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Ultra-low emission vehicle
A clean-fuel vehicle meeting the stringent, ultra-low emission standards of the U.S. Department of Energy.
United States Code
Contains a consolidation and codification of all general and permanent laws of the United States.
United Transportation Union
One of the major labor unions in the transit industry; membership is limited to operators, mechanics and other nonsupervisory employees of the transit industry.
Unlinked passenger trip
The number of passengers who board public transportation vehicles. A passenger is counted each time she or he boards a vehicle even though she or he may be on the same journey from origin to destination.
Unobligated Balance
The portion of obligation authority (including new budget authority and balances of unobligated budget authority carried over from prior years) that has not yet been obligated. With regard to the federal-aid highway program, the term generally refers to balances of apportioned contract authority that the states have been unable to obligate due to annual obligation limitations imposed by Congress.
Urban
Usually refers to areas with populations of 5,000 or more. Describes any area that includes a municipality or other built-up place which is appropriate in the judgment of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, for a public transportation system to serve commuters or others in the locality taking into consideration the local patterns and trends of urban gro
Urban disinvestments
Withdrawal of taxes, capital, jobs, and other resources from a community.
Urban Growth Boundary (UGB)
A line drawn around a metropolitan area to designate where growth will be directed. New infill development is usually encouraged in existing urban areas to reduce the need to continue to build outward while land outside the boundary is protected as open space or for agricultural, forestry, or low-density residential development. Most UGBs are required to be adjusted periodically so that there is always a supply of developable land within the boundary.
Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Former name for the USDoT Federal Transit Administration. Name change occurred in 1964 by enactment of Section 6(a) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act.
Urban Place
A U.S. Census Bureau-designated area consisting of incorporated political units or closely settled areas outside an urbanized area.
Urban sprawl
Poorly planned residential and commercial development beyond the periphery of cities that displaces farms and wildlife habitat. Eventually requires extension of municipal services such as schools, police and fire protection and expansion of roads to accommodate increased traffic.
Urbanized Area (UZA)
Places with populations of 50,000 or more (at a minimum), that encompass an entire urbanized area in a state, as designated by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Federal Highway Administration approves adjusted urbanized-area boundaries that include the census-defined Urbanized Area plus transportation centers, shopping centers, major places of employment, satellite communities and other major trip generators near the edge of the Urbanized Area, including development expected to be in place shortly.
Urbanized Area Formula Program funds
Financial assistance from the Urbanized Area Formula Program (formerly Section 9). This program governs the distribution of public transit capital and block-grant appropriations by urbanized area. For this distribution, it is the federal capital assistance granted to public transit providers to designated recipients on behalf of transit providers.
User-Side Subsidy
A transportation funding structure in which qualified users (usually economically disadvantaged persons) are able to purchase vouchers for transportation services at a portion of their worth. The users then may use the vouchers to purchase transportation from any participating provider. The vouchers are redeemed by the provider at full value and the provider is reimbursed by the funding agency for the full value.
UZA
Urbanized Area (by definition of the U.S. Census Bureau).
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