The Zipper law is one that requires quite a bit of education and cooperation among drivers. Here's what it means and why it finds resistance.

California drivers are well accustomed to rush-hour standstills and stop-and-go congestion. Why, then, isn't the zipper merge utilized as a traffic tool to speed things up? Zipper merging means ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – It’s construction season in Michigan, which means orange barrels, backups, and bad moods. To help with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Summer is prime time for construction in Washington state. With hundreds of construction projects scheduled across the state this ...

The Washington State Department of Transportation has hundreds of construction projects in the works. Cities and counties across Washington state are also planning roadwork projects over the spring ...

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 ...

See a "lane closed ahead" sign coming up? Your instinct might be to immediately and politely switch over to the open lane. You might look over in annoyance at the car zooming past in the ...

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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Rapid growth in the area, such as the recent announcement of Apple opening a headquarters here, is leading to what we're calling a Triangle Transformation. In the coming months ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — From city streets to state highways, the gripe about merging on the roads is heard often. Oregon and Washington's departments of transportation want drivers to zipper merge to keep ...