Originally Posted by
nmh1204
on the BBC's City in the Sky, they did a piece on the design of airports, and one focus was carpets at ATL i think. The guy said that it helps to differentiate zones, and people feel better with carpet
From that episode, the floor covering was used to control traffic moving through the terminal. Don't let them stop til they reach their gate area, which was carpeted. It was an interesting show, the baggage handling in Dubai was wild.