The charts show the main methods of transport of people travelling to one university in 2004 and 2009. Summarise the information be selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The given pie charts illustrate the proportion of means of transport namely
car
, bicycle, bus
, train
and walking, used to travel to a university
in 2004 and 2009.
Overall
, the figure for car
and bus
made up the largest number
of entire means of transport in both examined years while
the number
of people
travelling by train
and on foot remained almost unchanged. Remarkably, riding to the university
became more popular in 2009.
In 2004, 51% of people
drive a car
to the university
in comparison with 33% going by bus
. After five years, under the charges for car
parking and the building of a new bus
stop in the university
, the figure for car
travelling decreased by nearly a half, whereas
the number
of people
going to the university
by bus
increased by approximately 10%.
The figure for train
passengers and people
walking to the university
in 2004 was 3% and 4% respectively. Noticeably, those figures were somewhat the same in 2009 with 4% for train
and 6% for walking. There was a clear trend over the period of five years that more people
preferred riding a bike to the university
because the number
of people
travelling by bicycle in 2009 increased nearly double, compared to only 9% in 2004.Submitted by nguyenphuonganh01091995 on
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