Talk:Maryland State Highway Administration
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[edit] MDSHA and MSHA Abbreviations
I saw you undid my "MSHA" edit. Just wanted to let you know that I have never seen anyone use the "D". Formally, we are MSHA; and informally we are SHA. Just let me know your reasoning if you feel it is necessary to include MDSHA. --Thisisbossi 20:35, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
- I saw "MDSHA" in the title bar at the SHA's website, but since you work for them I guess you would know better than me, thanks. -Jeff (talk) 02:33, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
- I stand corrected: shows how often I use our own website! In that case, it seems that it's all equally acceptable. You made the article, so I'll leave it alone from now on. Cheers! --Thisisbossi 02:59, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Original Research
69.140.173.15 recently tagged some of my edits as original research, and I must regrettably agree with the tag. Therefore I have taken the initiative to remove the material because I know quite well that I will likely not find any documents to verify such which I could post a link to. Also, considering the grand scheme of this article, it wasn't particularly relevant, either -- really just more of an interesting bit of trivia (and of course Wikipedia is not a repository for trivia). I include the information here, however, should anyone ever find it of any use:
However, the method of signal timing differs between Montgomery County and the rest of the State. Whereas the State attempts to equally proportion greentime to all traffic movements, Montgomery County typically assigns a much larger amount of greentime to the major street movements and, consequently, considerably less time to the minor street movements. The opinion is that delay accrued whilst waiting to enter onto the mainline will be compensated by the time saved in the improved flow along the major roadway. At this time, there is no conclusive evidence to indicate whether this timing's overall impact on users is better, worse, or equal to the State's timing method.
- I regret that you had to remove this material. Though it is clear that Montgomery County assigns larger greentime to major street movements, I never knew that the State (outside Montgomery County) apportions the greentime equally amongst all movements at each state highway intersection. The information in question tends to add character to the article as well as, in my opinion, to make it more encylopædic. By flagging the material I was hoping to get the underlying citation, rather than to learn that it was actual true original research. 69.140.173.15 06:16, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Also, thanks to that same anon for spotting an error in my phrasing. While OOTS is very-closely linked to the Districts -- moreso than with the SHA headquarters -- there is no defined organisational level that specifically places OOTS in charge of the Districts. This can be verified via the organisational information on the SHA website. --Thisisbossi 06:00, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
