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Stylistic Formatting Tips
- Spell out all position titles, company names, schools, divisions, departments, cities and most countries, etc.
- Things to leave abbreviated: Jr. or Sr. (and both followed by a comma) when part of the person’s name, commonly abbreviated universities (e.g., Texas A&M), states, USA, FHWA, USDOT (spell out all other state’s DOTS)
- If an “&” is used be certain it is used only in the actual title of a company or term
- Never use two spaces after a period or a colon
- Times should be displayed as 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
- United States should be spelled out when used as a noun and abbreviated as an adjective (e.g., U.S.)
- Incorporated should always be abbreviated and followed by a period (e.g., Inc.)
- Do not spell out or capitalize “vs.”
- Spell out numbers one through nine, all others show numerically
- Spell out % (e.g., percent)
- Use initial caps in titles of sessions, speakers, etc.
- General capitalization rule: Do not capitalize words of three letters or less unless they begin the title. Some exceptions: always lower case in title (unless first word): in, with, from, of, to. Pronouns are always uppercase in titles.
- Hyphenated words should be upper case on both side of the hyphens in a title (e.g., Multi-Jurisdictional)
- Do not use serial commas (e.g., Red, blue, green and pink.) • When using a slash to separate two terms always close up space between (e.g., Traffic Engineering Council/Safety Council) • If senior appears in the job title; spell out (e.g., Senior Transportation Planner)
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