The chart below shows the number of trips made by children in one country in 1990 and 2010 to travel to and from school using different modes of transport.

The given bar chart displays how many times in 1990 and 2010 children aged 5-12, in one country, went from home to

school

and back either by

bus

, walking and by

bus

, cycling, walking, or by

car

as passengers.

Overall

, it can be seen that the most popular form of

traveling

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to and from

school

in 1990 was walking and that the

least

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last

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one was by

car

.

However

, in 2010, the

car

mode became the most used. Regarding the year 1990, as just analyzed, most of the trips, slightly over 12

million

, to and from

school

were made simply by walking.

In contrast

, just over 4

million

were with children as

car

passengers and the rest approximately 20

million

trips were either by cycling, a combination of walking and taking the

bus

, and by

bus

.

On the other hand

, in 2010, the number of trips to

school

and back by automobile rose to around 11

million

,

while

walking halve its popularity. Noteworthy, in that year, there were made only 2

million

travels cycling, with a decrease of 4

million

from 1990.