Transport AI 2026, the third event in this popular series, will bring together public and private sector professionals to showcase the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI) for the transport and planning sectors. It will reveal the results of the first comprehensive Transport AI sector readiness survey, carried out by Landor LINKS and partners, and outline the direction of travel for local government and transport authorities, consultants and suppliers.

In the Department for Transport’s Transport Artificial Intelligence Action Plan, published in June 2025, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said: Artificial intelligence (AI) could be “transformative for transport”. AI can, she said, help us tackle the biggest challenges we face as a country, enabling us to reduce our carbon emissions, improve our air quality, enhance our mobility and safety, integrate transport and create new jobs and industries.

The DfT plan outlines a series of actions that "will harness the vast benefits of AI for transport", “steer future priorities for AI in transport and "support rapid and responsible implementation” of AI so that public and private sector stakeholders can unlock the value of AI across the UK.

A large expo zone will demonstrate the tools, products, services and use cases for AI in local government + transport authorities today

• Improving public transport operations using AI
• Traffic, parking and kerbside management using AI
• Asset management using AI
• Scheme design and modelling with AI
• Enhancing citizen engagement and customer service with AI
• ITS and Autonomous Vehicles - the role of AI
• What AI means for skills and workforce development

Expert-led sessions will focus on:

• How to get an AI project funded and approved
• How to go from a from Pilot to Production 
• Data session: using AI-ready open transport datasets