City of Luxembourg's active travel concept

At a press conference on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, the College of the Mayor and Aldermen presented its active travel concept that was developed as part of the City of Luxembourg's Mobility Plan, which sets urban mobility targets to achieve by 2035 and seeks to sustainably improve travel conditions for pedestrians and cyclists.

During the press conference, Patrick Goldschmidt, the alderman for mobility, recalled the analyses and surveys that had been undertaken prior to the drafting of the active travel concept, as well as the development of the adopted proposals, which include recommendations that could be implemented in the short term, more long-term developments, and an appropriate monitoring mechanism. Luxembourg City Mayor Lydie Polfer and Alderman Goldschmidt used this event to underscore the close links between the capital's urban development and urban mobility. This factor played a role in the development of the Mobility Plan and will be taken into account as the pedestrian and cycling networks evolve. Alderman Goldschmidt also noted that "mobility in Luxembourg City must be based on peaceful coexistence that respects all users of the infrastructure and public spaces."

Recommendations in keeping with the continuity of the City of Luxembourg's Mobility Plan

As stated in the College of Aldermen's 2023–2029 mission statement, the network of intra- and inter-district cycling routes, as well as the routes connecting neighbouring municipalities – particularly the main arteries – will be expanded, improved, made safer and better connected, and pedestrian routes in public spaces will be upgraded. These ambitions were set out in the City of Luxembourg's Mobility Plan 2035, on the basis of which the College of Aldermen embarked on developing an active travel concept, in a process that involved close collaboration between several municipal departments and the firms Gehl, LSC 360 and TRAMP.

The results presented in this document are the recommendations made by these firms. The City of Luxembourg will conduct an in-depth, multidisciplinary analysis to determine the feasibility of implementing the various proposals. Then, depending on their feasibility, the proposals will be incorporated in the City's project development and investment programme. The City plans to hold a public consultation in the subsequent stages of the project.

Putting pedestrians and cyclists at the centre of the City's mobility strategy

To highlight the importance of pedestrians and cyclists in the existing road network, the target network devised as part of the City of Luxembourg's Mobility Plan served as the basis for the design of the active travel network. In seeking to identify the corridors that the active travel concept should encompass, the analysis of the road network located 21 corridors – covering a total of 17.8 km – and 30 connection points.

An assessment and analysis system was devised to help achieve the targets set for improving and extending the cycling and pedestrian networks. Cycling infrastructure is assessed based on four key criteria: the safety, comfort, attractiveness and directness of a journey. Pedestrian travel is assessed based on these same criteria, plus a fifth one: the quality of the time spent in public spaces, which is a determining factor. Other criteria included in the assessment system are residents' complaints, accident statistics, ongoing projects, recommendations that can be implemented in the short term, and a lack of connections in the existing network.

Applying this methodology and the aforementioned criteria revealed that the existing pedestrian network is already well suited to getting around on foot. The engineering firm, Gehl, identified five categories of cycling infrastructure, which make up the target network of the active travel concept: