Rails to Trails from Muncie: Mile 80-100, Cardinal Greenway

Our first-ever Indiana Rails to Trails ride took us to the Cardinal Greenway, a planned 140-plus miles following abandoned Chessie System (Chesapeake and Ohio, now CSX) tracks. As of this writing, the trail reaches 65 miles from mile marker 62 in Richmond to 127 in Marion. We started in Muncie's Mansfield Park, just north of Mile Marker 100, and traveled south to 80.5, a tad short of the little village of Economy.

What Cyclists Wish Drivers Knew Number 2: The Math of Safe Passage

As a road cyclist who travels country roads and city streets almost every time I leave the house, I'm justifiably concerned about impatient drivers who endanger me, not to mention themselves, because they're determind to get on down the road. So what's your hurry, folks? Is the time you save by zipping past eighteen inches from my elbow (instead of waiting to pass safely) worth it? I thought this might be a good time to take a look at some simple math to see how much time you save by your maneuver.