Which Measures can Reduce Parental Driving to Sport Activities?

We conducted a survey to investigate how parents evaluate the effect (on their own behaviour) of five measures to reduce driving of children to sport activities in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. We find that parents’ evaluation of the effect varies for each measure, where the largest (perceived) effect is found in providing buses to activities. Moreover, we find large disparities in potential effect between different sports. Carpooling and walking/cycling groups are more relevant for soccer and handball, activities that take place in children’s local area. For skiing and ice-skating, we find a stronger effect in providing the possibility to store gear at the activity location. The disparities in potential effects among type of activities are probably linked to differences of locations of activities or in amount of gear that has to be brought along.