The chart below shows the number of trips made by children in one country in 1990 and 2010 to travel to and from school using different modes of transport. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart describes the data on travel modes used by elementary students and how many journeys they have made per year to school (in millions). The statistics are based on one country between 1990 and 2010, accounting for modes of transportation: car, walking, cycling, walking and

bus

, and

bus

only. As seen above, the contrast between 1990 and 2010 can be seen; walking is the most preferred method used in 1990

while

riding a car is the highly used in 2010. In 1990, students who walked to school made a total amount of 12 million per year. The range is staggering, considering other methods,

such

as car, cycling,

bus

and transferred

bus

-walk doubled the proportions of those who walked.

However

, entering 2010, elementary children now preferred using cars, with a sum of 11 million trips made. On the other side, the number of walking children dropped to 6 million.

Moreover

, children who cycled, used the

bus

only and combined

bus

and walking

also

dropped by more than 2 points.