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 ...

To the editor — Good people of Terrace Heights. There is construction westbound on Terrace Heights Drive in front of the new Maverik gas station. They bring us down to a single lane on some days and ...

Re: the Oct. 29 column "When roadwork slows traffic, 'zipper merge' urged for drivers." The recent “zipper merge” column describes a procedure to reduce congestion associated with the Valencia/Kolb ...

Today I tried zipper merging into a construction area. It did not go well. I took the open lane up to the merge sign. As I attempted to alternate into the main flow I was cut off and heavily honked at ...