Traffic merges at East Holly and North Forest streets for construction in Bellingham in 2009. Most states encourage drivers to utilize the “zipper merge” and wait until reaching the cones to merge.

Crews began installing a new freeway zipper merge Friday.Three lanes will merge into two at the Hale and Zoo Interchanges.The northbound right lane of I-894 will close near National Avenue.Ramps onto ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — Merging ranks high on the list of things that make a driver anxious. So how good are we at it? According to a very small survey of drivers gassing up at Radio Cab in Northwest ...

Ask anyone who didn’t grow up in Washington about drivers in this state and you will hear an all-too-familiar theme. “People here don’t know how to merge.” Why is it that no one seems to understand ...

There’s a big change coming to the H-1 Freeway’s Zipper Lane. There will soon be two lanes instead of one. It cost the state about $1.5 million to do that, but transportation officials say it will ...

We've all been there. You're getting on a freeway, for example, during peak traffic. Next to you, a wall of cars prevents you from smoothly entering the freeway. You turn on your blinker, but to your ...