TSA ends shoe removal requirement at Sacramento airport for most passengers. New policy streamlines security screening, previously a perk for PreCheck users. Nationwide rollout expected after unannounced Sacramento pilot began Monday.

There were already exemptions for younger and older travelers, and paying TSA PreCheck customers, but a coming policy change will end sock-footed shuffles through security lines for all.

For the past 19 years, travelers have become conditioned to slipping off their shoes upon getting to Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at the airport.