The table below gives information about changes in modes of travel in England between 1985 and 2000.

The chart shows

average

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distances that people in England travelled using different forms of

transport

in the years 1985 and 2000.

It is clear that

the total number of

miles

travelled by English people using all modes of

transport

increased significantly between 1985 and 2000. The car was by far the most used form of

transport

in both years. In 1985, the average person travelled 3,199

miles

by car, and

this

rose to 4,806

miles

in the year 2000. The figures for

miles

travelled by train,

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bus, taxi and other modes

also

increased from 1985 to 2000. Travel by taxi saw the most significant change, with more than a threefold increase from 13

miles

per person per year in 1985 to 42

miles

in 2000. There was a fall in the average distances for three forms of

transport

, namely walking, bicycle and local bus. In 1985, English people walked an average of 255

miles

, but

this

figure fell by 18

miles

in 2000. Bicycle use fell from 51 to 41

miles

over the period shown,

while

the biggest downward change was in the use of local buses, with average

miles

per person falling from 429 to 274 over the 15-year period.