Transportation blogs take off

From time to time, we let Ambassablog readers know of cool new aviation- and transportation-related blogs appearing in the ... blogosphere. Two newcomers of note are:

• Fast Lane, the official blog of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Mary Peters, pictured to the right.

• Airport Check-In, a blog about airports by the president of Airports Council Internation-North America (ACI-NA), Greg Principato.

Fast Lane covers aviation issues, as well as the other facets of transportation under the domain of the U.S. Department of Transportation, such as shipping, rail and highways. It's a great resource to keep abreast of major transportation issues across the nation and across many industries.

Airport Check-In, on the other hand, is all about airports. It just kicked off this month, and we look forward to more great posts like the first one about how airports have become the new "town halls" of the 21st Century. We're thrilled that Airport Check-In chose to list the Goodwill Ambassablog as one of its first examples of airport employee blogs.

These blogs and several others related to aviation are conveniently listed in the "Brother Blogs" and "Other Aviaton-Related Blogs" sections over in the right-hand sidebar of the Goodwill Ambassablog. "Brother Blogs" are ones most similar to the Ambassablog, in that they are blogs by rank-and-file employees. These include employee blogs at other airports, airlines and the Transportation Security Administration. They feature continually updated live feeds showing their most recent postings.

The blogs listed in the right-hand sidebar can be a convenient way to stay informed about what's going on in our industry and gain a deeper understanding of what employees at other agencies and companies are doing and thinking.

So it seems that transportation blogs have been cleared for takeoff ... and are already flying high!