Bicycle Highway F3 Leuven Brussels

The F3 is a 26-km long cycle highway from Leuven to Brussels. It is part of a network of 2,300 km consisting of 110 cycle highway routes in the Belgium northern region Flanders. The cycle highway routes form the backbone of the supra-local functional cycle route network, connecting important point of destinations with important public transport hubs. The purpose of building a Flemish cycle highway route network is to connect urban areas with the peri-urban agglomeration and rural areas and contribute to a modal shift by getting people out of cars and unto bikes and hereby reducing congestion and pollution. The F3 is currently not yet ready for cycling in its final form, but can be used. It largely follows the high-speed train route between Leuven and Brussels. The entire route on the territory of Flemish Brabant is signposted with the bicycle highway logo, including in the towns and cities linked up to this cycle route. The future F3 will run parallel to the tracks to Diegem, Machelen and Brussels North station in Zaventem via a new bridge to be built over the Brussels Ring (R0). While waiting for this bicycle bridge, the route at Zaventem station takes an alternative route via St.-Stevens-Woluwe to Brussels North. In the spring of 2018, the entire F3 bicycle highway on Flemish-Brabant territory was made more legible and recognizable. The bicycle highway logo has been placed on the site as ground marking over the entire route from Leuven station to the Brussels border.