Motorcycles are appealing for numerous reasons. Not only can they be exceptionally fuel-efficient compared to a car, but they can also be a really fun way to zip around town. Motorcycles' small sizes ...

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting.

The image is so familiar to any motorcycle lover who has been caught in traffic jam, constant lines of vehicles crawling or being absolutely immobile, the heat coming out of the asphalt, and that ...