The table below gives information about changes in modes of travel in England between 1985 and 2000.Average distance in miles travelled per person per year
The table compares the various modes of transport in Britain from 1985 to 2000 and their average
miles
travelled per person per year. All units are measured in miles
.
Overall
, it is evident that cars were the most popular vehicle used for migration throughout the period while
taxes were used less. In ,general the distance
travelled by a person for a year saw substantial growth.
To begin
with, in 1985 the most significant means of migrating was by car as the annual distance
travelled was 3199 miles
which grew dramatically to 4806 miles
in 2000. The next popular modes of transportation in 1985 were other and local buses
covering distances not higher than 500 miles
annually each. In 2000 whereas
other modes of transportation increased in importance to 585 miles
, the significance of using local buses
dropped to 274 miles
.
In contrast
, taxis were not very common to British citizens as it average distance
covered in 1985 was the least with just 13 miles
, their travelled distance
rose to 42 miles
in 2000. Bicycles and long-distance
buses
were the next unpopular ways to migrate both recorded an annual travelled distance
which was slightly higher than 50 miles
at the beginning of the period, while
bicycles experienced a downward trend, long-distance
buses
witnessed a significant growth of 70 miles
. The total average miles
travelled by all the of transport was 4740 miles
in 1985 miles
which rose considerably to 6475 miles
.Submitted by yeboahsamuellaabban on
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