Transportation looks to AI to accelerate its modernization initiatives
The U.S. Department of Transportation is using AI to speed up internal software development, with Deputy Secretary Steven Bradbury reporting that production timelines have dropped from 18 months to 18 weeks.
Why this matters: A 5x speed increase in government software development sounds like a win. It might be. But speed and quality are different things, and so are speed and accountability. Software that shapes transportation infrastructure touches safety, logistics, and public systems millions of people depend on. Moving fast is only good if the oversight moves with it. The part worth watching is not how fast the code ships — it is who is checking it before it does.
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