Are Leftist Mayors of Big U. S. Cities Allowing Streets to Badly Deteriorate Purposefully to Discourage Driving?

Making the streets in cities safe to drive-on should be one of the top priorities of mayors, yet many of the big cities in the U. S. have potholes and other damage to major streets which cripple the cars of drivers unaware, so is this all leading up to the leftist green-head mayors saying just ride bicycles because on those it’s easier to avoid the potholes?