Artificial Intelligence in the Transportation Field

U.S. Congress

Bipartisan House Task Force Report on Artificial Intelligence, December 2024

During the second session of the 118th Congress, the Task Force engaged with over 100 experts on dozens of salient AI issues. This report articulates guiding principles, 66 key findings, and 89 recommendations, organized into 15 chapters. It is intended to serve as a blueprint for future actions that Congress can take to address advances in AI technologies.

House Resolution 7913 - Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act of 2024

Text of H.R. 7913, introduced by Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-28) on April 9, 2024.

U.S. Copyright Office

Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence, March 16, 2023

This statement of policy describes how the Office applies copyright law’s human authorship requirement to applications to register such works and provides guidance to applicants.

U.S. Department of Transportation

Memorandum for the Office of Management and Budget, September 24, 2024

This Compliance Plan conveys U.S. DOT’s approach to achieving consistency with OMB Memorandum M-24-10 Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence.

One state department of transportation, Texas DOT, has developed DOT-specific guidance: 

Artificial Intelligence Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2025-2027

The Texas Department of Transportation's AI Strategic Plan establishes a vision, principles, and roadmap to integrate advanced analytics and intelligent systems into the agency's operations and transportation system.

The following states have developed AI-related guidance that can be applied statewide.

• Arizona Statewide Policy: P2000 - Generative Artificial Intelligence
• California Executive Order N-12-23
• Indiana State Policy: Artificial Intelligence
• Kansas: Generative Artificial Intelligence Policy
• Massachusetts: Guidelines on Generative Artificial Intelligence Development and Use
• Mississippi: Executive Order No. 1584
• Nevada: Policy on the Responsible and Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Nevada State Government Executive Branch
• Ohio: Use of Artificial Intelligence in State of Ohio Solutions
• Oklahoma: AI Usage Standard
• Oregon: Executive Order 23-26: Establishing a State Government Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council
• Pennsylvania: Executive Order 2023-19 – Expanding and Governing the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Technologies Within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• South Carolina: Artificial Intelligence Strategy
• Utah: Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy

• Wisconsin: Executive Order 211: Relating to the Creation of the Governor's Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence

National Committees

• AASHTO Data Management and Analytics Committee
• TRB Standing Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications
• TRB Standing Committee on Data for Decision Making
• TRB Standing Committee on Geographic Information Science
• TRB Standing Committee on Geospatial Data Acquisition Technologies
• TRB Standing Committee on Information Systems and Technology
• TRB Standing Committee on Statewide/National Transportation Data and Information Management

Transportation Pooled Funds

• Enterprise (TPF-5(490))
• Human-centered Steel Bridge Inspection enabled by Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence (TPF-5(535))
• Innovative Traffic Management Methods (TPF-5(540))

Professional Organizations

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Artificial Intelligence In Transportation Committee