Exhibit 99.1

   DRI Corporation Notes Continued Growth in U.S. Transit Ridership


    --  Approximately 2.53 Billion Transit Trips Taken in U.S. During
        Third Quarter 2007

    --  Improving Business Trends


    DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 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) recent ridership report, Americans
took 2.53 billion trips on public transportation during third quarter
2007, up nearly 50 million trips over the same period a year ago.

    "We view ridership, such as that reported by APTA in our U.S.
served market, to be one of several indicators of potential future
market trends for our products - an indicator that is pointing in the
right direction. As U.S. mass transit ridership increases, we believe
that we are positioned to help original equipment manufacturers and
transit authorities meet passenger expectations and demands. Transit
ridership increases are good for the environment, energy conservation,
and this Company," David L. Turney, the Company's Chairman, President,
and Chief Executive Officer, said.

    "Increased ridership potentially brings an increased demand for
transportation-related equipment in DRI Corporation's domestic market,
which represents roughly half of our revenue. Our products help
transit authorities work toward lowering carbon emissions and
improving the environment, offer greater mobility services to riders,
and enhance the safety and security of their passengers and fleets. We
are excited to see these continued increases in U.S. transit
ridership, and believe that it feeds into DRI's overall growth plans,"
Mr. Turney 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: DRI Corporation Contact:
             Veronica B. Marks
             Manager, Corporate Communications
             Phone: (214) 378-4776
             Fax: (214) 378-8437
             E-Mail: veronicam@digrec.com
             or
             Christensen-cQuest Contact:
             Collum Hunter
             Associate
             Phone: (480) 614-3036
             Fax: (480) 614-3033
             E-Mail: chunter@ChristensenIR.com