Everyday GenAI: Your AI Writing Assistant for Transportation Professionals

12:00-12:45p.m. (PT) | Link to register.

AI is changing how we write, but what does it actually mean for your day-to-day work?

Join MTI for the next webinar in our Everyday AI series: Your AI Writing Assistant.

Explore how tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude can support real writing tasks, including brainstorming ideas, organizing thoughts, and drafting and refining content. We’ll also discuss the limitations and risks of AI, and how to use it thoughtfully as a tool to enhance—not replace—your expertise. Learn practical strategies for prompt engineering, selecting the right tools for your needs, adhering to organizational policies, and streamlining your workflow while maintaining clarity, accuracy, and your own voice.

Presenters: 

• Ramses Madou, Planning, Policy, and Sustainability Division Manager, San José Department of Transportation
• Lisa Rose, Editor, Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI)

Moderator: Dr. Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Education Director, MTI

*0.75 PDH credit available

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About the Presenters

Ramses Madou is the Division Manager of Planning, Policy, and Sustainability for the Department of Transportation in the City of San José. At the City of San José, Ramses leads a team of planners, engineers, policy specialists, data and model experts to plan the Citywide transportation system. He is leading the City’s efforts to find new and innovative transit technologies, delivery methods, and business plans. Before joining the City of San José, Ramses served as the Associate Director of Parking & Transportation Services at Stanford University for 10 years. At Stanford, he played many roles over his time there, including managing program and policy development, planning efforts, retail operations, the University’s Marguerite transit system planning and operations, and regional transportation relationships.

Lisa V. Rose has served as the Mineta Transportation Institute’s Communications Specialist since 2020, where she leads the development of clear, compelling, and inclusive communications across the Institute. She also collaborates with K–12 educators to design engaging, evidence-based lessons and classroom-ready resources for MTI’s workforce development programs. Lisa’s background includes more than fifteen years in communication, storytelling, and inclusive education. While earning her MA in English and Comparative Literature at San José State University, she taught undergraduate writing and helped develop and launch Reflection on College Writing, the university’s online prerequisite course for incoming first-year students.