Advanced Sustainable Logistics with HSR for the Development in Great Montreal Area

Abstract

Currently, the new transportation tool High-Speed Railway (HSR) pushes economic and social development to a great level in some countries. Because of its high speed (actual speed 430 km/h, experiment speed 600–1200 km/h) and high efficiency, it makes good transportation in a surprisingly quick increment and then supports supply chain logistics running at a greatly higher level than that before. Especially, a stimulation of trade volume will happen due to the increased speed of transportation within the HSR network. The success of HSR in the Asia area implies its future application may produce an economic engine in East Canada or the Great Montreal Area with extended regions, which will stimulate the local economic and social development in an excellent model. Especially for the goods flow or trade volume, the implementation of the HSR network centred in the Great Montreal Area can bring to the community. This chapter will make a mathematical model deviated from the Gravity Model to investigate the relationship between the goods flow and the HSR speed. The research on their relationship demonstrated that the HSR would be able to substitute the low-speed vehicle style and increase economic development.