I can't personally address the pickleball issue, but felt that I should throw in my couple of cents' worth about winter traffic!
I've learned to assume that, when it takes me more than two minutes to get across Bailey Trail because of the car and golf cart traffic, it must be In Season!
When I first came here, I decided that a line of more than 20 cars at the light at Morse & Rio Grande, meant that it must be In Season!
Whatever the delays, they seem small compared to what I remember experiencing "up north" in St. Louis! :-)
SWR