On trips of less than 1 km, “49% are made on foot and 37% by car”, indicates the Ministry of Mobility. One of its objectives is to promote walking, the potential for development being significant. As urban planning in this area is more the responsibility of the municipalities, the ministry is generally responsible for “encouraging the municipalities through recommendations and examples of good practice”, while providing them with “technical advice” when requested. .
He thus advocates “sufficiently wide facilities, with adequate lighting, crossings with good visibility”. When questioned, the City of Luxembourg indicates that it regularly carries out redevelopments. She cites “the programming of red lights”, intended to reduce waiting times, or even “the widening of sidewalks” and “the establishment of 30 km/h zones near schools”: following the establishment of Cessange, this will soon be the case at the Rollingergrund. The funicular and the Pfaffental lift would also be part of the measures intended to “promote long journeys on foot”.
On the safety aspect, the ministry considers that “quality planning can improve the feeling of safety: it is more pleasant to walk in a well-lit street with a wide sidewalk and in the presence of other people than alone, in a street dark and on a narrow sidewalk wedged between a wall and a parked car”. For this same reason, in the capital, the pedestrian crossings “will be gradually equipped with auxiliary lighting to ensure better visibility”.