VCOG

The former Valley Council of Governments before council of governments were merged in 2015.

COGCNV

The former Council of Governments for the Central Naugatuck Valley before council of governments were merged in 2015.

LOTCIP

The Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program was created through state legislature. It provides State funds to urbanized area municipal governments in lieu of Federal funds otherwise available through Federal transportation legislation.

TIP

The Transportation Improvement Program serves as a five-year guide for the preservation, management and expansion of public transportation services across the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. Public transportation services include highways, arterial streets, transit, demand management, and alternative mode improvements.

ITS

Intelligent Transportation Systems are the usage of sensor, computer, electronics and communication technologies and management strategies in a cohesive way.

FY

A Fiscal Year is the twelve-month period that an organization uses for budgeting, forecasting and reporting.

PDF

Short for “Portable Document Format,” they were first developed by Adobe. The idea behind the PDF was to create a file format that was not dependent on application software, hardware, and operating systems for proper viewing.

MPO

Metropolitan Planning Organization is an agency created to provide local elected officials input into the planning and implementation of federal transportation funds for metropolitan areas.

COG

Council of Governments is a public organization encompassing a multi-jurisdictional regional community.

NVCOG

Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments – a nineteen municipal member planning organization, concerned with transportation, economic development, land use, Brownfields redevelopment, environmental and emergency planning for the Naugatuck Valley Region