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Sun Tran to Provide Riders with Advanced Web-based Traveler Information

Tucson area riders to plan trips and access schedule information online with solution powered by Trapeze.

DALLAS, TEXAS, September 27, 2005 – At the International Public Transportation Expo in Dallas, Sun Tran today announced that it will soon be providing its riders with an advanced Web-based traveler information solution powered by Trapeze Group, a provider of solutions to support, build and manage better passenger transport.

Sun Tran is the primary provider of public transportation in the Tucson Metropolitan area. The organization serves up to 60,000 riders every day servicing a 226 square mile service area. Using the Trapeze solution, Tucson area passengers will soon be able to plan trips and access schedule and next bus information as well as print itineraries from the Sun Tran Web site at www.suntran.com.

“Building loyal ridership often depends on how easily customers can access and use information about your service,” commented George G. Caria, Sun Tran’s General Manager.“We recognized the need to provide our riders with better ways to access transit information. By implementing a Trapeze Web-based solution, we can begin providing better access to transit information anytime, anywhere. We expect this to help relieve pressure on our customer service center while providing superior service to our community.”

More than 40 agencies across North America and Europe are already using Trapeze Traveler Information solutions in their operations to deliver schedule and trip planning information through a variety of media including call centers, Web sites, automated phone (IVR) systems and wireless devices. Attendees of the International Public Transportation Expo (EXPO 2005) can see these solutions in action, as well as other Trapeze solutions that consider the full 360 degrees of transport, at Booth 4535 at the Dallas Convention Center.

About Sun Tran
Sun Tran owned and operated by the City of Tucson and managed by Professional Transit Management, Ltd. (PTM) provides regional service on 37 fixed routes with an active fleet of 189 buses. Sun Tran’s mission is to provide safe, well maintained and cost effective public transportation with a team of innovative and diverse employees, dedicated to our customers, the environment and the community. For more information, please visit www.suntran.com.

About Trapeze Group
Trapeze Group delivers solutions to support, build, and manage better passenger transport. An international company, Trapeze is focused on the unique needs of public and community transit, ridesharing, and medical and school transportation. With the industry’s most advanced software, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and mobile technologies, government and commercial organizations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific turn to Trapeze to help them strengthen efficiencies, increase ridership, improve service, and gain return-on-investment. For more information, please visit www.trapezegroup.com.

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For more information, please contact:
Kim Emmerson
Tel: 905-629-5297
kim.emmerson@trapezegroup.com