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 car
and the train, while
a constant decline can be seen in the figure for bus users
. It is also
clear that the car
is by far the most popular form of transport throughout the period.
The number of travellers travelling to work by car
started at about 5 million
, after which it saw a significant rise to approximately 7 million
people in 2000. Similar changes can be seen in the figure for the train, which increased from 2 million
to 3 million
people/commuters/users
in the first 30 years. By contrast
, slightly over 4 million
commuters used the bus on a daily basis, with a slight drop to slightly under 4 million
in the year 2000 by approximately 0.5 million
in 2000.
From 2000 to 2020, the number of car
and train users
/passengers kept increasing, before being expected to reach almost/nearly 9 million
and 5 million
respectively in 2030. Conversely
, the figure for bus users
is expected to see a decline to under 3 million
in the same year.Submitted by dangvinhphu97 on
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