The graph below shows the average number of UK commuters travelling each day by car, bus or train between 1970 and 2030.
The line chart illustrates how many workers in the UK travel from and to work using 3 different means of transport over a period of 60 years.
Overall
, there is a dramatic increase in the number of UK commuters using the Linking Words
car
and the train, Use synonyms
while
a constant decline can be seen in the figure for bus Linking Words
users
. It is Use synonyms
also
clear that the Linking Words
car
is by far the most popular form of transport throughout the period.
The number of travellers travelling to work by Use synonyms
car
started at about 5 Use synonyms
million
, after which it saw a significant rise to approximately 7 Use synonyms
million
people in 2000. Similar changes can be seen in the figure for the train, which increased from 2 Use synonyms
million
to 3 Use synonyms
million
people/commuters/Use synonyms
users
in the first 30 years. Use synonyms
By contrast
, slightly over 4 Linking Words
million
commuters used the bus on a daily basis, with a slight drop to slightly under 4 Use synonyms
million
in the year 2000 by approximately 0.5 Use synonyms
million
in 2000.
From 2000 to 2020, the number of Use synonyms
car
and train Use synonyms
users
/passengers kept increasing, before being expected to reach almost/nearly 9 Use synonyms
million
and 5 Use synonyms
million
respectively in 2030. Use synonyms
Conversely
, the figure for bus Linking Words
users
is expected to see a decline to under 3 Use synonyms
million
in the same year.Use synonyms
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