During public testimony, several residents expressed strong opposition to light rail expansion and its associated costs, urging the board to prioritize bus systems and fiscal responsibility instead. Commenters also raised concerns regarding unequal representation on the C-TRAN board, passenger safety on regional transit, and an ongoing ethics investigation involving a board member. Additionally, one resident advocated for employee well-being by requesting the return of driver appreciation events and the bulk-purchasing of bus air filtration systems to save money and protect driver health.
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C-TRAN Board of Directors Meeting · Oct 13, 2026 · 5:49–6:26 · Watch on CVTV ↗
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What was said
4:58 if you guys wouldn't mind would you mind having a seat over here and we can ask you a few questions did you scare them away we tried will thank you very much for your efforts and uh it it goes such a long way to see what you folks have done and you stepped up in the moment when somebody really needed you thank you um next up is public testimony or communication uh testimony is limited to three minutes we ask that comments shall be respectful and courteous to all as a reminder you can email comments to the clerk of the board and these will be accepted as part of the public record i will now open the meeting to the public record and i will now open the meeting to the public record and i will now take the meeting for public testimony and i will take the in first person first so carmen de leon
5:55 my name is carmen de leon um i also go by mellow and so on there's a quite a few things on today's agenda so how about we talk about this one t trans existing control has an aging and has identified security reliability blah blah blah so i'm just wondering are you guys going to guarantee that you don't implement ai because as has been even i think the senate has declared ai a potential threat to your systems and in case you don't know about the food in uh overseas because it was done online they hacked into it and they lost millions of dollars in food so i'm saying no ai and be careful with whatever that ridiculous amount of money is and in this one you want to acquire a new property for the what is it
6:55 shekel off corner well that's just great but you know in seattle they handle 70 000 people a game and three hours to park them in and park them out how come they got it all figured out and you guys can't handle what 40 000 or 70 000 on that corner a day you know what we do in seattle what they did in seattle was they made it so that the the freeways go one on top of the other so you're not buying more land and you're not buying more land and you're not buying more land and you're building on top of each other have you ever been downtown seattle where you're driving and you're going under it's so cool it's like a video game i love driving in seattle but what i'm saying here
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cross_cutting keyword 5:49–6:26 public testimony
minder you can email comments to the clerk of the board and these will be accepted as part of the public record i will now open the meeting to the public record and i will now open the meeting to the public record and i will now take the meeting for public testimony and i will take the in first person first so carmen de leon my name is carmen de leon um i also go by mellow and so on there's a quite a few things on today's agenda so how about we talk about this one t trans existing control has an