GLOSSARY OF TERMS

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AC&C Animal Care and Control, located at 15th and Treat
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
APN Assessor's Parcel Number
Arterial A major motor vehicle through route
BAAQMD Bay Area Air Quality Management District
BART Bay Area Rapid Transit — San Francisco Bay Area Transit service
BID Business Improvement District; collects fees from local businesses for street enhancements, improvements, and maintenance
Bike route A street or pathway designated by a city or county for use by bicycles.
Bikestation A valet parking facility for bicycles, often located at transit terminals, often provides other services such as bike rental, repair, information, and refreshments
Bikeway A bike path, lane, or route designed for use by bicycles
Bollard A barrier post, usually 30 to 42 inches in height, used to inhibit vehicular traffic
Bollard (automatically retractable) An electronic bollard that recedes into the ground, either on a fixed schedule or by remote control, frequently used in European central cities
Bulb-out Another term for curb extension; a section of sidewalk at an intersection or mid block crossing that reduces crossing width for pedestrians and can help slow traffic
CAD Computer aided design
Caltrain Commuter rail between Gilroy and San Francisco along the Peninsula
Caltrans California Department of Transportation
Catellus Private corporation responsible for redevelopment of Mission Bay
CCC California Conservation Corps
CEQA California Environmental Quality Act
Class I Exclusive non motorized pathway, usually used by both bicyclists and pedestrians
Class II On street bike lanes
Class III Bike route, usually slow speed neighborhood street, no specific design features
CMAQ Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (federal grant program)
Curb cut A ramp to allow wheeled vehicles access between street and sidewalk
Designated (signal) phase A signal phase with no conflicting traffic, i.e. no right or left turns across a given path
DPT San Francisco Department of Parking and Traffic
DPW San Francisco Department of Public Works
EB Eastbound
EIR Environmental Impact Report
F Line Historic MUNI streetcar line, runs from the Castro District to Fisherman's Wharf
Greenbelt Protected natural or restored lands that provide a continuous corridor through or around urbanized areas
Greenway A linear open space established along a corridor, such as a river, railroad, ridgeline, or other route for conservation, recreation, and transportation
HHP&L Hetch Hetchy Power and Light, part of SF Public Utilities Commission
ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, federal transportation bill authorized in 1991, predecessor to TEA21
LOS Level of Service; a measurement of the delay to motor vehicles at a given intersection; does not consider safety or convenience for bicyclists, pedestrians or transit riders; measured on scale from A to F
MBCAC Mission Bay Citizen's Advisory Committee
MCB Mission Creek Bikeway
MTC Metropolitan Transportation Commission, responsible for transportation planning and distribution of federal transportation funds to the nine county San Francisco Bay Area
MUNI San Francisco Municipal Railway (includes bus system as well).
NEMBA Northeast Mission Business Association
Ohlone The Native Americans who inhabited the San Francisco Bay Area before European Colonization; also referred to as Costanoan
Pedestrian style (left turn) A bicycle maneuver intended to avoid merging left for a turn, esp. in heavy traffic; involves riding across an intersection, waiting at the crosswalk, and crossing with pedestrians, on or off one's bicycle
Pocket (left or right turn) A short lane intended to separate vehicles making turns from those proceeding straight through an intersection
Pocket parks A small park, often implemented on corners or other under utilized areas
PUC Public Utilities Commission, responsible for approval of at-grade crossings of railroads among other things
RTC Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a national organization based in DC with over 100,000 members with an office in San Francisco; see http://www.railtrails.org
RTP Recreational Trails Program, a subset of TEA-21
SFBAC San Francisco Bicycle Advisory Committee
SFBC San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, with over 3,400 members, works to promote better bicycle facilities in San Francisco and greater numbers of people riding
SLUG San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners
SOEX Southern Exposure Gallery at Project Artaud in the Northeast Mission
SOMA South of Market Area of San Francisco
SP Southern Pacific Railroad Company, merged with Union Pacific in 1996
SPCA Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, located at Alabama and 16th St.
SPUR San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association
TDA article 3 Transportation Development Act funds intended for bicycle/ pedestrian projects, originates from state gas taxes and distributed based on population
TEA-21 The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA Transportation Enhancement Activities, a funding program within TEA-21; see http://www.enhancements.org/
TLC Transportation for Livable Communities; a planning and capital program administered by the MTC using TEA funds to enhance the transit/ bike/ ped experience
Traffic calming Techniques used to slow motor vehicle traffic, can include bulb-outs, chicanes, speed bumps, street parties, banners, statues, or other strategies to capture a driver's interest
UCSF University of California San Francisco; the medical arm of the UC system; new campus is being developed at Mission Bay
Vacation (street) The abandonment of a public thoroughfare for sale, trade, or development; must be approved by Board of Supervisors
WB Westbound
Zebra style (crosswalk) A crosswalk striping design, also called "ladder style" with parallel stripes, considered the most visible marking to drivers

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