THIS NEW CAR: Effectively Deploying Mass-Transit Facilities -- Interview with Former Amtrak Acting Chair Michael Dukakis -- Sunday on WICN/90.5 FM & WICN.org

    *This New Car*

*Exploring Transportation Alternatives
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<http://www.wicn.org/programs/thisnewcar/schedule.htm>

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  **December 17: Effectively Deploying Mass-Transit Facilities
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  An Interview with Michael Dukakis, Former Acting Chair of Amtrak*

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Worcester, MA --* On Sunday, December 17 from 9:30-10:30 p.m. (Eastern), 
WICN/90.5 FM, the NPR affiliate serving Central New England, will 
broadcast and webcast Episode 10 of "This New Car: Exploring 
Transportation Alternatives," a brand new 13-week, one hour special 
edition of /The Business Beat/. In "This New Car," Steve D'Agostino, 
host of /The Business Beat/ since 1995 and principal of Best Rate Of 
Climb <http://www.bestrateofclimb.com>, moderates a panel of experts. 
They are: Jim Dunn of the Center for Technology Commercialization 
<http://www.CTC.org>;* *Gilles Labelle of Westboro Toyota's Hybrid 
Center of Massachusetts <http://www.hybridcenterma.org>; and Craig Van 
Batenburg of the Automotive Career Development Center 
<http://www.auto-careers.org>.

In Episode 10, "This New Car" explores: Effectively Deploying 
Mass-Transit Facilities & Keeping Tolls on the Mass. Pike at Least Until 
That's Done. To hear a 1-minute 50-second audio clip of the December 17 
show, in MP3 format, visit Episode 10.
<http://www.bestrateofclimb.com/TNC23A.mp3>

To hear a 59-second audio clip, in MP3 format, of an interview with the 
special guest, Michael Dukakis, former acting chair of Amtrak, visit Q&A 
<http://www.bestrateofclimb.com/TNC23B.mp3>.


*Coming up on the new 13-week edition of "This New Car," now 1 hour long:*

    * *December 24:* The Fascination with Pick-up Trucks for Commuter
      Use & How Pick-ups Evolved Into SUVs
    * *December 31:* Adopting the Kyoto Protocols at the Local and State
      Levels.
    * *January 7:* Personal Impact of Owning an Individual Car or Truck.


To learn more about the show, visit This New Car. 
<http://www.wicn.org/programs/thisnewcar.htm>

The November 5, 2006 /USA Today/ contains an article on Prius sales, 
quoting "This New Car's" Gilles Labelle of the Hybrid Center of 
Massachusetts at Westboro Toyota, one of the largest hybrid centers in 
North America. To view the article, visit USA Today Article 
<http://www.bestrateofclimb.com/TNC-USATodayarticle-110506.htm>.

The Pure Energy Systems Network website contains a November 18, 2006 
article on global warming and new energy sources, quoting "This New 
Car's" Jim Dunn of the Center for Technology Comercialization. To view 
the article, visit Pure Energy Systems Article 
<http://www.bestrateofclimb.com/TNC-PESNetworkarticle-111806.htm>.

The Ford Motor Co. website contains Episode 24 of /Bold Moves,/ 
profiling Alison Sander's AltWheels Alternative Transportation Festival. 
To view the video, in MOV format, visit Bold Moves 
<http://www.fordboldmoves.com/>.

*"This New Car" is sponsored exclusively by*

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*Westboro Toyota <http://www.westborotoyota.com>*
*on Route 9 in Westboro*


To hear last month's /Business Beat///This New Car/ shows, in M3U 
format, hit this link, WICN Archive 
<http://www.wicn.org/programs/archive.htm>, and scroll down to the 
/Business Beat/ section. You can load the audio on iPods or other 
portable MP3 players. You can open MP3 podcasts with iTunes 
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<http://www.musicmatch.com>, Real Player <http://www.real.com>, WinAmp 
<http://www.winamp.com> and Windows Media Player 
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/>.

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