QuĆ©bec Cityās tramway planning with Bentley OpenPaths
With a growing region, limited space to expand roadways, and ambitious climate goals, QuĆ©bec City needs to move more peopleāmore efficientlyāwithout increasing congestion. Thatās why the city is investing in a new, fully electric tramway: to improve reliability, expand access to jobs and services, and reduce car dependency with a main transit corridor for a more connected, multimodal network. As QuĆ©bec City prepares to launch its first 100% electric tramway, RĆ©seau de transport de la Capitale (RTC) turned to Bentley OpenPaths⢠to build a unified, dataādriven travel demand model that informs planning, supports public transparency, and empowers decisionāmakers. In this blog, we explore how RTC is using Bentley OpenPaths to transform transportation planning and deliver a nextāgeneration mobility network for its 569,000 residents. Designing a Modern Multimodal Transportation Network QuĆ©bec Cityās new transport vision is ambitious: Nearly 100 kilometers of new transit corridors A 100% electric tramway as the backbone Seamless connections across traffic, transit, cycling, and pedestrian modes RTC also operates 61 bus lines and 75 commuter lines, forming the foundation of the regionās mobility system. With major infrastructure investments underway, the organization needed a clear, evidenceābased way to evaluate future scenarios and ensure the network meets the regionās