The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Infrastructure (ARPA-I) is seeking input on the potential applications of artificial intelligence (AI) across all modes of transportation, as well as emerging challenges and opportunities in creating and deploying AI technologies.
This Request for Information (RFI) follows Executive Order 14110, issued on October 30, 2023, titled “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.”
The RFI poses several questions:
1. What are the relevant current or near-term applications of AI in transportation?
2. What are the future potential opportunities in transportation that AI can facilitate?
3. What are the current or future challenges of AI in transportation, including risks presented by the use of AI in transportation and potential barriers to its responsible adoption?
4. What are the opportunities, challenges, and risks of AI related to autonomous mobility ecosystems, including software-defined AI enhancements?
5. Comment on any other considerations relevant to the development, challenges, and opportunities of AI in transportation that have not been included in the questions above.
“AI has the potential to transform transportation and mobility in the future, just as it will transform our society and economy. As a result, there is tremendous promise for AI in transportation but also peril if it is misapplied. ARPA-I would like to hear from a broad range of stakeholders on how AI can assist the DOT in developing the future of mobility that is safer, more efficient and lower emitting while improving equity and access to all,” said Dr. Robert C. Hampshire, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology and Chief Scientist at DOT.
Written submissions must be received by July 2, 2024. Comments should be submitted electronically through the Federal Rulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov/document/DOT-OST-2024-0049-0001. Except as provided in the RFI, all submissions received will be posted without change and available to the public on https://www.regulations.gov.
For further inquiries about this RFI, contact ARPA-I via email at ARPA-I@dot.gov.
