Although many people value their public parks, this space could be better used for other purposes such as residential areas for the ever growing population or develop business and boost economies. To what extend do you agree or disagree with this?

The given line graph provides information about amounts of imported merchandise to the United Kingdom through various transport systems, namely

road

, water, rail and

pipeline

, in a 28-year period. Overall, it appears that all modes of Transport had experienced an upward trajectory. While the

road

was the

first

preferred way of transporting goods, the

pipeline

had remained the most conservative one over the set period. Regarding

road

and

pipeline

, both of these ways of transferring had seen an upward rise during the years. Starting out at 70

million

tonnes of transported goods, the

road

was the most selected way in 1974. Following

this

, it had some fluctuations before 1994, at which point it surged sharply to approximately 98

million

and rose slightly to the end of the period.

Pipeline

joined the same upward trend, standing at a mare 2

million

products, it started as the lowest among all and had grown gently until 1994 when it levelled off at 22

million

. Looking specifically at water and rail, both figures started at the same number of 40

million

goods. Whereas the former had risen gradually to 63

million

, the latter oscillated widely, ending at its original amount.