TheScooterScoop

Salt Lake Tribune – Goodbye, gas guzzling: “More than 40 percent of U.S. consumers say their next car must get at least 30 miles per gallon, including 15 percent who won’t settle for less than 40 miles per gallon, according to a recent survey by Autobytel.
In Utah, 56 percent of adults say recent increases in gas prices have prompted them to drive less and 8 percent have increased their use of mass transit, according to a Salt Lake Tribune poll conducted last week.
‘In the past year, I have received more phone calls and more e-mails and more queries than I’ve ever had before,’ says Beverly Miller, director of the Utah Clean Cities Coalition, a nonprofit that has promoted the use of clean-fuel cars for almost 10 years…
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…Others are ditching cars entirely and turning to motorcycles or ultra-efficient scooters, such as Vespas and Ventos that get anywhere from 60 to 100 miles per gallon, depending on their size. Salt Lake dealers Vespa Utah and Eco Moto both reported doubling their sales in May, each selling about 50 scooters during the month.
“Mileage is the first question most people ask,” says Layne Latham, sales manager at Vespa Utah. “It used to be, ‘How fast does it go?’ Buying a scooter has become a lot easier to justify when you can save that much money on gas.”