Glossary of Terms
IBTTA’s transportation Glossary of Terms is an ever-changing list of terms used within the transportation and tolling industry. The Glossary was updated in August 2018. If you have suggestions for future additions, please contact us.
The Council of Platinum Sponsors (CoPS) TollMiner & Glossary Working Group was created to improve definitions of toll facility concepts that are used in the IBTTA TollMiner Data Visualization tool. Since the TollMiner data and structure are closely linked to the IBTTA Glossary, a review and draft update of the glossary was performed during 2021.
Title |
Description |
|---|---|
| DATEX |
A data exchange protocol, structured in a set of technical annexes, containing also a database of road traffic related events, standardized by the CEN. |
| DDE |
Direction Départementale de l’Equipement. A de-centralized department of the French Ministry of Transport made responsible to implement and to follow the national policy. |
| Dedicated ETC Lane |
A lane in which only electronic toll transactions are processed. |
| Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) |
A short to medium range communications service that supports both Public Safety and Private operations engaged in roadside-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-vehicle communication environments. DSRC is meant to be a complement to cellular communications by providing very high data transfer rates in circumstances where minimizing latency in the communication link and isolating relatively small communication zones are important. Typically this refers to 5.9GHz communication. |
| DG INFSO |
European Commission - Directorate General for Information Society |
| DG TREN |
European Commission - Directorate General for Energy and Transport |
| DIMES |
Digital IMaging Enforcement System |
| DMI |
Danish Meteorological Institute |
| DMS |
Dynamic Message Sign. See Variable Message Sign |
| DMV Hold |
Department of Motor Vehicles Hold. A process whereby a vehicles registration can’t be renewed until any toll violations are settled with the toll agency. |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation - Agency (either state or federal) that oversees local or national transportation systems. |
| DPI |
Dots Per Inch (in photography) |
| DSRC |
DedicatedShortType Range Communication. A short to medium range communications service that supports both Public Safety and Private operations engaged in roadside-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-vehicle communication environments. DSRC is meant to be a complement to cellular communications by providing very high data transfer rates in circumstances where minimizing latency in the communication link and isolating relatively small communication zones are important. Typically this refers to 5.9GHz communication. |