Drivers navigating metro Denver last year spent an average of 37 hours stuck in traffic congestion.
Metro Denver drivers endure heavy traffic along the Peña Boulevard leading to Denver International Airport on Aug. 8, 2023. New housing and commercial development around the airport led to congestion.
The increase here — up from 32 hours in 2022 and down from about 41 hours in 2019 — jibes with similar increases in large U.S. cities, where the average is 42 hours a year lost in traffic, costing the U.S. economy an estimated $70 billion. Metro Denver drivers devote nearly a work week a year to navigating traffic, and the INRIX analysis estimated the delays cost metro Denver $831 million a year and individual drivers $640.
Drivers adapt. Some turn to book recordings, podcasts and language study. This has led to rising concerns about distracted driving, a factor in Colorado’sMayor Mike Johnston says he’s trying to keep Denver from becoming San Francisco: “The stakes feel so high”
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