The bar chart gives information about the number of car journeys into the city centre made by residents and non-residents. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart compares how many

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and

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residents

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made a journey by car from 1996 to 2005.

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it is clear that

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the average

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of

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for

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tended to decrease.

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,

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residents

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choose cars to make a journey that experienced fluctuation during the time period, eventually, the

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for

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had a sour trend. Looking

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,the average

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of

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for

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was the largest position from around 10000 in 1996 to 9500 in 1999. At the same time, the

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of car

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for Non-

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was half time than that of

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in 1996, after that, the

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for

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residents

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remained at a steady raise of roughly 8000 until 1999. From 2000 to 2002, because parking meters were introduced in the city centre, the

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for

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stepped into plummeted during

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period, and they maintained at roughly 5000 per day.

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, it is obvious that the

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of

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for

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residents

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had an upward tendency, and reached 8000. Another reason was that Westgate street and park lane closed to traffic after 2002, which had an evident effect on streams of

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for

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residents

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, making it decline to below 5000.

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due to

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reason, the

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decreased and kept at about 4000.