Registered Traveler appears to be starting a new “express lane” at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport this fall. The Atlanta airport is hoping to shorten security lines by allowing registered travelers that go through an extensive background check. The company that runs a registered traveler program at nine airports across the country will propose a lane at Atlanta’s airport with special shoe scanning equipment that allows travelers to keep their shoes on, according to WMGT.com. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/archive-4.gif)
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Vision-Box, a biometrics solutions provider, has come out with an automatic border control e-gate that supports multimodal biometric authentication. This new e-gate is a thin system that contains vb i-match, a single sourced design that is modular and flexible and can be adapted to business requirements and infrastructure constraints that would otherwise disrupt passenger flow. It has the ability to cope with industry standards such as ICAO. The e-gate supports iris, fingerprint and facial biometrics. read more »Department of Homeland Security Sec. Janet Napolitano and Transportation Security Administration Administrator John S. Pistole announced the expansion of TSA PreCheck, a passenger pre-screening initiative, to additional airports across the country following the program’s success at seven pilot locations. read more »3M Security Systems introduced the 3M CR100/CR100M Document Readers, which give users the ability to read MRZ data from passports, IDs and other Machine Readable Travel Documents, as well as three-track magnetic stripe cards. read more »Bombardier Transportation se ha asociado con la Autoridad de Tránsito Rápido Metropolitano de Atlanta (MARTA) con el fin de perfeccionar el control de la protección a los trabajadores viales mediante RFID y otras avanzadas tecnologías de dicha compañía. TrackSafe eleva la conciencia de la necesidad de localización de los obreros ferroviarios gracias a la emisión de alertas en tiempo real tanto a los obreros como a los operadores de trenes. read more »Travelers into Dubai International Airport will have the option of using an automated border crossing checkpoint, according to GulfNews.com. Initially deployed in Terminal three, but expected to be rolled out throughout the airport, the system will read the passports and check the facial image and iris against a watch list. The entire process takes about 15 seconds. read more »New passport-reading and biometrics technology installed at Dubai International Airport is catching increasing numbers of people who attempt to enter the country with fake identity documents, reports the Gulf News. read more » |
