An unfortunate situation all around. I definitely don't blame the cyclist, though of course it'd be better if the root cause was solved, which is absolutely awf

An unfortunate situation all around. I definitely don't blame the cyclist, though of course it'd be better if the root cause was solved, which is absolutely awful bike infrastructure in most of the US. A place where biking is extremely common due to widespread, high-quality bike infrastructure is one where drivers feeling entitled/compelled to attack cyclists with their car is rather unlikely to happen. I've biked in different parts of the US, as well as a few different places in Europe. Biking in Copenhagen or Amsterdam, there's an absence of hostility that you feel (or don't feel, I suppose); the hostility is almost omnipresent in the states, except when you're biking on an off-street path. The overall street design feels hostile to your presence, and it seems like many drivers are sort of keyed into that. Few are actively hostile towards you, to be sure, it's not like they're thirsting for cyclist blood, but they're commonly neglectful, because the bike does really present as an intruder on a car-dominated street, like a person who just stepped off the sidewalk at a random place and strode across heavy traffic.