Exhibit 99.1

                DRI Corporation Notes U.S. House Passes
 FY 2008 Transportation Appropriations Bill with 8.4 Percent Increase
                          over FY 2007 Level


    DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2007--DRI Corporation (DRI)
(NASDAQ: TBUS), a digital communications technology leader in the
domestic and international surface transportation and transit security
markets, noted today that, according to the American Public
Transportation Association (APTA), the U.S. House of Representatives
recently approved the fiscal year 2008 Transportation, Housing and
Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill in a
268-153 vote.

    "APTA said the bill provides $9.731 billion for federal transit
programs in fiscal year 2008, the full amount authorized in the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). If enacted, the amount would be an
increase of $756.1 million, or 8.4 percent, over the fiscal year 2007
enacted level. This proposed increase indicates that Congress
understands the long-term need to significantly increase federal
support to improve the mobility of millions of Americans. Such funding
increases tend to drive transit market spending and create additional
demand for DRI's transit communications equipment," David L. Turney,
the Company's Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, said.

    According to APTA, the Senate's consideration of the fiscal year
2008 appropriations bill is progressing at a slower pace, but it also
contains increases only slightly less than approved by the House. The
Senate Appropriations Committee bill contains $9.597 billion for
transit in fiscal year 2008.

    APTA said it is likely that the measures may become part of a
larger omnibus spending package at the end of the current session.
Congress will reconvene after the Labor Day holiday on Sept. 4, 2007.

    ABOUT APTA

    APTA is a nonprofit international association of 1,600 member
organizations including public transportation systems; planning,
design, construction and finance firms; product and service providers;
academic institutions; and state associations and departments of
transportation. APTA members serve the public interest by providing
safe, efficient and economical public transportation services and
products. APTA members serve more than 90 percent of persons using
public transportation in the U.S. and Canada.

    ABOUT THE COMPANY

    DRI is a digital communications technology leader in the domestic
and international public transportation and transit security markets.
Our products include: TwinVision(R) and Mobitec(R) electronic
destination sign systems, Talking Bus(R) voice announcement systems,
Digital Recorders(R) Internet-based passenger information and
automatic vehicle location/monitoring systems, and VacTell(TM) video
actionable intelligence systems. Our products help increase the
mobility, flow, safety, and security of people who rely upon
transportation infrastructure around the globe. Using proprietary
hardware and software applications, our products provide
easy-to-understand, real-time information that assists users and
operators of transit bus and rail vehicles in locating, identifying,
boarding, tracking, scheduling, and managing those vehicles. Our
products also aid transit vehicle operators in their quest to increase
ridership and reduce fuel consumption, as well as to identify and
mitigate security risks on transit vehicles. Positioned not only to
serve and address mobility, energy conservation, and environmental
concerns, our products also serve the growing U.S. Homeland Security
market. For more information about the Company and its operations
worldwide, go to www.digrec.com.

    FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

    This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
including without limitation, statements about the likelihood of the
passage of any proposed federal legislation, the potential benefits to
the Company if such legislation is enacted into law, statements
relating to what the proposed legislation may reveal about
Congressional intentions or future trends in the transit market,
statements about how such trends may increase spending in the transit
market and potentially increase market demand for the Company's
products and services, as well as any statements which use words such
as "expect," "fully expect," "expected," "appears," "believe," "plan,"
"anticipate," "would," "goal," "potential," "potentially," "range,"
"pursuit," "run rate," "stronger," or "preliminarily." Such
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties,
including without limitation, risks that the proposed legislation is
not enacted into law or enacted in such a way that may not achieve the
results the Company currently anticipates, risk that the enaction of
such legislation does not result in the anticipated benefits to the
mass transit industry or the Company, risks that the proposed
legislation does not accurately predict Congressional intent or
indicate a future trend in the mass transit industry, as well as other
risks and uncertainties set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed March 28, 2007, particularly those identified in Risk Factors
Affecting Our Business, as those risk factors are amended and
supplemented by our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. There can be no
assurance that any expectation, express or implied, in a
forward-looking statement will prove correct or that the contemplated
event or result will occur as anticipated.


    CONTACT: Veronica B. Marks
             Manager, Corporate Communications
             DRI Corporation
             Phone: (214) 378-4776
             Fax: (214) 378-8437
             E-Mail: veronicam@digrec.com