Special Edition - Artificial Intelligence in Transportation: Uses and Lessons Learned - Mid-August 2026

Regional governance, Transportation Technology

What We’re Learning About AI and the Future of Transportation Planning

August 20, 2026

Greg Stuart

Broward MPO's SMART METRO AI-enabled platform has enabled planners to integrate fragmented data and has helped planners more quickly identify...

Highways & Streets, Transportation Technology

Governing, Aligning and Adapting in Transportation’s AI Era

August 20, 2026

Marc D. Williams, P.E.

AI tools are reshaping how agencies plan, build, operate and maintain the systems that connect people to opportunity, but must...

Transportation Technology, Workforce

Humans Are the Essential Piece of Transportation Safety – And They Always Will Be

August 20, 2026

John Samuelsen

As new technologies are deployed, appropriate regulations that ensure human workers have the ability to oversee, override, and control new...

Railroads, Transportation Technology

Innovation in Rail: Safer Operations, Earlier Detection, and Better Outcomes

August 20, 2026

Ian Jefferies

AI and other tools are helping railroads identify risks earlier, improve safety, and enhance service reliability but policy must support...

Transportation Technology, Workforce

AI and the State DOT Workforce: Drawing the Line Between Automation and Human Work

August 20, 2026

Mecit Cetin | Cynthia M. Tomovic

As AI becomes increasingly capable of performing knowledge work, organizations must determine how to draw the line between human work...

Automated Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Transportation Technology

Robotaxis are Skipping the Pump and the Meter; the Public is Picking up the Tab

August 20, 2026

Awad Abdelhalim

As the market share of driverless EVs that neither park nor contribute to gas tax revenue continues to grow, who...

Transportation Technology

Hurry up and Wait to Deploy Generative AI in Transportation

August 20, 2026

Cordell Schachter

The capabilities of Generative AI have much potential to improve productivity and assist transportation operations but key questions should be...

Transit, Transit Technology, Transportation Technology

AI and AV are the New Drivers of the Ever-Evolving Public Transit Future

August 20, 2026

Art Guzzetti

Transit agencies are putting Artificial Intelligence to work today to boost efficiency, service delivery, security, and the overall rider experience.

Transportation Technology

Data Centers and Transportation Policy: New Technologies Encounter Old Infrastructure Questions

August 20, 2026

Aug 20, 2026 | Grace Truslow

The development of data centers reveals implications of artificial intelligence on land use, the electrical grid, and transportation construction labor.