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You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The following bar chart shows the different modes of transport used to travel to and from work in one European city in 1960, 1980 and 2000. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The following bar chart shows the different modes of transport used to travel to and from work in one European city in 1960, 1980 and 2000. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
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The given bar chart illustrates
that
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the proportion of
what
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transportation
was
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utilized for
traveling
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travelling
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 in a European city in 1960, 1980 and 2000. In brief, using
car
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the car
a car
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 in 2000 was the highest position,
whereas
percentage
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the percentage
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 of
travelers
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travellers
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 who went by
car
 in 1960 was the least popular of the 4. Moving to the details, bus, bike and foot showed similar patterns, with both gradually
decrease
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 from 1960 to 2000.
However
, there was
slight
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a slight
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 increase from 20% to 25
percent
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per cent
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 between 1960 and 1980,
then
 sections of the bus in 2000 were about 10% lower.
In addition
,
foot
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the foot
a foot
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 was in the top position in 1960 at nearly 30%, but it considerably dropped from 40% to 10
percent
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per cent
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 from 1960 to 2000, a fall of about 30%
for
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over
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 40 years. there was
same
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the same
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 pattern for
bike
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bikes
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,
bike
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bikes
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 became the second lowest percentage for transportation in
this
 city.
On the other hand
, the proportion of people who moved by
car
 dramatically incline from just over 5 % to
approximate
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approximately
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 20% between 1960 and 1980, and it was in top 2 position in 1980.
Furthermore
, there was
substantial
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a substantial
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 rise in the rates of
the
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car
 users from 1980 to 2000, and it became the most popular transportation.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words car with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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