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TF Green Launches Expedited Identity Verification Lanes For Travelers
The new system gives travelers the option to verify their identity with their eyes or fingers, rather than having to take out licenses.
WARWICK, RI — Identity verification is about to get faster at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick.
Technology company CLEAR launched expedited identity verification lanes at the airport during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday morning.
The new system gives travelers the option to verify their identity with their eyes or fingers. With this system in place, there is no need to take out a wallet and driver's license. Once a traveler's identity is verified, a CLEAR ambassador takes them through the lines quicker. They go directly to the Transportation Security Administration's checkpoint, according to a company spokesperson.
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"CLEAR is thrilled to touch down in Rhode Island and deliver the friction-free, predictable airport experience our members trust and love to all Rhode Island travelers," CLEAR CEO Caryn Seidman Becker said.
CLEAR membership costs about $16 a month or $190 a year.
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The launch at T.F. Green is expected to create 28 jobs and generate about $1.5 million annually to the local economy, according to a CLEAR spokesperson.
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