Artificial intelligence is transforming the transport sector, creating new opportunities while reshaping the skills needed to support safe, resilient, and efficient mobility systems. In Skills Move Us Forward: Transport Workforce Skills in the Age of AI, the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD explores how policymakers, employers, educators, and industry stakeholders can prepare the transport workforce for this transition. The report highlights that while AI will increasingly support transport operations, human expertise, critical thinking, communication, and safety-related skills will remain essential to the sector’s long-term resilience.
The publication maps the knowledge, skills, and abilities required across transport occupations and examines how AI is changing workforce demands. Rather than replacing workers outright, AI is expected to shift skill requirements, increasing the need for AI literacy, management capabilities, and complementary human skills while reinforcing the importance of maintaining critical operational expertise.
The report also presents five guiding principles for workforce development, emphasising proportionate investment in reskilling, the prevention of skill erosion, and improved access to high-quality training. It outlines practical strategies to overcome barriers to learning—including motivation, capability, and access—to help ensure that the adoption of AI strengthens both workforce resilience and transport system safety.
This resource offers valuable insights for policymakers, transport authorities, industry leaders, researchers, and education providers working to support the responsible integration of AI across the mobility ecosystem. As Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility continues to evolve, investing in people and skills will be just as important as investing in technology.
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Skills Move us Forward: Transport Workforce Skills in the Age of AI
