Q: Could you explain the zipper merge for merging into construction zones in Minnesota? Is it law or just a rule of thumb? The Minnesota Department of Transportation website explains some of this, but ...

Starting in early April, the New York State Department of Transportation will begin lane closures on Interstate 490 at the bridges over the Erie Canal and Kreag Road. The westbound on-ramp at Exit 27 ...

>> I FINALLY GOT IN AND SHE NEARLY COLLIDED WITH MY CAR. AND I WAS SO MAD. I YEEDLL AT HE I WAS LIKE, "YOU’RE BEING DANGEROUS, LEARN HOW TO ZIPPER MERGE." ALEX: IF YOU’RE STILL ON THE OUTSIDE ON WHAT ...

Question: I read your recent article about road construction and work zones. Can you talk about the zipper merge? It seems like a lot of people don’t know what it is or can’t figure it out. Thank you.

DENVER — Colorado drivers seem near universal in wanting the “zipper” to be an official logo of construction zones. Zipper merging is the concept of driving in a closing lane to the end before merging ...

Do you do the zipper merge? The zipper merge, in which you use up all the space in a lane that’s closing and then take turns merging in at the very end, is both safer and better for traffic flow, ...

This is in rebuttal to an Aug. 30 letter, “Proper road rules for merging.’’ This gentleman has written a perfect script for a lane closure traffic tie-up. In Pennsylvania, it doesn’t matter if the ...

There are permanent zipper merge opportunities on state highways and city streets. “If you had some kind of signage that was very explicit, so that you said something like, ‘zipper merge, use both ...

MINNEAPOLIS — For more than a decade, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has been working to educate Minnesota drivers about the benefits of the zipper merge, which is billed as a ...

We should all get in touch with the zipper. The zipper merge, that is! Get your mind out of the gutter, and onto the interstate. Not surprisingly, I apparently have been a bit of a dolt for not better ...