Five transit agencies order Digital Recorders' destination signs
Orders totaled $5 million for the company's destination signs and voice announcement system.
Digital Recorders Inc. recieved orders totaling about $5 million for its TwinVision LED destination sign system and Talking Bus voice announcement system. Orders were recieved from the Chicago Transit Authority, the San Francisco Municipal Railway, the San Mateo County (Calif.) Transit District, the Santa Clara Valley (Calif.) Transportation Authority and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Deliveries are underway and will be concluded in the first half of 2002.
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