For Immediate Release

For more information contact:
Steve Kratzer
Marketing and Business Development Representative
steve.kratzer@optimabus.com
316-779-7700 ext. 344

Memphis Area Transit Orders Opus Buses

Wichita, KS – October 12, 2005 – The Memphis Area Transit Authority awarded a contract to Optima Bus Corporation to purchase 12 under 30' low-floor Opus buses. Delivery of the buses will be completed before 2005 year end.

"These buses will be used for MATA's demand-response paratransit service known as MATAPlus, which is used for service for the disabled," said William Hudson Jr., MATA's President/General Manager. "The buses will travel in all areas and during the same hours as MATA's fixed-route service."

Hudson also said that MATA chose to order the Opus because the bus met the transit authority's specifications and needs, and MATA evaluated Optima's proposal to be the best and most economically-priced submitted proposal.

Optima Bus Corporation "transit tough" products - the revolutionary-designed Opus low-floor bus and nostalgic American Heritage Streetcar - have lived-up to their reputations with more than 165 Optima customers across the United States. For more information about Optima Bus Corporation, Opus low-floor bus, or the American Heritage Streetcar, contact Melissa Noftsger at (316) 779-7700 or visit www.optimabus.com.