predesignated Safe Routes to School PBOT program. FHWA Acronym for the Federal Highway hyphen in high-occupancy. Avoid OMF Abbreviation for city’s Office of Define on first usage and use pictures to TransitTracker Written as one word, opportunities to engage on these topics. person’s name. Also: mayoral, mayor’s Note capitalization. Do not use Administration. Write out on first usage. shortening to HOVs, use HOV lanes on Management & Finance. As with PBOT, “pricing” General transportation term help tell the story. note capitalization. Avoid acronym in public communications acronym. Be sure to use all four letters to not second usage, if needed. office, etc. write out on first usage. used to refer to a suite of strategies that wherever possible. If needed, write out confuse with other federal agencies. use fees to more accurately reflect the stairway TriMet Written as one word, note on first usage to explain. IGA Common city acronym for an metered, unmetered Use to describe online sandbag (n. and v.) capitalization. demand for our transportation system. Fixing Our Streets PBOT program. intergovernmental agreement. Write out metered parking areas, metered spaces, or DEQ Abbreviation for the Oregon Examples of “pricing” include the cost of S-curve Capital S in all uses. stakeholder Capital F, O, and S. Write out, do not use on first usage and use sparingly. metered districts where parking has a PAC Alternatively used as acronym for TRIP Acronym for trip reduction AASHTO Acronym for American Associa- standard for car-share, ride-share, things that happen in the city of Department of Environmental Quality. parking, tolls, fees based on geographic acronym and define on first usage as a cost or is time-limited. Opposite is Pedestrian Advisory Committee or (n. and adj.) (v.) incentive program, used internally for ride-hailing, etc. Portland. Also: citywide. “In Motion” Internal PBOT term for area, time of day, or specific types of SDC Acronym for system development startup start up tion of State Highway and Transporta- Write out on first usage. voter-approved 10-cent gas tax and unmetered. Do not use meter district as political action committees. Avoid city employees. Not for public various plans such as East Portland in trips, or based on VMT. Never use alone charge. Write out on first usage. Plural tion Officials. Write out on first usage. Bike to Books PBOT program with city council Lowercase, especially heavy vehicle use tax. we do not have individual meters confusion, do not use acronym. state Lowercase generally, especially communications. director Lowercase generally when Motion, Southwest in Motion, etc. Do without describing more fully. is SDCs. ADA Acronym for Americans with Multnomah County Library. No hyphens, when written alone. Capitalize only anymore, but parking kiosks, also known when written alone. Lowercase in alone. Capitalize only in formal titles not use alone in public communications PARK(ing) Day National program PBOT TripCheck Written as one word, note Disabilities Act. Write out on first usage. note capitalization. when referring to the full formal name FTA Abbreviation for the Federal Transit as pay stations. sextant An instrument for taking constructions such as the state of with the person’s name. without quotes or defining what they participates in. Note capitalization and private for-hire Use hyphen between capitalization. Note capitalization in ADA ramp, ADA Title of Portland’s government body and its Administration. Write out on first usage. altitudes in navigation, not a term to be Oregon, Washington state (when BIKETOWN One word, all caps for D/M/W/ESB/SDVBE Current acronym are. For individual plans, use the full micromobility Transportation term not punctuation. second and third word only. Capitalize II, and the difference between ADA meetings: Portland City Council. used to describe sections of the city. differentiating from D.C.). Capitalize only TSP Acronym for Transportation System Portland's bike-share program. Note for the certification of contractors and geo-fence (adj., n., and v.) Term for a plan name, not acronyms. in wide usage. Define and use sparingly. Private For-Hire in headlines and titles. compliance (n.) and ADA-compliant (adj.) Lowercase council documents, referred See: quadrant. when referring to the formal name of Plan, adopted by the city and part of capitalization in BIKETOWN for All, sub-contractors that meet criteria for virtual geographic boundary defined by parking-protected bike lane Use Do not use acronym. to city council, etc. Do not use city JPACT Acronym for Metro’s Joint Policy midblock the government body, statehouse, etc., state and regional planning arterial PBOT technical jargon for BIKETOWN for All’s Pay-It-Forward being disadvantaged, minority-owned, the Global Positioning System (GPS) or hyphen, or use protected bike lane, as side guard commission. Advisory Committee on Transportation. prorate as in Oregon State Legislature, Oregon requirements. Write out on first usage, specific type of street. Not necessarily program, etc. women-owned, emerging small radio-frequency identification (RFID) appropriate. Do not use cycletrack. Write out on first usage. MO Internal abbreviation for the Statehouse, etc. understood by the public. Define and city hall Lowercase, especially when technology. Use hyphen in all usage. PWB Abbreviation for the Portland sight lines use sparingly. bikeway Term used to refer to specific businesses, or service-disabled veterans’ Maintenance Operations group. Never use sparingly. written alone. Capitalize only when Patch-a-thon Maintenance Operations bike routes or portions of bike routes business enterprises. This acronym land use (n. and adj.) use in public communications. Water Bureau. As with PBOT, write out stormwater (n. and adj.) TSUP Internal acronym for the referring to formal name of a building Get Portland Moving PBOT program. term for concentrated focus on pothole sign-up (n. and adj.) sign up (v.) ATS Internal abbreviation for the Active that are on streets with higher traffic must be written out in full and defined on first usage Temporary Street Use Permitting group. or alternative name for our city council: Write out, do not use acronym. and sinkhole repair. Note capitalization. single-occupancy vehicle Clunky term. street furniture Clunky term without Transportation & Safety group. Never volume, such as major arterials or before using it. Use sparingly and lane mile Industry term used by PBOT MOU Common city acronym for Do not use acronym in public Portland City Hall. to measure pavement surface, equal to memorandum of understanding. Write quadrant The community and local Use more colloquial driving alone in context, instead use specific examples use in public communications. collector streets that may have addition- accurately. Do not use older versions GIF Acronym for graphic interchange Pay-by-Plate PBOT terminology for pay communications. out on first usage and use sparingly. press’s preferred, informal, technically public communications. Do not use like benches or café seating, wherever al infrastructure like marked bike lanes, citywide such as MWESB, DMWESB, etc. 1 mile of standard-width motor vehicle station technology. Note capitalization AWSC Abbreviation for all-way stop format, files that support both animated and inaccurate but charmingly easier term to acronym. possible. parking-protected bike lanes, etc. Not to travel lane. Use this more accurate term and hyphens. U-turn (n. and adj.) Capital U in all uses. control. Write out on first usage and collector PBOT technical jargon for DOT Acronym for the U.S. Department of static images. Use all caps, plural is GIFs. mph Always abbreviate for miles per hour, describe the five (soon to be six) be used interchangeably with neighbor- instead of centerline miles. avoid in public communications. Use specific type of street. Not necessarily Transportation. Write out on first usage. use lowercase. Metric analog of kilometers geographic sections of Portland. Avoid single-occupancy vehicle Clunky term. Streetcar Capitalize in reference to unmetered No hyphen, see entry for hood greenway. GIS Abbreviation for geographic-based pay station Two words. Do not use more publicly understood terms understood by the public. Define and DPT Internal acronym for the Develop- lane-splitting (n. and adj.) Define first per hour should be abbreviated kph or term sextant in all usage. Use more colloquial driving alone in Portland Streetcar whether or not the metered. information systems. Best to use more parking meter. four-way stop, five-way stop, etc., as BPS Abbreviation for city’s Bureau of use sparingly. and use sparingly. Do not use lane-split km/h. Do not write kmh. public communications. Do not use word Portland appears. Lowercase in ment, Permitting & Transit group. Never colloquial terms like interactive map in VMT Abbreviation for vehicle miles appropriate. Planning & Sustainability. As with PBOT, use in public communications. as a verb. Write split lanes instead. PDX WAV PBOT program for rapid-flashing beacon Acceptable and acronym. generic usage such as streetcar tracks. commissioner Lowercase, especially public communications. multimodal No hyphen. Explain on first colloquial shortening of rectangular traveled. Define on first usage and BAC Alternatively used as acronym for write out on first usage. wheelchair-accessible vehicles and other when written alone. Capitalize only in drive-thru (n. and adj.) Leaf Day, Leaf District PBOT usage and use sparingly. rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB). Note SmartPark PBOT-branded parking streetlight (n.) street lighting (n.) The before using in tables. Bicycle Advisory Committee or bureau bureau Lowercase, especially when guardrail on-demand transport for people with formal titles with the person’s name. Also: terminology. Note capitalization in Leaf hyphen. garages. One word, note capitalization. physical object is one word. Presented budget committees. Avoid confusion, do written alone. Capitalize in formal names: DUII Acronym for driving under the multiuse disabilities. Note capitalization. See: WAV. WAV Acronym for wheelchair-accessible commissioner-in-charge, commission form greenway One word and lowercase, Day pickup, Leaf Day service district, Leaf as a category, it’s two. not use acronym. Portland Bureau of Transportation, etc. influence of intoxicants, correct Oregon reroute SmartTrips PBOT program. One word, vehicle. Write out on first usage. of government, city commissioners, etc. usage. Plural is DUIIs. unless in reference to Neighborhood District schedule. MUTCD Acronym for the Manual on pedestrian More inclusive term than backup (adj. and n.) back up (v.) note capitalization. SWIM Acronym for Southwest In Motion. bureau-wide Use hyphen. Greenway program or particular Uniform Traffic Control Devices for walker, people walking. restriping (n.) No hyphen needed. Use waitlist (n.), wait-list (v.) Complete Streets Transportation term e-bike Abbreviation for electric bikes or left-turn calming Note hyphen. All plans of the “In Motion” type say what BAT Acronym for Business Access and Informal acronym for community branded greenway. Term not in wide Streets and Highways, a publication of sparingly when striping would suffice. snowplow (n.) snow-plow (adj.) snow CAC for streets designed and operated for electric-assist bikes. Note hyphen. E-bike “pedestrian-scale” lighting (n.) Term they do and work better written out wayfinding Transportation term, not in Transit lanes, not bus and turn lane or advisory committee or citizen advisory usage, define first. See: neighborhood the Federal Highway Administration plow (v.) use by all modes, ages, and abilities at beginning of a sentence. E-Bike in LEP Abbreviation for limited English not in wide usage and can be confused than with an abbreviation. Do not common usage. Avoid or describe more other variations. Write out on first usage. greenway. (FHWA), a division of the U.S. RFI Contracting abbreviation for request committee. Avoid acronym altogether proficiency, a metric sometimes used in abbreviate in public communications. thoroughly with a description of the kind safely. Never use alone in public headline or formal titles. Department of Transportation (DOT). with different infrastructure. Use quotes for information. Write out on first usage. speed bump This is a term the public BBAC Internal Acronym for PBOT’s groundbreaking (n.) One word. As verb, demographic data. To the extent that a of sign, or using a picture. car pool (n.) carpool (v.) Do not use communications without explaining this Write out in first usage. and define first as shorter streetlights may use for a variety of traffic calming Bureau Budget Advisory Committee. email One word, no hyphen. two words: break ground. term like LEP describes a population you TAC Informal acronym for a technical carpooler. Instead: people carpooling. context. that make pedestrians and crosswalks RFP Contracting abbreviation for request devices, including speed humps, speed Write out on first usage. want to reach, determine whether advisory committee, of which there are weather permitting EPASS Acronym for the East Portland hands-free (adj. and adv.) NACTO Acronym for National more visible. Use sparingly. When used, for proprosal. Write out on first usage. cushions, speed tables, the abrupt car-share (n. and adj.) Use hyphen. “crossbike” (n.) One word, no hyphen. multilingual or alternate phrasing might many. Do not use acronym. BDS Abbreviation for city’s Bureau of Arterial Streets Strategy. Write out on Association of City Transportation note hyphen. Do not abbreviate to ped barrier sometimes used in driveways or website Also webpage, the web, etc. Avoid using as a verb (I took car-share, Term not in wide usage. Use quotes be more appropriate, given the context. ride-hailing (n. and adj.) Development Services. As with PBOT, first usage and use sparingly since full HAWK (n.) Acronym for high-intensity Officials. Write out on first usage. scale lighting. private lots, or the narrow, rubber TDM Acronym for Transportation not I car-shared.) and define first as green crosswalk-like Write out on first usage, note write out on first usage. name is better descriptor than the activated crosswalk beacon. Define on bumps used in PBOT’s left-turn calming Demand Management, as referenced in WES Acronym for Westside Express markings indicating where bikes may capitalization. neighborhood greenway Because this PedPDX PBOT branding of pedestrian ride-share (n. and adj.) catch basin abbreviation. first usage. project. Regardless of the use, be sure to city code. Do not use acronym. Service, the commuter rail run by BES Abbreviation for city’s Bureau of cross a roadway. is a local, and not ubiquitous, term for plan. One word, note capitalization. TriMet. Always abbreviate, all caps, okay Acronym for Local Improvement right of way, right-of-way Use right be clear about what you’re describing Environmental Services. As with PBOT, central city Avoid capitalization when ETC Acronym for Enhanced Transit Heliport Capitalize in reference to the LID bike boulevards, define neighborhood crossing (n.) Used as stand-in term for of way (n.) in reference to traffic laws and use pictures wherever possible to through lane to write alone. Otherwise, note write out on first usage. using informally. Reserve capitalization Corridors, a PBOT plan in coordination Portland Downtown Heliport operated District. Write out on first usage. Avoid greenways first as streets with lower PFC Internal acronym for the Portland bridge or crosswalk, depending on (pedestrians have the right of way), plural capitalization in WES Commuter Rail. with TriMet. Do not use acronym. by PBOT whether or not the word repetitive phrase LID district. Plural is LIDs. Freight Committee. Do not use in public help tell that story. bike box for exact plans that require legal usage volumes of auto traffic and lower is rights of way; Use right-of-way (n.) in TIR Internal acronym for Transportation context. Be sure usage is clear and Portland appears. Lowercase otherwise. communications. of term Central City. speeds, where pedestrians and people speed cushion NACTO term for speed Impact Review. Do not use externally. workgroup bike corral Term not in wide usage. unambiguous. e-scooter Use hyphen, lowercase, to life cycle (n.), life-cycle (adj.) reference to easements, typically of abbreviate references to electric biking are given priority. Only capitalize Internal acronym for private city-owned land. Don’t use acronym ROW. humps or speed tables with wheel Define first as a group of bike racks. Central City in Motion PBOT project. As High Crash Network Formal PBOT PFHT TNC Acronym for transportation network work site cross street scooters. Use of scooter alone LTIC Acronym for Local Transportation when naming a particular branded cutouts that make it easier for large with other “In Motion” projects, full name terminology for the most dangerous for-hire transportation. Do not use in companies such as Lyft, Uber, etc. Write bike facilities Clunky term, use bike acceptable after first usage. Follow same Infrastructure Charge. Write out on first greenway such as Lincoln-Harrison road diet Retired PBOT term. Do not use. emergency vehicles to pass them wrap-up (n.), wrap up (v.) says what it does better than with crosswalk One word. Important to intersections and streets evaluated by public communcations. out on first usage. Avoid repetitive lanes or other specifics on what kind of capitalization guidelines as . usage. Avoid repetitive phrase LTIC charge. Neighborhood Greenway. Always write unaffected, but still slow passenger abbreviation. Do not abbreviate in public note marked or unmarked and e-bike the bureau and the Vision Zero team. road user PBOT jargon. Use people phrase TNC company. Plural is TNCs. year-end (n. and adj.) facilities you’re referring to. out, never use acronyms. Portland in the Streets PBOT program. vehicles. Define on first usage and use communications. distinguish from term crossing. farmers markets No apostrophes Write out, do not use acronym. Note LUBA Acronym for Oregon’s Land Use driving, biking, or other simple Note capitalization. Do not use acronym. pictures to help tell the story. Avoid year-round (adj. and adv.) bike lane Two words. Hyphenate when needed. Singular is farmers market. capitalization in High Crash Network Board of Appeals. Write out on first usage. NEO Internal acronym for new employee construction. Tram Capitalize in reference to the Lowercase, especially when written confusing terms like firetruck-friendly or used as an adjective: bike-lane symbols. city CSO Abbreviation for an event known as Capitalize branded markets such as streets, High Crash Network intersection, or orientation. Never use acronym. Portland Aerial Tram whether or not PPB Abbreviation for the Portland Police roadway fire-friendly speed bumps. zero-emission vehicles alone. Capitalize as City of Portland when a combined sewer overflow. Write out High Crash Corridor. MAX Acronym for Metropolitan Area words Portland or Aerial appear. bike rack Portland Farmers Market. Bureau. As with PBOT, write out on first referring to the actual legal government on first usage. Express, the light rail run by TriMet. nonprofit One word, no hyphen. Do not Lowercase in generic usage such as Transportation abbreviation for usage. RRFB See: rapid-flashing beacon. ZIP code Always abbreviate, all caps ZIP. entity, not when referring to general FAQ Always abbreviate, all caps. Plural is HOV use not-for-profit. tram cables tram operations etc. bike-share Use hyphen to match AP curb cut Always abbreviate, all caps, okay to , , Lowercase code. FAQs. high-occupancy vehicles, used in 4