Title |
Description |
|---|---|
| Managed Lane Network |
*UPDATED* An integrated network of priced managed lanes on freeway systems in a region. |
| Managed Lanes |
*UPDATED* Separate expressway lanes operating in parallel with other general-purpose travel lanes on a given route. Traffic in the managed lanes is controlled by access rights, vehicle occupancy, vehicle type, and/or by variable price. (See also ”Priced Managed Lanes” below). |
| Manual Lane |
A toll lane wherein a Toll Service Attendant is present to accept cash, token or ticket as toll payment from a customer. |
| Manual Vtoll |
A scenario that takes place whereby the customer’s license plate information is used to establish vehicle identification in lieu of an Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) payment. (If the license plate is not registered with an ETC account, the owner of the vehicle is assumed to be a toll evader or violator). |
| MBUF |
Mileage-Based User Fee - A mileage based road user charge, also referred to as "vehicle miles of travel" (VMT) fees are prices for road use predicated on the mileage driven on a given class of roadway. |
| MEDIA Project |
Management of Electronic Fee Collection (EFC) through Dedicated Name Short Type Range Communication (DSRC) Interoperability in the Alpine Area |
| Mileage-Based User Fee |
*NEW* See “Road-User Charging (RUC) Programs.” |
| MISTER |
Minimum Interoperability Specifications for Tolling on European Roads. MISTER groups a team of experts on satellite navigation and cellular network-based electronic fee collection within the framework of a contract with the European Commission, DG TREN. The main objective is to prepare a complete draft of the ISO 17575 technical specification on the "Application Interface Definition for Electronic Fee Collection (EFC) based on Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Cellular Networks (GNSS/CN)". Its goal is to complement the ISO 17575 draft in order to set up a pan-European EFC service based on GNSS/CN. |
| Mixed Use Lane |
*UPDATED* A toll plaza lane accepting multiple options for toll payment. Typically modified to include ETC. Generally signed for vehicles to come to a stop but in practice allow slow roll-through for electronic transactions. |
| MLFF |
*UPDATED* Multi-Lane, Free Flow (MLFF) is another term for an all-electronic ORT Toll Zone, a multi-lane toll point on an expressway with no cash toll plaza. MLFF Toll Zones employ electronic toll collection and license plate image capture for collection of tolls. |
| MLFF Toll Zone |
*NEW* Another term for ORT Toll Zone. |
| Mobility |
The ability to move or be moved easily. |
| Modal Transfer |
*UPDATED* The transfer of traffic from one transport mode to another. For passenger traffic, this may be from a motor vehicle to mass transit. For freight traffic, this may be for containers being moved from motorized commercial vehicles to freight rail. |
| Motorway |
*UPDATED* A term used outside of North America analogous to "expressway," a limited-access highway facility with high construction and safety standards. In Europe, the term implies a toll road. |
| MoU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPO |
Metropolitan Planning Organizations. |
| Multi-Protocol Technology |
A multiprotocol technology bridges the interoperability gap between diverse RFID technologies used for electronic toll collection (ETC) and other ITS applications such as Automatic Equipment Identification and Electronic Vehicle Registration. |