For John Gogarty, a public relations executive in Parsippany, getting through security at Orlando International Airport is no different from driving through the Holland Tunnel. He just wants to get through fast.

Gogarty, who uses E-ZPass when he drives, didn't hesitate to fork over $99 for membership in Orlando's equivalent of an E-ZPass lane - a program called Clear that allows travelers to speed through a special security line.

"If you're traveling during peak times, the security lines can be a mile deep at the Orlando airport," Gogarty said. "From a business traveler's perspective, it is a blessing."

But a year after the roll-out of the federal government's "registered traveler program," Gogarty is one of a tiny minority of airline passengers who have been able to take advantage of it. The program is sputtering, with only a fraction of the country's airports offering E-ZPass-like security lanes run by private companies and manned by Transportation Security Administration personnel.

At Newark Liberty International Airport, the program is available only in Terminal B despite efforts to establish it in the larger and busier Terminal C.

A handful of companies have launched programs with names such as Clear and FLO. But to set up shop, the companies need the endorsement of airlines and airports, and most of them have resisted the private programs. The TSA, the government agency in charge of airport security, also has resisted them.