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Steve Kratzer
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Optima Bus Corporation Receives the Kansas Public Transit Association's 2006 Achievement Award

Wichita, KS – August 15, 2006 – On Tuesday, August 8, Optima Bus Corporation was awarded the Kansas Public Transit Association's 2006 Achievement Award at the KPTA annual public transit conference. The conference was held in Wichita, Kan. from August 7 to August 9.

Optima received the KPTA Achievement Award in recognition of the company's outstanding achievement in Kansas and throughout the nation.

"Everyone at Optima Bus Corporation is extremely proud to have received this award from KPTA," said Michael Monteferrante, Chief Executive Officer of Optima Bus Corporation. "We have experienced a record setting year, which includes building Opus buses for Chicago Transit Authority and Miami Dade Transit as well as Kansas-based transit authorities."

In 2006, Chicago Transit Authority will take delivery of 45 under 30' Opus Low-floor buses; Miami Dade Transit will take delivery of 72 newly designed streamlined Opus Low-floor buses; the University of Kansas, which is located in Lawrence, Kan., received five under 35' Opus buses; and Topeka Transit received four under 35' Opus buses.

Optima Bus Corporation's "transit tough" products - the revolutionary-designed Opus low-floor bus and nostalgic American Heritage Streetcar - have lived-up to their reputations with more than 180 Optima customers across the United States. For more information about Optima Bus Corporation, the Opus low-floor bus, or the American Heritage Streetcar, contact Melissa Noftsger at (316) 779-7700 or visit www.optimabus.com.