Making Escalators Safer: Custom Bollard Solution for Alstom at Port Authority NY/NJ
Alstom, a global leader in the transportation industry, specializing in the development and manufacturing of rail systems and services, was tasked by the Port Authority of NY/NJ with enhancing passenger safety around escalators. Escalator areas can become a hazardous area when passengers attempt to load baggage carts onto the moving stairs. These carts, being top-heavy and hard to maneuver, pose a significant tipping risk, potentially causing injury to both the cart user and to passengers below. Preventing such incidents is critical for ensuring overall passenger safety. In addition, addressing the need for efficient escalator closures during maintenance was another key challenge that required a thoughtful solution that had to work in conjunction with their initial safety concerns. Space constraints and specific floor conditions made traditional portable stanchions unsuitable, leading to the need for a custom, tailored solution.
Enhancing Elmwood Park Zoo’s New Welcome Center with Innovative Queue Solutions
When the City of Philadelphia sought to change the way they provided viewing access to the electoral process, they turned to Visiontron. With a rich history and a commitment to democracy, Philadelphia envisioned an attractive, safe, and functional viewing area where both the public and the media could engage firsthand with the ballot counting process and provide crowd control for voting transparency in one solution.
Planning a Summer Event: A Guide to Crowd Control
Oh, summer. The season of fun, festivities, and CROWDS! And if it involves crowds, you know we’re in! Summer events bring large crowds and a lively atmosphere, so they require proper crowd control, or, as we prefer, people guidance, for the safety and enjoyment of all.
Planning an outdoor event may involve booking vendors, finding performers and obtaining permits; and it also involves the logistics of managing a large number of people in a limited space.
The Science of Queue Formation: How Line Configurations Impact Wait Times
Waiting in line is a universal experience, whether it’s at a grocery store, a theme park, or traveling through an airport or cruise terminal. The efficiency and organization of these queues can significantly impact our perceptions and experiences. But why do some lines seem to move faster than others? The science of queue formation provides fascinating insights into how different line configurations impact wait times, customer satisfaction, and overall efficiency.
A Guide to Queue Layout for Any Crowd Size
From frequent flyers to grocery store shoppers, everyone spends time waiting on line. But for you, a facility manager, event planner, or similar profession that is responsible for crowd control, waiting lines brings you concerns of safety, customer service and lost profits. We’ve put together this guide to help you choose the best queue layout for any crowd size. From small to large queues, we’ll cover what you need to know about queue management and how to keep your visitors happy.
Set Up A Queue with Retractable Belts: 5 Do’s and Don’ts
Setting up a retractable belt queue efficiently requires attention to detail and adherence to best practices. Whether you’re managing a busy event, guiding customers in a retail space, or maintaining order in a public venue, the 5 Do’s and Don’ts for Setting Up A Retractable Belt Queue can significantly impact the flow of foot traffic, the quality and aesthetic and overall customer experience. Follow these helpful tips, they can help ensure a smooth and organized queuing process.
Achieving Electoral Transparency with Modular Viewing Area Solutions
When the City of Philadelphia sought to change the way they provided viewing access to the electoral process, they turned to Visiontron. With a rich history and a commitment to democracy, Philadelphia envisioned an attractive, safe, and functional viewing area where both the public and the media could engage firsthand with the ballot counting process and provide crowd control for voting transparency in one solution.
How to Set Up a Proper Queue
Setting up a proper and efficient queuing system is essential for any business or organization to maintain order, ensure customer satisfaction, and promote safety. Whether it’s a retail store, bank, airport, or event venue, a well-designed queuing system can help manage crowds and direct traffic in a controlled and organized manner. Below, we will provide detailed guidelines on How to Set Up a Proper Queue using retractable belt stanchions and panels for crowd control and wayfinding solutions.
Using a retractable belt queue system is better for your business
As a business owner or manager, creating a welcoming environment for customers is essential to success. One key aspect of a successful business is crowd control. A retractable belt queue system with stanchions and barriers is an effective solution for crowd control and provides many benefits over customer-controlled lines. Learn why a queue system is better for your business.
COVID BARRIERS: Protection for the people who protect the people.
This past year has been difficult, to say the least. It certainly changed the way everyone behaves in public. The term ‘new normal’ has been thrown around ad nauseam with a degree of fear and anxiety, but there is something to be said for ‘new normal’ behaviors that just might be here to stay.
Amidst the Covid-19 crisis, as a manufacturer of crowd control products, we were presented with opportunities to customize our standard product offerings for a variety of our customers to create different germ barriers specific to their needs.
Right up there with proper hand washing, placing a clear barrier between personnel who interact with the public on a daily basis, like security officials at the airport, should be something we automatically do moving forward.
Minding the gap between train cars isn’t always easy for people with visual impairments.
If an environment is not suited with the proper audio guidance or clear visual safety warnings, it can be an unnecessarily dangerous journey.
Just one of the many safety concerns is the open space between train cars when they are at a station stop with level-boarding platforms. The gap between the train cars can easily be confused for a doorway, creating a perilous opportunity for a passenger to fall between the cars and onto the track bed.
After several incidences of people falling between train cars onto the track bed, the Federal Transit Authority (FTA) posted new regulations effective Nov. 4, 2015 in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1992
Whether retail, restaurant or warehouse, every bit of floor space count$.
You’re open for business but under strict guidelines to maintain six feet of social distancing for customers and employees. The queues and barriers you may already have in place might need to be extended to accommodate for keeping people spaced out enough, but that, along with compliance signage, could take away valuable floor space.
With our deep roots stemming from working with the world’s busiest airports, we understand the need to organize and move people in a safe and orderly fashion. Our expert engineers have designed flexible queuing and wayfinding solutions that can handle high traffic and abuse. Many retailers, including Bloomingdale’s, Verizon, Walmart, Best Buy, Michael Kors, Five Guys, Nike, BJ’s and Costco (among others), are our valuable customers, allowing us to protect theirs. Here are some tips that might apply to your business.
