Let's All Give Peters An EAR FULL !!!!!

DOT 59-08
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Contact: Brian Turmail
Tel.: (202) 366-4570
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters Launches DOT's Blog
Welcome to the Fast Lane!

U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters today launched Fast Lane, the
Department's new blog. Accessible at http://fastlane.dot.gov , Fast Lane
will be an on-line community for all those interested in the nation's
transportation system and its future.
Fast Lane contributors will include Secretary Peters, Deputy Secretary
Thomas Barrett, Administrators from the Department's operating agencies, and
other senior officials. In addition, the site will welcome guest bloggers
from government, industry, and the transportation community. The Department
will also use the blog to break news and make announcements.

"Fast Lane will allow me and others here at the Department to speak directly
with interested citizens, members of the transportation community and the
blogosphere to engage in an earnest conversation about our nation's
transportation future," Secretary Peters said. "I have made 21st century
solutions a priority for our transportation system, and now I'm thrilled to
be using a 21st century communications tool to reach Americans in a whole
new way."

Fast Lane is an open forum, and visitors are encouraged to submit comments,
contribute ideas, and bring to the Department's attention innovative and
exciting transportation activities in their communities. All comments will
be reviewed before inclusion, and a representative sample will be posted to
the site.