A second opinon.
TRT uses: "Center lines"
AASHTO Glossary (from 1998 ed.): "Centerline"
I don't think the idea of using two word versus one word is valid in "googling" if the one word is complex enough, but Joyce can comment on that.
I resolve word conflicts like this:
1) check TRIS, Melvyl, etc. for last 5 yrs. of use of word(s)
2) ask an expert of two
3) make an intelligent decision
MK
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:09:57 -0400
neldabravo@aol.com wrote:
> Michael and Joyce,
> This is discussion is right up your alley!
> > N
> -----Original Message-----
>From: John McCarthy <
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> To: The T2All Discussion List <
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> Sent: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:53:59 -0500
> Subject: Fwd: Re: DSITE News - New MUTCD Information
> > > To t2all,
> > As each of us may need to do internet searches on request for local
> agencies, we know that the use of one word or two words in a search
> request makes a world of difference in the results. Hope you can
> appreciate this suggestion that we go back to the use of two words for
> the pavement marking "center lines".
> > John
> > > -- > John R McCarthy, PE
> Assistant Director
> Alabama Technology Transfer Center
> c/o Civil Engineering Dept
> 238 Harbert Engineering Center
> Auburn University, AL 36849-5337
> ph: 334-844-6269
> fx: 334-844-6290
> >>>> John McCarthy 7/12/05 11:48 AM >>>
> Bob Canfield
> Deep South Section ITE
> Baton Rouge, LA
> > Bob,
> > I went through some of the MUTCD webpages you mentioned. It is good to
> see a knowledge section, but some editorial work is needed.
> > The single word centerline is used to refer to a pavement marking on
> these webpages. The single word "centerline" has been historically used
> in highway engineering work to refer to the surveyed centerline of a
> highway. Sometimes the centerline is the center of a right-of-way or the
> physical center of the roadway. Sometimes it is the previous center, as
> a roadway is widened or re-aligned. The yellow pavement marking has been
> called a "center line", done as a two word phrase to distinguish it from
> the otherwise common usage of the one word term in highway surveying and
> engineering. This distinction was lost in the definitions section and
> Chapter 3B of the 2000 and 2003 Editions of the MUTCD. This change is
> usage from two words to one word should not have been done in the 2000
> Edition or continued in the 2003 Edition. Two words were used for
> "center lines" in the 1978 and 1988 Editions. > > Edge Lines are two words in the 2003 Edition, including the definitions
> section, and all previous editions, but appear as one word on the
> website. This misnomer should definitely be corrected.
> > The importance of the use of of word or two words for these terms is
> much more that just in the history or appearance. An internet search
> over the phrase "center line" will return a much difference result than
> a search over the word "centerline". Therefore, I suggest that traffic
> engineers return to the use of "center lines" and leave the use of
> "centerlines" to the surveyors.
> > Thanks for calling our attention to this knowledge section.
> > John
> > -- > John R McCarthy, PE
> Assistant Director
> Alabama Technology Transfer Center
> c/o Civil Engineering Dept
> 238 Harbert Engineering Center
> Auburn University, AL 36849-5337
> ph: 334-844-6269
> fx: 334-844-6290
> > > >>>> <
RRCBRLA@aol.com> 7/11/05 8:17 AM >>>
> > A new feature has been added to the MUTCD Website learn about Pavement
> > Markings, and take a quiz to test your knowledge. Click on _Pavement > Markings_ > (
http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/kno-tutintro.html) in the Knowledge section
> of the > navigation bar to begin. > The MUTCD website is: _http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/_ > (
http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/) > > Robert Canfield
> 5529 Loranger Drive
> Baton Rouge, La. 70809
> Phone (225) 293-9609
>FAX (225) 293-5647