Exhibit 99.1

        DRI Corporation Notes Growth in U.S. Transit Ridership


    --  Approximately 2.6 Billion U.S. Transit Trips Taken in Second
        Quarter 2007

    --  More Than 5.0 Billion U.S. Transit Trips Taken During First
        Half of 2007

    --  DRI's Products Help to Improve Ridership, the Environment and
        Transit Security


    DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 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's (APTA) ridership report for second
quarter 2007, U.S. transit ridership increased at an accelerated rate
in the second quarter and more than 5.0 billion transit trips were
taken during the first half of 2007.

    "More people are choosing public transportation. According to
APTA, Americans took 78 million more trips using public transportation
during the first six months of 2007 than in the same period of 2006.
APTA also said that almost all modes of transportation posted
increases during the first six months of 2007. Increased transit
ridership potentially brings with it an increased demand for
transportation-related equipment in DRI's domestic market as we
together work toward lowered carbon emissions, an improved
environment, greater mobility, and passenger and fleet security. We
are excited to see these continued increases in U.S. transit
ridership, and believe that it feeds into DRI's growth plans," David
L. Turney, the Company's Chairman, President, and Chief Executive
Officer, said.

    Mr. Turney believes that, with the intense need to reduce the
consumption of fossil fuel and the need for imported oil, these
increases in U.S. transit ridership are an important development
toward "thinking and acting green" to help improve the environment.
"The roles our products play in and on public transportation systems
continue to be part of the answer for improving energy efficiency,
reducing the environmental damage created by greenhouse gases,
decreasing health issues caused by pollution, and improving the
overall quality of life. In short, we consider DRI products to be at
the very heart of thinking and acting green. Our products also help to
mitigate the risk and impact of terrorist attacks and improve
security. We strongly believe that few, if any, small-cap companies
can lay claim to actively serving all of these very real issues - on
an international basis - with one family of products," he said.

    ABOUT APTA

    APTA is a nonprofit international association of more than 1,500
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 United States 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.
In particular, statements concerning APTA's beliefs and predictions
about the public transit industry and any implied trends or patterns
regarding increased transit ridership, management's beliefs that
continued increases in U.S. transit ridership could help DRI to
achieve further growth, management's beliefs that the Company's
products help the environment, as well as any statement, express or
implied, concerning future events or expectations or those which use
words such as "expect," "fully expect," "expected," "appears,"
"believe," "plan," "anticipate," "would," "goal," "potential,"
"potentially," "range," "pursuit," "run rate," "stronger,"
"preliminarily," etc., are forward-looking statements. These forward
looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including
risks and uncertainties that APTA's beliefs and predictions about the
public transit industry are incorrect, the risk that the data may not
indicate trends or patterns regarding increased transit ridership, or
risks that management's beliefs that continued increases in U.S.
transit ridership could help DRI to achieve further growth or that the
Company's products help the environment may not be accurate, 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. 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