Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
Heck, the roads I ride on are between bedroom communities in SE Michigan, they're not even the desolate roads of the west, and I'm absolutely THRILLED that they're actually repaving some of the roads here that are so horrible that there's actually not even a single path through the lane that doesn't hit a hole or a patch. The thought of a shoulder too is like an unreachable dream.
Remember, as the road conditions improve for a cyclist, they usually improve for motorists as well, as a cyclist's travel speed ability goes up, so does the motorist's, and generally the speed increases are not linear, since motorists only have to push the accelerator pedal just slightly more.