Can you play a quick game of fetch with him before you go to the door, maybe tire him out a bit?
Otherwise, as soon as he starts barking, I would take off his harness. Wait two minutes, repeat.
These may not be practical day to day options, but if you say, do it once a week, maybe he'll start noticing that if he's quieter, he gets out for his walk faster and he gets more food.
I think this is part of why barking is so hard to address, when it happens EVERYWHERE, it's hard to correct it consistently.
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