BART Gears Up for New $20 Bills.News Editors OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2003 This Thursday, October 9, the Federal Reserve Bank will begin distributing the new $20 Treasury bills to commercial banks. The new bills are designed to thwart counterfeiters and make fakes easier to spot. For those planning to purchase tickets from BART ticket vending machines vending machine, coin-operated, automatic device for selling goods. Many vending machines are capable of making change, and some of the more sophisticated ones accept paper money or credit cards. with the new $20 bill, BART urges customers to use the "Bill to Bill" Changers
The Changers are a fictional group of anti-hero published by Wildstorm an imprint of DC Comics. , available at all 43 stations. The bill changers A bill changer is a dedicated vending machine that accepts bank notes and dispenses coins. In some cases the machine subtracts a small amount (e.g. 5 cents) as a surcharge for the transaction. In other cases no charge is made. will accept the new money and trade it for money that ticket machines will recognize. The changers can convert a $20 bill and a $10 bill into $5s. BART is currently in the process of installing new ticket vending machines as part of its $1.5 billion renovation program, which is scheduled for completion in early 2004. The new vending machines will be reprogrammed to accept the new currency. As an alternative to using ticket machines at BART stations, BART discount tickets can be purchased at more than 300 neighborhood locations (pick up a "Tickets to Go" brochure, call the BART Transit Information Center or visit www.bart.gov for listings). Discount tickets are also sold at the BART Customer Service Center at the Oakland Lake Merritt For the BART station, see . Lake Merritt is a large tidal lagoon that lies just east of downtown Oakland, California. It is surrounded by parkland and city neighborhoods. A popular 3.5 mile (~5.6 km) walking and jogging path runs along its perimeter. Station and ticket kiosks at Civic Center, Embarcadero, Montgomery, Powell and Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. stations. Tickets can also be purchased on BART's website at www.bart.gov. |
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