Data Governance & AI Readiness for Transportation and Infrastructure.

REINS® helps transportation agencies and AEC firms prepare their data for real-world AI safely, strategically, and without disrupting delivery.

AI does not fail because of algorithms.

It fails because organizations are unprepared to govern, structure, and trust their own data.

REINS® exists to solve that problem.

The Challenge We Solve.

Transportation agencies and AEC firms operate in complex, data-rich environments:

Fragmented systems and siloed datasets

Undocumented assumptions and institutional knowledge loss

Inconsistent data ownership and quality

Rising pressure to 'use AI' without understanding cost, risk, or readiness

Most organizations discover these issues after projects are underway when delays, scope creep, and budget overruns are already occurring.

REINS® helps leadership get ahead of that risk.

What We Do

REINS® provides strategic advisory and execution support at the intersection of:

Data governance

Transportation and infrastructure workflows

Cybersecurity and risk

AI readiness and enablement

We work with executives, planners, engineers, IT leaders, and legal teams to ensure data is decision-ready before it is operationalized, analyzed, or ingested into AI systems.

Our Approach

Phase 1: Executive Data Readiness Assessment

6 weeks | Fixed Fee

A leadership-level assessment designed to answer one critical question:

Is your organization actually ready for AI and what happens if you proceed without fixing the data first?

Deliverables include:

Executive summary (non-technical, decision-focused)

Inventory of core data domains (planning, GIS, traffic, safety, assets, documents)

Data ownership and governance gap analysis

AI readiness maturity scorecard

High-level cybersecurity and compliance considerations

Go / No-Go recommendation with phased roadmap

This phase stands alone and does not obligate further engagement.

Phase 2: Data Governance & Structuring

6 months | Retainer-Based Advisory & Execution

This phase establishes the foundation required for analytics, automation, and AI—without disrupting active projects.

Key outcomes:

Enterprise data inventory and cataloging

Clear data ownership and stewardship roles

Governance policies aligned to public-sector expectations

Metadata standards and documentation

Data quality prioritization and remediation strategy

AI risk controls (provenance, access, validation)

By the end of this phase, your data is structured, governed, and defensible.

Phase 3: AI Data Ingestion & Enablement

6 months | Retainer-Based Advisory

Only after governance is established do we support AI ingestion.

This phase focuses on:

Curated data ingestion into AI environments

Domain-specific tagging and semantic structure

Secure retrieval and validation workflows

Hallucination prevention and auditability

Testing against real transportation use cases

Executive oversight of AI risk and adoption

The result is usable AI grounded in trusted data, not experimental tools producing unreliable answers.

Who We Work With

REINS® supports:

Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs)

State and local Departments of Transportation

Counties and municipalities

Mid-to-large AEC firms

Infrastructure and planning organizations under delivery pressure

Our work complements, not replaces, existing consultants, vendors, and internal teams.

Why REINS®

We start with data reality, not AI hype

We understand transportation and infrastructure workflows

We prioritize governance, risk, and executive clarity

We design for long-term operational sustainability

We help leadership make informed, defensible decisions

AI is not a tool you “turn on.”

It is a capability you earn through preparation.

Our Team

REINS® is led by senior advisors with experience in:

Transportation planning and engineering

Enterprise data governance

Cybersecurity and public-sector risk

AI architecture and domain enablement

Data structuring and documentation

We operate as a focused advisory collective, assembling the right expertise at the right phase without bloated teams or unnecessary overhead.

Let's Talk

If your organization is exploring AI or feeling pressure to move faster than your data allows REINS® can help you slow down strategically and move forward with confidence.

Contact us to schedule an executive discussion.