In retrospect I could have handled the situation better, but at that time I was pretty frazzled (never encountered a driver like this before and didn't immediately recognize how dangerous the situation was) and righteously indignant (so I didn't want to stop as that would have been letting him "win"--obviously it's not much of a win if he runs me over). While this was happening it really didn't matter what I did--the driver was going to keep harassing me, whether I was in front of him or behind him. When I was biking behind him he was deliberately slowing down in front of me while honking the entire time. He kept waiting for me at stop signs, so he wouldn't have budged if I had stopped behind his car. This whole incident was pretty terrifying. Now, of course, I realize the correct thing to do would have been to stop, get off the road, and just let the whackjob go.

Anyways, commute was much better today, and I hit a ton of green lights on the way back which is always fun. I've noticed that today I was much more paranoid about cars behind me (part of me is still waiting for the whackjob to come back) but I expect that will fade away with time and anyways, a bit of paranoia is healthy. I've been biking to a shuttle stop, but eventually as I get in better shape and become more confident with urban cycling I want to bike all the way to work (about 16 miles one way) at least once a week.