Some people believe that engaging in an active pastime does more to develop children's life skills than time spent reading. To what extent do you agree or disagree

The bar graph delineates the change in weekly
distance
travelled by a countryman in the UK in 1990 and 2000 using five specified modes of transport. Overall, it is apparent that, while there was a marginal rise in total
kilometeres
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kilometres
travelled by air, bus and rail; bicycle and motorbike had lost some popularity leading to a decline in
distance
travelled using the two-wheelers. The statistics provided in the bar graph made it evident that travel by public transport (bus and rail)
reamained
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remained
a majority portion of per capita
distance
travelled per week both in 1990 and 2000, with a minor
inscrease
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increase
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the beginning of 21st century.
On the other hand
,
distance
covered through air travel has risen considerably in 2000 as compared
its
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proportion in the year 1990.
In contrast
, usage of bicycle and motorbike not only remained
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low during 1990 and 2000 (just below 5kms, to be precise), it
further
plummeted to become negligible by the dawn of
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