AI can improve day-to-day work while protecting sensitive data and maintaining confidence in results. TRB will host a webinar on Monday, November 16, 2026 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Eastern that will explore practical ways transportation professionals can use AI coding agents, open-source language models, and locally deployed tools even without traditional programming backgrounds. Presenters will share examples from a state DOT inspection form digitization system and privacy-preserving transportation plan review workflows. They will also discuss how transportation domain experts can build, evaluate, and apply AI tools while managing considerations related to accuracy, confidentiality, cost, and performance, including when commercial AI services or local and open-source models may be appropriate.
This webinar is sponsored by TRB’s Standing Technical Committee on Computational Methods and Analytics.
The registration fee is $60. Purchase a webinar package for discounted pricing. Complimentary registration is available for employees of TRB sponsors, standing technical committee chairs, involved CRP panel members, media, congressional staff, and TRB or National Academies staff. Visit MyTRB.org for details.
A recording will be sent to all registrants after the webinar.

Webinar agenda and presenters

• Using AI coding agents to digitize handwritten construction inspection forms and build production software from domain expertise – Mike Copeland, Idaho Transportation Department
• Building privacy-preserving workflows with open-source, locally deployed language models for sensitive transportation data – David Wasserman, Sand Technologies
• Question and answer session moderated by Kristin Eklöf, Salbo.ai

The first 40 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 20 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify opportunities, limitations, and potential failure points when applying AI to transportation documents and data
• Evaluate when commercial AI services or local and open-source language models are appropriate for workflows involving sensitive or confidential transportation data

Professional Development Hours
Professional engineers (PEs) who register and attend the entire webinar as an individual will be awarded 1 Professional Development Hour (PDH). TRB’s webinar program awards PDH credits only to the registered individual, and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.
This webinar will be delivered as a scheduled – e-learning live event and is categorized within RCEP as Technical, Health and Safety.
Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.
TRB will report credits earned to the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20005.

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