AI Lets State Transportation Departments Use Data More Fully

Artificial intelligence is reshaping state departments of transportation, enabling them to create new processes and workflows around data governance — and make better use of information collected.

Government Technology Skip Descant April 20, 2026 

State transportation agencies are turning to AI technologies at a rapid rate, harnessing their power to improve mobility system operations and safety.

The technology is reorienting entire agencies toward collecting and refining data — the foodstuff of AI — creating new positions and systems in all areas of data management and governance.

“AI is just not a software deployment,” Benjamin McCulloch, strategic data scientist at the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), said during a panel April 10 hosted by the Transportation Research Board. “It’s a data maturity program that is going to change how you do your work at your agency or company.”

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