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

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:
ARLINGTON, VA- Crowne Plazaa Washington-National Airport
10:00 am - 12:30 am (by invitation only)

Highlights

Events and Partnerships 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.

SAE/NESEA CONFERENCE: May 11-12, NYC
Hybrid-Electric Vehicles in the Bus and Truck Markets: New Ways of Building Better Heavy-Duty Vehicles 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.