"The first time I saw it, I was like, What is that like? Why are people standing in line with all these cars picking them up?' It looked like a school drop-off, Lewis said after stepping into a 2017 Nissan Sentra. But it's just people helping people, solving problems that the government can't. Lewis began using the unorthodox SF Casual Carpool when it resumed on August 12, after a 5-year hibernation that stemmed from the pandemic."
"SF Casual Carpool's chief organizer Camille Bermudez brought back the Bay Area tradition of avoiding costly bridge tolls and crowded morning commutes into San Francisco. She said she had an inkling the public wanted Casual Carpool to return, so she sent out a community survey to get a sense of the public's interest. Casual carpool passenger Brionna Lewis exits a vehicle at the San Francisco drop off location on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in San Francisco, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)"
SF Casual Carpool resumed service on August 12 after a five-year pause caused by the pandemic. The community-run program is not overseen by a government body or company and provides pickup location information at sfcasualcarpool.com. Organizer Camille Bermudez surveyed the public and led the relaunch to restore a forty-year tradition of commuters avoiding bridge tolls and crowded morning traffic. Riders and drivers benefit mutually: drivers save on tolls while passengers gain comfort and cost savings. Participants gather in locations such as Grand Lake in Oakland for east-bay pickups and a San Francisco drop-off. Longstanding commuter Brionna Lewis described the pickup lines as people helping people.
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