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January 11, 2006

S.O.R.T.A. BOARD NAMES 2006 LEADERSHIP

CINCINNATI -- Lamont Taylor has been elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA). SORTA operates the Metro and Access public transportation services in Greater Cincinnati.

Mr. Taylor is Employee Relations Representative for Frisch’s Inc./Golden Corral Franchise, handling employee relations and non-exempt recruitment for Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. He has been actively involved in many community issues and organizations, and his honors include the Business Courier’s 40 Under Forty class of 2004 and Hamilton County Community Action Agency's 2004 Bridge Builder Award.

Stephan Louis was elected as Vice Chairman of the Board and will serve also as SORTA’s representative on the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments Board.

Dan Peters will chair the board’s Planning & Development Committee.

SORTA employs approximately 900 people and operates 490 Metro fixed-route buses and 53 Access paratransit buses, providing approximately 22 million rides per year to passengers in the Cincinnati area.

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