Letter Advocates for Zipper Merge Traffic Practice at Buckley Bay Ferry Off-Ramp

infrastructure · Buckley Bay ferry off-ramp

A letter to the editor promotes the zipper merge method to improve traffic flow and safety at the Buckley Bay ferry off-ramp. The letter cites studies and examples from other jurisdictions supporting the practice and calls for adoption to reduce congestion and driver frustration.

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• “Here is a fuller piece... which I hope will help convince people to stop lining up in single file when coming off the ferry at Buckley Bay... The zipper merge works by simply having drivers delay their merge until the lane has come to an end... The zipper merge might even be faster.” — The Islands Grapevine – August 22nd, 2019 (August 22nd, 2019)

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