Cycling routes and infrastructures
ULiège bicycle routes
If you wish to use the bicycle to :
- reach the different campuses of Uliège (downtown, Sart-Tilman and Gembloux) from the neighboring communes and vice-versa,
- or to move between the campuses,
On the MyMobility website you will find multiple bike routes.
In addition to providing you with the best routes to take, these maps also indicate the travel times which will allow you to estimate the time it will take you to reach the various locations.
Cycling infrastructure
The city of Liege has plans to increase the number of bicycle facilities in the coming years (more than a hundred kilometers of bicycle lanes and streets are planned).
Let's see what has already been put in place!
The cycling map of the City of Liege
This map will provide you with more information than those of the ULiège regarding the types of cycling infrastructure because it lists the different existing facilities. You will therefore know in advance if the path you are about to take will be mainly composed of RAVel, separate cycle track, cycle lane, pedestrian area open to cyclists, etc. Visit the City of Liege website to access this cycling map.
If you also want to know more about the different types of bicycle facilities and infrastructures, click here.
Cycling streets
The cycle streets are a new feature in Liege that will increase the quality and safety of cycling.
These streets are indicated by this sign and the rules to follow are as follows:
- The behavior of motorized vehicles is subordinated to that of cyclists.
- Passing of cyclists by motorized vehicles is PROHIBITED.
- The speed limit is set at 30km/h
- The cyclist can use the whole width of the public road when it is open only to his or her direction of traffic and half of the width on the right side when it is open to both directions of traffic
- Pedestrians are considered the weaker user, even on bikeable streets.
- Cyclists must yield to pedestrians at crosswalks.
- In the urban area, cyclists over the age of 10 are not allowed to ride on the sidewalk.
The RAVeL
The RAVeL (Réseau Autonome des Voies Lentes) is a network of paths reserved for pedestrians, cyclists, horse riders and people with reduced mobility. These greenways are safe and mainly built on towpaths and old railway lines.
The network represents more than 1,480 km of paths, that is to say more than 45 local itineraries marked out for your displacements or your strolls. All these greenways have been linked together to form 10 regional routes and 4 international routes that cover the whole of Wallonia and are mainly intended for bicycle tourism.
The RAVeL allows you to go to the city in complete tranquillity while discovering rural areas and preserved natural spaces!
You will find here an interactive map of the entire network in Wallonia.
How to reach Liège with the RAVeL ?
- Lines 31, 210 and 212: From Liers (Herstal) to Saint-Nicolas (Terril du Gosson)
This urban RAVeL groups together several lines (31, 210 and 212) to form a total of about ten kilometers. Thanks to this RAVeL, you can reach the gates of Liege by crossing Liers, Rocourt, Ans and Montegnée. It is a real travel tool that you can use on a daily basis to reach Liège via the Meuse valley.
- Lines 38 and 39: From Trois Frontières (Plombières) to Chênée (Liège)
Lines 38 and 39 connect the Three Borders site (Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany) to the city of Liège. In addition to moving to Liège, these lines also allow you to admire the hedged farmland of the Pays de Herve as well as numerous viewpoints.
- Ourthe line: From Angleur (Liège) to Comblain-la-Tour (Hamoir) or from Bomal to the Barrière de Petit-Han (Durbuy)
This line, from Liège, allows you to reach Durbuy (and vice-versa) in two steps: From Angleur (Liège) to Comblain-la-Tour (Hamoir) and then from Bomal to the Barrière de Petit-Han (Durbuy). Indeed, the RAVeL is not entirely developed between these two stages (between Comblain-la-Tour and Bomal). A path along the river allows pedestrians and bikers to connect these two stages. However, not all bicycles are suitable for riding on the trail. In this case, from Comblain-la-Tour, a connecting route is planned to reach Hamoir, then the beginning of the 2nd stage in Bomal. But be careful, this connecting route takes sections of regional roads, where car traffic is often fast.
