Starting in early April, the New York State Department of Transportation began lane closures on the Interstate 490 bridges over the Erie Canal and Kreag Road. Drivers going through the work zone are ...

Picture it: You're driving on the interstate when traffic slows because a lane is closed ahead. You merge over right away and patiently wait, and watch (perhaps with increasing annoyance) while a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- What's the proper way to merge when lanes are reduced in a construction zone, or when emergency vehicle block a lane? Move over early, well before the pinch point, right? Wrong. There ...

>> 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 ...

We've all been there. You're driving down a highway before coming across signs informing you of an upcoming work zone and that one lane will be closing soon. There are two schools of thought on what ...

Officials say misuse of the zipper merge was at the root of Friday's large accident on I-94. We spoke to drivers in the F-M area—and found many have the wrong idea about the right way to zipper merge.

Nothing attracts more comments about transportation than discussing the zipper merge. Drivers either love it or hate it. However, traffic engineers agree it is the best and safest way to merge in ...

Zooming past a long line of cars to merge just before the lane closes may seem impolite, but it’s actually more efficient, according to transportation officials. For several months this summer, ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- The zipper merge is supposed to be simple. Use both lanes and then merge just before two become one, coming together like the teeth of a zipper. That's when the Minnesota ...

From everyday questions to more complex problems, we’re asking the experts to lend us a hand. Throughout the series "Professional Help," we’ll hear some direct advice, for us not-so-direct Minnesotans ...

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 ...