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The bar chart indicates the changes in travel habits of employees in a specific village in New Zealand for 1996 and 2006. Units are measured in

percentage

and nine forms of commuting are shown.

However

, there is a form “worked at home”

that is

non-commuting. Overall, it can be noticed that in both years, travelling to work by private

cars

or trucks was the highest choice of commuters.

Furthermore

, it can

also

be seen that the highest

percentage

of commuters travelling to work by private

cars

was registered in 1996. The

percentage

of employed people that used private

cars

or trucks to get to work was about 50% in 1996, after which the figure fell to around 36% in 2006, a drop of around 14%. In 1996, the

percentage

of commuters that used company vehicles (around 7-9%) was not too different from the rate of people that walked or jogged.

In contrast

, use of company

cars

rose to well over 10% in 2006 but walking, jogging and home working fell to 7% and 5% respectively. As reported in the graph, the use of the public bus and bicycle both rose from around 5% to 10% in 2006.

Lastly

, it can be declared that use of trains, motorcycles and other forms of commuting

were

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very uncommon with a

percentage

of about 5% and 2% respectively.