Important Innovations Collection

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF   By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane TORONTO TO MONTREAL IN ONE HOUR BY TRAIN                                                                           Source:  TransPod TransPod, a Toronto startup, just revealed plans to build vacuum trains to shuttle passengers at 621 mph.  Here's what we know: TransPod, a hyperloop-style vacuum train, can reach high speeds through magnetic levitation It can transport 54 passengers or up to 10 tons of cargo per trip Cost will be 44% cheaper than a plane ticket The 500-mile trip between Toronto and Montreal will take one hour The "Flux Jet" trains will levitate through vacuum tubes and be powered by plasma It will travel at the speed of a commercial jet's cruising speed TransPod...