CE Delft has identified the technical potential of CO2 reduction of the mobility of persons in amateur sport. This study involved examining travel movements to and from training and matches for the 11 biggest sports in the Netherlands. We created mobility profiles for each of these sports, specifying travel behaviour to training sessions and matches. Based on this, we calculated the 2030 CO2 emissions for the various profiles and for the 11 sports combined.
This revealed that CO2 emissions from the mobility of persons in amateur sport will decrease in 2030 compared to 2023 due to electrification of the vehicle fleet and that most emissions are caused by travel movements to fitness training. Overall, travel movements to match venues result in less CO2 emissions than travel to training venues, partly because training takes place less often than matches are played.
In particular, the study offers insight into relevant indicators on how to make travelling to training and competitions more sustainable, such as more shared travel and more bicycle use. The technical potential has been calculated based on these indicators, but is mainly theoretical. Actual reductions depend on policy measures taken to give substance to these indicators.
The study was conducted for the Directorate-General for Mobility (DGMo) of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (IenW) for the ‘Greening travel behaviour’ programme. It was also published on the central government website