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Hornblower Cruises CEO proposes high-speed ferries as alternative to freeway gridlock

KCBX | By Tom Wilmer
Published March 9, 2017 at 2:23 AM PST
Solar panels and windmills help to power the green Hybrid Alcatraz Clipper
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Hornblower Cruises CEO, Terry MacRae advocates for building a network of high-speed ferries to alleviate urban gridlock. Alcatraz Cruises launched its Hornblower Hybrid Fleet in 2009--the first hybrid ferry fleet in North America and one of the first in the world. The Hybrid Fleet uses power generated by ten?foot?tall wind turbines and photovoltaic solar arrays covering the awning on the top-decks.

Alcatraz Clipper part of Hornblower Cruises hybrid fleet docks at Pier 33 San Francisco
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Alcatraz Clipper part of Hornblower Cruises hybrid fleet docks at Pier 33 San Francisco

Terry MacCrae CEO Hornblower Cruises
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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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