According to a release, a second phase of the project will be launched over the coming months to verify the results with a larger sample of data, including testing copper products on more train cars and buses, testing over a longer time period to analyze varied conditions, focusing tests on products that were most effective on transit, and public consultation.
Copper has already been deemed a durable material. The second phase will look at copper’s impact on viruses.
“We are excited about the positive results in the first phase of our copper pilot and look forward to finding out more about copper’s impact on viruses such as the ones that cause COVID-19 in the pilot’s second phase,” said Gigi Chen-Kuo, TransLink Interim CEO, in a statement.
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TransLink today announced it has appointed its chief legal officer, Gigi Chen-Kuo, as its interim chief executive officer.
The Metro Vancouver transportation authority s current CEO, Kevin Desmond, announced last October that he would be leaving his position after five years.
The new appointment is effective as of February 5.
In addition to her general counsel duties, Chen-Kuo is also TransLink s vice president of corporate services and is responsible for the agency s real estate division, its enterprise safety group, and business technology services. She has been with TransLink since 1999.
“We’re pleased to name Gigi Chen-Kuo as TransLink’s Interim CEO,” TransLink board of directors chair Tony Gugliotta said in a January 5 news release. “She has a great deal of experience in working with all elements of the TransLink enterprise, and that’s why she is the right person for this leadership role ove
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TransLink is promoting Gigi Chen-Kuo to interim chief executive officer as it continues to search for a replacement for CEO Kevin Desmond.
Chen-Kuo, who takes over the head job on Feb. 5, has been with TransLink since 1999 and is the transit authority’s general counsel and executive vice-president of corporate services.
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“She has a great deal of experience in working with all elements of the TransLink enterprise, and that’s why she is the right person for this leadership role over the coming months,” said the TransLink board of directors chair, Tony Gugliotta, in a statement. “It’s important to have a seamless transition period as we are facing a number of key deadlines and projects in the first half of 2021 including preparing a new investment plan, continuing work on the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain project and th