I always liked the idea of leaving roads in bad shape to discourage driving, but have discovered that a road that is little bumpy to a car is bone jarring to a cyclist without at least front shocks. I hate being on roads so bad I can't even take a hand off my bars to signal a turn. We also have roads that have potholes that could easily flip a cyclist over their handle bars at even low speeds--these same holes are hardly perceptable to cars so aren't fixed.
My city is also officially against traffic slowing devices, "excess" stop signs, and bike lanes. As result people can fly along even on back roads at 45mph for 15 blocks without having to so much as pay attention. Children getting hit crossing the road is a yearly occurence here, but apparently no cause for alarm as it is merely "the price of progress".
Clay