Biking to work in Minneapolis shot up last year to rank the city in a virtual tie for tops among big U.S. cities–and that’s before $4 gas.
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ANALYSIS
"City government is just getting geared up. We’re starting to do a lot more stuff. People just really want to get out and bike here for environmental reasons, gas prices and health. This is largely a grass-roots community thing. But it doesn’t hurt that we have lots of facilities." — Shaun Murphy, Minneapolis’ non-motorized transportation coordinator.
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