Remember "hyperloop?" It's a super fast transportation concept promoted (but not originated) by Elon Musk, pods carrying passengers or cargo either through underground tunnels or on rails above ground. Magnetic force would power the pods at great speed.
It was always going to take a long time to develop technologies and get governments on board, and no system operates yet in spite of research and feasibility studies.
One of the two remaining companies working on the vision, Hyperloop One, laid off a hundred staffers a year ago and famous investor Richard Branson backed out with his Virgin brand. Now they've abandoned the goal to move passengers and will focus on cargo.
Hyperloop TT, the other company, still pursues transporting people. One of their projects is to link cities Chicago-Cleveland-Pittsburgh in the Great Lakes Corridor.
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