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More Family Lanes to Appear at Airport Security Checkpoints

Posted by jessie under News, Travel

The TSA is expanding family lanes at nearly every airport just in time for the Thanksgiving and the busy holiday travel season.

By November 20th, family lanes will have opened at 533 airport checkpoints by November 20th. The lanes are intended to help people who are traveling with children and will have people on-hand to assist parents.

The family lanes will allow families to move through specially-designated lanes at their own pace. The lanes will be permanent additions at security checkpoints at every large and midsize airport.

The family lanes will also feature special scanners for screening large bottles of liquids deemed “medically necessary.” Anyone who is carrying a bottle of liquid more than three ounces will be directed to the scanners in these lanes, even if they are not traveling with a family.

In addition to the family lanes, the TSA has also been implementing designated lanes for expert travelers and casual travelers. The color-coded security lanes have been implemented at many airports nationwide and have shown to be very popular with travelers and effective at speeding up the security screening process.

Travelers can easily find the appropriate lane by using the color-coded system, which uses green for the family lanes, blue for casual lanes, and black for expert lanes. The colors used for the lanes are the same used for beginner, intermediate and expert trails on the ski slopes.