The chart below shows the number of trips made by children in one country in 1990 and 2010 to travel to and from school using different modes of transport. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart provides information about how many trips it took for children aged 5-12 to get to and from

school

by bus, car, walking and cycling in 1990 and 2010.

Overall

, the most popular ways of getting to the institutions were walking and car, meanwhile cycling was the least preferred option depending on the given period. In the 20th century, most youngsters went to

school

on foot,

however

, taking the

school

bus was the

second

most liked way of travelling, with the former standing at roughly 12

million

and the latter at about 7

million

. Surprisingly, the combination of walking and taking the motorbus accounted for around 6

million

trips that year. By the end of the

second

period, cars became the most favoured method,

although

it did not exceed the 12

million

walkers back in 1990.

Nevertheless

, public transport was still relatively popular. The numbers only declined by approximately 1

million

,

while

the number of foot travellers went down by close to 6

million

, which is close to the reduction of car passengers and barely any individuals chose to go to

school

on two wheels.