There's probably some places in the denver are like that. It's nuts around there. Traderjake, when you get your degree go beat some sense into them western engineering heads.
Yeah I have a cousin who lives in Denver telling me the same thing. However, Denver is special in that it has the mountains and the lack of a Bypass around the city. This makes for some pretty screwed up traffic.
PS- That signal tree is a work of art. How cool would it be though if it was real.