A recent column by Steve Sebelius, along with recent letters to the editor, have argued that using a zipper pattern to merge two lanes isn’t the proper way to merge. This belief appears unique to this ...

I read with great interest your Thursdaay story about the coming of the “Big Squeeze” on U.S. Highway 95 (“‘The Big Squeeze’ a big hurt”). What an opportunity to teach and encourage the use of the ...

Traffic is brutal in our much-loved, Helene-ravaged mountains. We have a lot of roadwork happening, thankfully. Along with the repairs come road blockages. So here is a much-needed reminder on merging ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. As with every summer, road construction season has commenced. Traffic on North 19th Avenue is ...

We are familiar with the zipper principle when two lanes are attempting to merge on a highway. One often sees some vehicles jacking for position to resist the interposition of someone else coming into ...

Minnesotans are notoriously bad practitioners of the zipper merge. Rather than using two full lanes until it is finally time to merge, something about the collective Minnesota mindset resents the ...

I read with enthusiasm the article about zipper merging and how much more effective this is when faced with lane closures on busy thoroughfares like the E.C. Row Expressway. How exciting to expect ...