Registered Traveler program criticized for slow progress
The Registered Traveler program has been criticized for not really speeding up the process at airport security but simply allowing members to “go to the head of the line.” The Transportation Security Administration has not yet allowed shoe scanners to be integrated into the security checkpoint process as promised with the RT program. Also, Clear members have complained that after they swipe their biometric cards at the kiosk, they are still required to present a driver’s license with photograph or other standard government identity card to a federal screener at the checkpoint a few feet away because the biometric ID card is not yet accepted by the TSA. There are now more than 80,000 Registered Traveler members who have access to special Registered Traveler lanes operated by three companies at 14 airports.
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