EASTON COACH COMPANY LAUNCHES 
PHILADELPHIA OPERATION

For Immediate Release - EASTON, Pennsylvania – December 1, 2006 – Today, Easton Coach Company commenced services in the Philadelphia marketplace.

Through an affiliate, Pennsylvania Transit Company, Easton Coach now provides non-emergency ground transportation services to eligible Medicaid participants in the County of Philadelphia for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (“DPW”) under a contract with LogistiCare Solutions, LLC, a transportation broker coordinating this service for the DPW. LogistiCare, founded in 1994, coordinates more than 14 million trips for more than 7 million people nationwide and employees 950 people at 30 locations throughout the country.

Under the new three year contract, Easton Coach will utilize 35 vehicles and employ nearly 90 people in the Philadelphia operation to deliver up to 1,200 scheduled trips per day.

About Easton Coach Company

Easton Coach Company employs 500 people in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and runs 275 vehicles in seven locations including its headquarters in Easton, Pennsylvania.  It operates a fleet of 29 motorcoaches and ten trolleys and minibuses in addition to running transit and paratransit contracts in the Lehigh Valley, Berks County, Carbon County, Hazleton, Philadelphia, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and now in Harrisburg.  Easton Coach has been in existence since 1984 and was most recently incorporated as Easton Coach Company in 2002.  Easton Coach is a member of the American Bus Association, the United Motorcoach Association, the National Tour Association, the Pennsylvania Bus Association and the Pennsylvania Public Transportation Association.  The Company is also a long-time member of the Two Rivers Area Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Easton Coach is affiliated through common ownership with Smith System Driver Improvement Institute, Inc., an international leader in professional driver training, and Cryogenic Transportation, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based trucking company specializing in the carriage of compressed industrial gases. Easton Coach is owned by David M. Boucher, John McFadden, Joe Scott and Mark Glatz.  Mr. Boucher is Chairman of Easton Coach, Smith and Cryogenic.

For more information about Easton Coach Company, visit www.eastoncoach.com. ###

Contact Person:
Joe Scott President & CEO
Easton Coach Company
(610) 253-4055
jscott@eastoncoach.com