crowd control barriers

Portable metal railings

Crowd control barriers are portable fencing sections used to manage the movement of people at events, protests, or construction sites.

The interlocking metal frames create temporary boundaries that direct foot traffic or keep crowds back from restricted areas: Police set up crowd control barriers around the courthouse.

Also called barricades or stanchions.

Related
  • gateHinged barrier in fence
  • stanchionVertical support post
  • fenceBoundary structure between properties
  • barricadeObstacle blocking a path
  • wallVertical enclosing structure

bollard · railing · cordon · police line · demonstrations · kettling · perimeter security · anti-climb · barbed wire · partition · enclosure · panel · blockade · civil unrest · checkpoints · emergencies · public order · velvet rope

Opposites
permanence and structure

crowd control barriersbrick walls

Structures of stacked blocks

masonry walls · fortifications · retaining walls · prison walls · load-bearing walls

function and purpose

crowd control barriersopen access

Free public scholarly content

welcome signs

access control philosophy

crowd control barriersopen invitation

open-door policy · crowd dispersal

Family

crowd, crowds, crowded, crowding, overcrowd, overcrowded, control, controls, controlled

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G