Ev Archive for April 2000

[M Bianchi <mbianchi@Foveal.com>]

~s NATdS Report #2: Dates/Highlights/Route

It's a long standing tradition that on even-numbered years the NESEA
American Tour de Sol visits major population centers.  Here is the
event in considerable detail, largely lifted from the web page
     http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tds00route.html

Your's truly will be along, interviewing the teams and also acting as
announcer during the event.  If you see a heavy-set guy with a beard
that's going white and and a head that's going bald who's always
talking into a microphone, that's likely to be me.  Stop by and say
Hi.


The NESEA America Tour de Sol Itinerary

     2000 NESEA American Tour de Sol
     New York City - Washington, DC
     May 12 throurgh 19, 2000 --- It's Clean Air Week!!


May 11-12, New York City

                         SAE/NESEA CONFERENCE
        Hybrid-Electric Vehicles in the Bus and Truck Markets:
           New Ways of Building Better Heavy-Duty Vehicles

This conference will attract over 150 key stakeholders from around the
world involved in creating, marketing, testing, regulating and using
heavy-duty hybrid-electric vehicles.  Hybrid-electric technologies
blend new technologies that produce heavy-duty vehicles with
extraordinary capabilities, including fuel economy and low emissions.
But in order to reap these benefits, the benefits must be
quantifiable, certification processes must be in place, users must ask
for these vehicles, and manufacturers must produce these vehicles.
Presentations, panel discussions, poster sessions and a trip to the
NESEA Tour makes this conference a "must attend" for people involved
with air quality and transportation technologies.


Highlights:

EVENTS AND PARTERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES:

More businesses, agencies, organizations and individuals are involved
in the local steering committees than ever before.  Two Clean Cities
seminars which will attract agencies and private companies that need
to buy clean vehicles for their fleets, a renewable energy expo, and a
seminar on renewable energy will be held along with the NESEA Tour
this year.  In addition, teacher workshops held in March will
encourage educators to bring their students on a field trip to the
NESEA Tour.


NEW YORK CITY: May 12-14

Bringing the NESEA Tour to the Big Apple is always exhilarating.  We
will hold a display on Friday at the New York Hall of Science for
young people and professionals.  The Environmental Business
Association of NYS is taking the lead on a Clean Cities seminar, which
will draw fleet customers.  Professionals attending the SAE/NESEA
Hybrid Vehicle Conference will join us, and our partnership with the
NY Hall of Science will help us attract hundreds of students.  Our
weekend event will be at the South Street Seaport, a lively commercial
shopping center with many ethnic eateries in lower Manhattan
overlooking the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge.  Test drives,
music, and technical testing of the vehicles will attract thousands of
people.  Special thanks needs to go to the many NY agencies who are
sponsors and partners of this gala affair, especially the NYC
Department of Transportation, the NYS Department of Environmental
Conservation, the New York Power Authority, and the New York State
Energy Research and Development Authority.


NEW JERSEY: May 15-16

NJ Governor Christine Whitman, the NJ Department of Transportation,
the Pace Energy Project, and the Trenton planning committee have taken
the lead to make the New Jersey portion of the NESEA Tour very
special.  On Monday, May 15, an event will be held in downtown Trenton
that will include the NESEA Tour, the Pace Clean Power 2000 Expo, and
a seminar offered by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, and the
NJ Office of Sustainable Business.  The planning committee is working
with NESEA to reach out to legislators, business people, state
agencies, and young people.  Food, music, and test drives will all be
used to attract thousands of people to this first-time event for
Trenton.  There will also be a display for students at the Grover
Middle School, and a school just south of Trenton.


MARYLAND: May 16-17

W. L. Gore & Associates and Chesapeake City have joined NESEA to
create a very special event in this picturesque community on the
historic Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.  On Tuesday, May 16, an event
for the whole community that features electric car and boat exhibits,
food, music, and test drives will go into the evening.  Entrants will
be competing in a special range event, held on route 301, as well as
participating in a talent show!  A partnership with the Maryland State
agencies will make the Wednesday, May 17 event at Sandy Point State
Park, near Annapolis, MD, a great educational resource.  The
Department of the Environment is taking the lead on outreach to
students, while the Department of Energy Administration is organizing
a Clean Cities seminar.  Seminar participants will come to the NESEA
Tour for test drives, while students will visit the cars and special
exhibits.  In the afternoon, NESEA Tour entrants will compete in
events that will test the acceleration and handling capabilities of
their vehicles.


WASHINGTON, DC: May 18-19

Washington, DC, home of the U.S. Department of Energy, title sponsor
of the event, will host our finish-line and awards ceremonies.  The
Capital Building is a beautiful back-drop to our Thursday, May 18
event, which will attract legislators, decision makers and students.
We will all celebrate and top placers will receive trophies.  A Junior
Solar Sprint competition for middle school students will also be held.
The official Awards Ceremony will be held on Friday, May 19 at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel in Virginia.


Friday, May 12

QUEENS, NY - New York Hall of Science, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
 For directions to New York Hall of Science call 718-699-0675
     ** Test Drives & Display: 9:00-am-3:00pm.
     ** Technical Testing & Registration: 9:00am-3:00pm

Saturday, May 13

NEW YORK CITY - South Street Seaport, lower Manhattan
 For directions to the South Street Seaport call 212-732-7678x5
     ** Test Drives & Display: 10:00am to 6:00pm.
     ** Technical Testing on Water Street: 9:00am-6:00pm

Sunday, May 14

NEW YORK CITY - South Street Seaport, lower Manhattan
 For directions to the South Street Seaport call 212-732-7678x5
     ** Test Drives & Display: 10:00am to 2:30pm
     ** Technical Testing on Water Street: 9:30am-12:30pm

Route:
     Vehicles will leave South Street Seaport at 2:30pm
     by taking left onto Peck Slip,
     left onto Pearl St,
     right onto Fulton St.,
     right onto Gold St, left onto Beekman St,
     right onto Park Row; then over the Booklyn Bridge,
     straight onto Adams St which turns into Borerum St.,
     right onto Bergen St,
     left onto Court St.,
     left onto Union St.,
     right onto 6th Ave.,
     left onto 20th St.,
     right onto McDonald St,
     right onto the Fort Hamilton Parkway to Rt 278W
     over the Verrazano Narrows Bridge then right onto Narrows Rd N.,
     exit onto Richmond Rd.,
     left onto Arthur Kill Rd.,
     onto the Korean War Veteran Parkway & left onto Rt 35S.
     From Rt 35S take Rt. 9S,
     exit onto Raritan Rd,
     Right onto CR 535W.
     This Road runs thru S. Amboy, Parlin, Sayreville, South River,
          East Brunswick, Cranbury, and East Windsor into
     West Windsor, NJ, and the Grover Middle School

Monday, May 15

West Windsor, NJ, to Trenton NJ to Southern, NJ

West Windsor: Display for Grover Middle School Students: 7:45am to
10:00am

TRENTON, NJ - New Jersey State Museum, State Street
 For directions to the New Jersey State Museum & Library call
609-292-6464 ext 1
     ** Test Drives & Vehicle Display: 10:00am - 3:00pm
     ** Pace Clean Energy 2000 Expo: 10:00am - 3:00pm
     ** Media Event/ Governor Whitman,
          honorary chair of the event(invited):12:20
     ** Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Seminars: 9:00am -
12:00pm

Route:
     Vehicles will leave Grover Middle School at 10:00am and
     drive to the Trenton, NJ, event via Rt 535.

     Vehicles will leave Trenton at 3:00pm and
     drive on Rt 206S thru White Horse, Mansfield Square, & Columbus.
     At Chambers Corners take Rt 537W thru Mount Holly,
     take left onto Rt 674W thru Mt.  Laurel, Evesboro;
     left onto Springdale Rd to Rt 534W thru Blackwood
     to our overnight stop.


Tuesday, May 16

Southern, NJ to Chesapeake City, MD

CHESAPEAKE CITY, MD - Downtown
 For directions call 410-392-3833
     ** Test Drives & Display: 11:30am - 7:00pm

     Range Event starts: 1:30pm
     Talent Show: 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Route:
     Vehicles will leave our overnight stop at 10:00 am on Sewell Rd.,
     go thru the towns of Sewell & Barnsboro.
     Sewell Rd turns into Breakneck Rd.
     Take left onto Rt45W past Mullica Hill & Woodstown.
     Take right onto Hainsneck Rd,
     take right onto CR 540,
     left onto Rt 130S,
     right onto I295W & cross the Delaware Memorial Bridge.
     Get onto Rt 9S.
     Go thru Collins Park & St.  Georges.
     In Kirkwood take left onto Rt 71S to 301S
     to Rt 15W to Rt 286W into Chesapeake City, MD.


Wednesday, May 17

Chesapeake City, MD to Sandy Point State Park, MD

SANDY POINT STATE PARK, MD

 Directions to Sandy Point State Park: Take Exit 32 on Rt 50 east of
Annapolis
     ** Test Drives & Display: 10:00am - 4:00pm
     ** Autocross event: 1:30pm - 4:00pm
     ** Seminar: "Advancing the AFV Choice": 9:00am - 12:30pm

Route:
     Vehicles will leave Chesapeake City, MD, at 10:00am via
     Rt 286S to Rt 213S thru Cayots, Cecilton, & Georgetown.
     At Gelena take Rt 290S thru Chesterville & Crumpton to Rt 544W.
     At Kingstown take Rt 213S thru Church Hill,
     Starky Corner & Centerville,
     then take Rt 18W.
     Drive thru Graysonville & Chester;
     get onto Rt 50E, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, to
     Sandy Point State Park, MD.


Thursday, May 18

Sandy Point State Park to Washington D.C.

WASHINGTON, DC - East of the Capitol Building (tba)
     ** Test Drives & Display: 10:00am - 3:00pm
     ** Finish Line Media Event: 1:30pm (tentative)
     ** Junior Solar Sprint competiton: 11:00am - 12:30pm

Route:
     Vehicles will leave Sandy Point State Park at 9:00 am
     via Rt 179W & pass thru Historic Annapolis.
     Take 665W then to Rt 214W thru Hall, Kolbes Corner & Largo
     into D.C.


Friday, May 19

Awards Ceremony and Brunch: 10:00am - 11:30am (by invitation only)



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