"Midtown bike storage-repair center"

http://www.minnpost.com/dailyglean/
It's an obvious but nicely told story: with high gas prices, local
scooter sales are up 250 percent, Bob at Scooterville tells WCCO's
Esme Murphy. Nice rundown of scooter velocities (30 mph, no
motorcycle license needed, on up) and gas mileage (100 mpg in some
cases). Low-go scooters can park at bike racks. Prices start at
$1,800. If you drove 4,000 miles between the snows, and ditch your 20
mpg car for a 100 mpg scooter, you'll save $550 in gas this year.

The scooter saga dovetails nicely with this Strib story about
Minneapolis becoming bike-friendlier. Nine hundred grand from the
feds will restripe 33 miles of lanes, extend four city bikeways and
add a Midtown bike storage-repair center and lots of racks. Some will
complain the near-million doesn't go to roads, but non-oil
transportation options are looking kinda smart these days.

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