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February 2010 (Q1) TRT Declined Terms to Discuss

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TRT Term Comments (NTL Team and term proposer's) MK's comments TRT Subcommittee Comments Conferece Call Consensus
Air service development  not enough literary warrant   AE: Agree - Decline OK
Barbs see Q4 2009 discussion (http://www.transportationresearch.gov/NTL/TRT/Research%20Wiki/November%202009%20(Q4)%20Proposed%20Terms%20to%20Decline.aspx) and discuss; inadvertently missed during Q4 2009 conference calls    AE: Agree -Decline OK
Bathtub girders       OK
Bus signal priority Paul Burley-- Verification Code: Term 1 Name: Bus signal priority Comments about Term 1: use Bus priority (Brubp) Journal of intelligent transportation systems : technology, planning and operation, v. 13, issue 3 (July/Sept. 2009), p. 142-148. Bus signal priority (BSP) for transit priority (TP) gives buses preferential treatment over... -- Comment by M Kleiber: This concept is covered by two TRT terms: "Bus priority" and "Traffic signal preemption".; NTL -- precoordinated term; arises 15 times as a KW term in TRIS   AE: Agree - Decline ...Agree with MK on factoring. OK
Complete streets NTL suggest declining so that enduring term for this concept will emerge from literature rather than committee watching closely suggest parking this and reviewing in a year or so   OK
Crosshole acoustical testing       OK
Crosshole sonic logging       OK
CSL       OK
Culvert baffles     AE: Suggest adding the term baffles (Drainage) (see 2009 AASHTO Glossary) then use culvert AND baffles (Drainage). OK-decline culvert baffles; adding baffles (Drainage) as PT for Q2 2010
Eyebars NTL suggest declining and let term emerge from literature Suggest praking and reviewing to see if Eyebars becomes a hot topic   OK
Fog seals NTL suggests declining after extensive follow-up with TTI and WashDOT; this is both a product and a process don't you want to make this a non-preferred term leading to Seal coats AE: Disagree.There is enough warrant to merit inclusion. Need to make a descision on product or process -- Suggest Fog Seals(product) and Fog Seals (process) We already have similar terms in this family of concepts. Completely disagree with MK as he misses the point. OK
Geofoam   I believe, based on use, that this term is needed AE: Agree - Decline TEMP PARK for Q2 2010; add as PT; seems to be emerging term (appears frequently in recent years and subject of TRR paper in 2006)
Heavy vehicle simulators     AE: Agree - Decline PARK--pavement testing;  more research needed on how to capture the idea of pavement testing in the TRT -- good MK question; http://www.dynatest.com/pdf/HVS.pdf for more background from PRB
High occupancy crosswalks       OK
Indium     AE: Agree - Decline OK-treat as a proper noun
Intelligent compaction     AE: Agree - Decline  OK
Jughandle intersections     AE: Agree - Decline  OK
Magnetoresistive sensors Provider: Paul Burley; Verification Code: Term 1 Name: magnetoresistive sensors Comments about Term 1: Citation: In-situ vehicle classification using an ILD and a magnetoresistive sensor array : final report / prepared by Stanley G. Burns. Minneapolis, Minn. : Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, [2009]. p. 6: magnetoresistance is the property of some materials to lose or gain electrical resistance under the influence of an external magnetic field ... p. 9 magnetoresistive sensor is an active sensor ... typically set up as a threshold sensor system for traffic management applications -- 11 items found in abstracts of UC PATH records   AE: Agree - Decline OK
Methyl ether LC Control Number: sh 85084420 (Methyl ether) Also: DME; dimethyl ether Alternate fuel for vehicles and cure for warts see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_ether  Suggested NOTN: Rbcgrbpm (BT: Ethers); covered by heading "alternative fuels"; Not enough literary warrant suggest parking this heading. Term (either Methyl ether or dimethyl ether) seems of current interest in association with fuels. AE: Agree -Decline OK
OHLE Provider: Paul Burley ; OHLE USE Overhead utility lines (Pmptmp) Tram builders go to ground to find business / by Neil Pulling. Tramways & urban transit, v. 72, no. 860 (Aug. 2009), p. 300-303. ...early tramways were not troubled by overhead line equipment (OHLE)... NTL-Not enough literary warrant; Acronym to Overhead line equipment   AE: Agree - Decline OK- NTL look into "contact wires" concept in TRT to make modally agnostic; put in Facilities facet (Pm)
Overhead line equipment Provider: Paul Burley -- Comments about Term 2: overhead line equipment USE Overhead utility lines (Pmptmp) Tram builders go to ground to find business / by Neil Pulling. Tramways & urban transit, v. 72, no. 860 (Aug. 2009), p. 300-303. ...early tramways were not troubled by overhead line equipment... NTL--Not enough literary warrant; OHLE is the acronym   AE: Agree - Decline OK- NTL look into "contact wires" concept in TRT to make modally agnostic; put in Facilities facet (Pm)
Overhead power supply Non-Preferred Term Provider: Paul Burley -- Comments about Term 1: overhead power supply USE Overhead utility lines (Pmptmp) Tram builders go to ground to find business / by Neil Pulling. Tramways & urban transit, v. 72, no. 860 (Aug. 2009), p. 300-303. ...it seems a light rail vehicle that can run independently of overhead power supply... NTL--Not enough literary warrant   AE: Agree - Decline OK- NTL look into "contact wires" concept in TRT to make modally agnostic; put in Facilities facet (Pm)
Recycled asphalt pavements Submitted by Nancy Choudhry. Pluralized by MK and merged with other almost-identical terms 8/18/09. This information could easily be retrieved by searching: Asphalt pavements AND Recycling. Someone check to see if this is as common an expression as "pavement design" and therefore should be added. NTL--precoordinated term; not used enough (147 times in abstract in TRIS) to break a rule   AE: Agree - Decline TEMP PARK-"recycled asphalt" a better term?; term would probably be used if it was available
Reptiles NTL-- not enough literary warrant; if committee wants to round out the categeory, suggest notation of: Jcbtve   AE: Agree - Decline OK
Runway excursions     AE: Agree - Decline OK
Towered airports  NTL-- Not enough literary warrant   AE: Agree - Decline OK--do the same as "non-towered" airports
Very high performance concrete  NTL -- not enough literary warrant; High performance concrete is an adequate term; also called Ultra-high   AE: Agree - Decline OK

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