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New England 's Alternative Transportation Festival—AltWheels

Friday July 18th  and Saturday July 19th

Larz Anderson Museum of Transportation, Brookline MA

Join us for New England 's largest annual Alternative Transportation Festival at the Larz Anderson Museum of Transportation in Brookline July 18 & 19th.  There will be a lawn show with a full range of electric, hybrid, fuel cell, compressed natural gas, vegetable oil, solar and other types of vehicles from a full range of manufacturers. Attendees can get $500 discount on Prius and $500-$1200 discount on Honda vehicles.  Activities for kids.  Plus, panels on a full range of alternative transportation topics with leading thinkers and plenty of chances to participate in workshops and collaborative learning.

All fuel efficient vehicles including bikes, segways, rollerblades, motorized scooters are included.  There will be prizes awarded for best in class in a number of categories as well as interesting talks exploring transportation and vehicle choices of the future, explorations of what different towns are doing in terms of fleet conversion, workshops on fuel conversion, art cars, Segway rides, and much more.   Larz Anderson Museum of Transportation 15 Newton St , Brookline , MA . Massport Natural Gas Fueled buses available to provide transportation from Porter Square on red line and from Reservoir T stop on green line.  Check www.altwheels.org web site for details or email info@altwheels.org. Admission to the event is $5/person.  Kids under 12 free.  If you have an alternative vehicle please bring it (hybrid, electric, bike, segway, solar, vegetable oil, CNG or more) and come meet other owners.

Information and Directions: http://www.mot.org/Info/directions.html.

For information on the event or to enter a vehicle please call Alison Sander at 617-868-1582 or email info@altwheels.org.  Also check out the web site at www.AltWheels.org.

Volunteers are being sought for both days of the event and will receive free admission.  Volunteer meeting at the Larz Anderson Museum of Transportation Tuesday night July 15^th from 6-7:30.

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