Some people say governments should give priority to health care, while others believe taxpayers' money should be spent on other important priorities. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

The given bar chart compares information about the transportation facilities used by students aged between 5 to 12 years, to commute to and from school in a country during the years 1990 and 2010. Overall, it can be depicted that in the period 1990 the highest number of
trips
preferred to reach school was by walking, and in the latter ,term lowest number of same was by cycle. As can be seen in the diagram, in the year 2010, almost 12
million
trips
were made to the school by car, making it the highest utilised mode to commute during the year.
Similarly
,
trips
by walking, cycling, and the
bus
were 6
million
, 2
million
, and almost 6
million
respectively, and just above 2
million
trips
were taken by both walking and using a
bus
.
On the other hand
, almost 8
million
trips
were taken by
bus
.
Furthermore
, just above and below 6
million
trips
were taken by cycling and walking and
bus
respectively, the least form to commute was by car and it was just above 4
million
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