DRIVE AI Workshop 2025

October 31, 2025

The Institute of Transportation Studies held a DRIVE AI Workshop and Demo Day on Oct. 23 and 24, 2025 to discuss how Artificial Intelligence fits into transportation lanscape, and to kick off a new initiative, the DRIVE AI Consortiim. See Demo Day photos here.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping transportation - from autonomous vehicles and drones to electrified freight and predictive infrastructure. Yet progress remains fragmented, with public agencies, private companies, and universities often working in silos. The DRIVE AI Forum (Data, Resilience, Infrastructure, Vehicles, & Electrification + Artificial Intelligence) is designed to break down those silos.

The DRIVE AI Workshop brought together leaders across public, private, industry, and academc sectors to set research priorities, showcase live demonstrations, and build pathways from pilot projects to scalable deployment.

Featured speaker organizations include: UC Berkeley, Caltrans, Contra Costa Transportation Authority, San Francisco County Transportation Authority, California State Transportation Authority, Google, Beep, Nuro, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Drako Motors, Lyft, Waymo, Hayden AI, Beep and Wisk.

DRIVE AI Workshop- Welcome

ITS Berkeley Acting Director Scott Moura, UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons, and College of Engineering Interim Dean Mark Asta welcomed over 180 industry, public sector, startup, faculty and student leaders to the UC Berkeley campus and to the Institute of Transportatin Studies' DRIVE AI Workshop on Oct 23, 2025. Moura also provided a introduction to ITS, the workshop, demo day, and Mobility Hub at the Richmond Field Station.

Welcome Video

Drive AI welcome message from Chancellor Lyons

UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons Welcome Video

UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons welcomed over 180 industry, public sector, startup, faculty and student leaders to the UC Berkeley campus and to the Institute of Transportatin Studies' DRIVE AI Workshop on Oct 23, 2025.

DRIVE AI Workshop - The Future of AI Mobility in California

The Future of AI Mobility in California: As AI reshapes mobility, the challenge is clear: ensure these technologies advance safety, broaden access, equip the workforce, and embed resilience from the start. This opening session sets the stage by exploring California’s leadership role, early deployments, and how state and local agencies can move from pilots to impact.

● Linda Lim, UC Berkeley (Moderator)

● Kristin White, Google Public Sector

● Amanda Hamm, Nuro

● Tilly Chang, SFCTA

● Emily Warren, CalSTA

DRIVE AI Workshop - Unlocking Transportation Data with AI Innovation

Unlocking Transportation Data with AI Innovation: Transportation generates vast streams of data, but much of it remains siloed or underutilized. This session explores how agencies, private companies, and researchers can responsibly unlock, fuse, and govern data to drive AI adoption across arterials, transit, and freight, while ensuring privacy, security, and interoperability. We’ll also highlight the role of digital twins for scenario testing and corridor-scale deployments.

● Marta Gonzalez, UC Berkeley (Moderator)

● Inder Preet Singh, Caltrans

● Jumbi Edulbehram, NVIDIA

● Vidhu Shekhar, Microsoft

● Shiv Sikand, Drako Motors

● Chiraag Devani, Lyft

DRIVE AI Workshop - DRIVE AI + GoMentum + FMRC Partnership

A brief overview of DRIVE AI, GoMentum, and Public Partnerships: what it is, how it works, and how public agencies, industry, and universities can collaborate through a neutral, precompetitive consortium to accelerate deployment.

● Scott Moura, UC Berkeley

● Tim Haile, CCTA

● Jagtar Dhaliwal, Caltrans

DRIVE AI Workshop- Earning Trust: AI Safety, Reliability & Public Confidence

Earning Trust: AI Safety, Reliability & Public Confidence: AI in transportation can only succeed if people believe it’s safe and accountable. This session brings together leaders from government, policy, and industry to explore how safety is defined, implemented, and communicated. What role should agencies, companies, and communities play in setting the guardrails for AI on our roads? Panelists will examine how governance, transparent operations, and public engagement can strengthen confidence in AI mobility - and what practical frameworks are needed to sustain that trust as deployments scale.

● Offer Grembek, formerly at Zoox and ITS (Moderator)

● Marty Beard, Hayden.AI

● Jean Paul Valez, SFCTA

● Francesca Favaro, Waymo

● Nathan Slater, Beep

DRIVE AI Workshop- CA AIRLINK

A brief overview of AIRLINK: what it is, how it works, and how public agencies, industry, and universities can collaborate through a neutral, precompetitive consortium to accelerate deployment: California Airlink, based at the University of California Berkeley Space Center at NASA Ames Research Center, is preparing for a new paradigm of aviation by launching California’s first advanced air mobility (AAM) network in partnership with CITRIS and UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies, federal and state agencies and the private sector.

● Alexandre Bayen, CITRIS Director, UC Berkeley

DRIVE AI Workshop

ITS Berkeley Acting Director Scott Moura and Greg McGuire from University of Mchigan's Mcity talked about activities and fututre collaboration brewing between UC Berkeley and UM regarding research around AI. Darren Cooke talked about Innovation & Entrpreneurship at UC Berkeley and Moura closed out the event by talking about Scott Moura gave a summary of the day's highlights and DRIVE AI and industry partnerships.

DRIVE AI Workshop -Advanced Air Mobility: From Pilots to Deployment

Advanced Air Mobility: From Pilots to Deployment: This session explores the steps needed to scale advanced air mobility from pilots to full operations. Topics include safety testing, certification, and performance benchmarks across aircraft, vertiports, and integrated airspace, with a focus on the role of air traffic management. Panelists will also discuss how AAM connects with ground transportation and regional corridors, and the standards and protocols required to ensure safety, interoperability, and public trust as California Airlink expands statewide.

● Alexandre Bayen, UC Berkeley (Moderator)

● Claire Tomlin, UC Berkeley

● Raja Sengupta, UC Berkeley

● Tim Haile, CCTA

● Erick Corona, Wisk