I am also an ex. 55 year Denverite. I am doing a quick in and out next Wednesday-Thursday, around Arvada/Westy area. The traffic is horrendous anymore. 22 hour a day rush hour on I-25, I-70 and, of course, I-225. They actually only built that (I-225) as 2 lanes to begin with and as soon as they opened it up to traffic, they started to work on expanding. Great foresight!
Yikes!! 22 hour a day rush hour???
And, I thought Houston’s rush hours (usually 6 hours/day) was bad.
Heck, Denver even has Austin’s rush hour beat.