“Boring Tiny Tools for Transit, a.k.a. Just Enough AI” Webinar

AI doesn’t have to mean massive platforms or sweeping transformations. In the shared mobility world, some of the most useful applications are much smaller, and much more practical.

In this webinar, we’ll explore how large language models can help automate repetitive tasks and smooth everyday workflows. We’ll look at real examples, including tools like RideSheet.org and HopIn, and talk about where AI actually delivers value (and where the hype gets ahead of reality). The focus: “boring tiny tools.” Instead of big, top-down AI deployments, we’ll discuss a more agile approach, identifying specific pain points, building small solutions quickly, testing them in the real world, and improving them with feedback. In other words: just enough AI to make transit and shared mobility work a little better.

Moderated by Benjie de la Peña. Panelists include:

Boyd Reid, Co-founder & CEO of Hop In Technologies and Chair of the Brampton Board of Trade. Boyd is also an advisor with the Black Entrepreneurship Alliance, and alumnus of both the DMZ and Techstars. Boyd is driven by a passion to help people get access to opportunity whether it’s through transportation with Hop In or through his community involvement.

Kevin Chambers, Founder of Full Path LLC. Since 2000, Kevin has been helping public agencies and nonprofits ensure their technology investments serve their missions. Since 2018, he’s been consulting as founder and principal of Full Path Transit Technology, focusing on effective technology at the intersection of public transportation, human services, and healthcare.

Bianca Wylie, Director of T&S Advisory. Bianca is a strategist that provides advice to organizations about using technology thoughtfully and intentionally. She’s worked in the private sector technology industry at both start-up and multinational scale, in the public sector as a professional facilitator, and in the non-profit sector as a public-interest technology advocate and policy expert.