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

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, bicycle,

bus

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,

train

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and walking, used to travel to a

university

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in 2004 and 2009.

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, the figure for

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and

bus

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made up the largest

number

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of entire means of transport in both examined years

while

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the

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of

people

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travelling by

train

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and on foot remained almost unchanged. Remarkably, riding to the

university

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became more popular in 2009. In 2004, 51% of

people

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drive a

car

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to the

university

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in comparison with 33% going by

bus

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. After five years, under the charges for

car

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parking and the building of a new

bus

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stop in the

university

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, the figure for

car

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travelling decreased by nearly a half,

whereas

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the

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of

people

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going to the

university

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by

bus

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increased by approximately 10%. The figure for

train

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passengers and

people

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walking to the

university

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in 2004 was 3% and 4% respectively. Noticeably, those figures were somewhat the same in 2009 with 4% for

train

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and 6% for walking. There was a clear trend over the period of five years that more

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preferred riding a bike to the

university

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because the

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of

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travelling by bicycle in 2009 increased nearly double, compared to only 9% in 2004.