The bar chart compares the proportion of 4 divers transportations usage throughout the commuting to work in one of European city in 3 separate years 1960, 1980 and 2000. The unit is measured in the percentage.

The bar chart compares the proportion of 4 divers transportations usage throughout the commuting to work in one of European city in 3 separate years 1960, 1980 and 2000. The unit is measured in the percentage.
The chart provides data on the percentage of the use of different types of transport in one European city in 1960, 1980 and 2000.
It is clear that
the proportion of car users increased significantly from 5 per
cent
in the first
year
to more than one-third in 2000.The number of people, who prefer to walk to work plummeted roughly from approximately 33 per
cent
in the
year
1960 to less than one-tenth of the total in the
last
year
. It is obvious that the percentage of bike travellers
also
decreased during the given period. Probing
further
, there was a fluctuation in the number of used bikes. The figure grew marginally from about 17 per
cent
to more than one-fourth of the total in 1980 and
then
upsurged by almost 10 per
cent
in the
last
year
.
Overall
, the proportion of citizens who prefer cars surged,
while
the number of pedestrians fell down.
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