The charts below show the main methods of transportation for people of one university for work or study in 2004 and 2009. Summarize the information by selecting the main features and comparisons where relevant.

The charts below show the main methods of

transportation for people of one university for work or study in 2004 and 2009.

Summarize the information by selecting the main features and comparisons where relevant.
The pie charts compare the key modes of conveyance for
a
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university
staff and students in the years 2004 and 2009.
Overall
, it can be seen that most
of
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people
preferred to travel by car in 2004
whereas
, a majority of
people
liked to commute by bus in 2009.
To begin
with, around half of the commuters used their cars to travel in 2004, followed by one-
third
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who went by bus. Only 9% of the
people
used their bicycles, and the remaining 7% either walked to the
university
(4%) or travelled by train (3%). In the
next
five years,
however
, there were drastic changes in the modes of transportation utilised by the
people
. Buses became the first choice of the
people
due to
the construction of a new bus stop at the
university
in 2006. Around 55%
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people
travelled by car
due to
the changes in
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car parking in 2008. Interestingly, 40% more
people
rode their bicycles.
However
, trains and walking remained at the bottom line of
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people
's choice to go to
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university
in 2009.
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