The graphs below show how people in a European city reached their office and got back home in 1959 and 2009.
The supplied pie chart gives information on the types of
transportation
used by employees from their offices to their homes in 1959 and 2009. It is divided into 5 categories including foot, bus, train, car and other.
From an overall
perspective, foot took the largest proportion in 1959, but in 2009, the car was the most popular transportation
while
other
way was still the least used way.
In 1959, the percentage of walking was 45% higher than using cars.Change the wording
another
By contrast
, in 2009, the percentage of car users increased and it was 10% higher than walking which was at the rate of 25%.People who went by train did not have any changes and it was stable at 15%.
Public transportation
was not very popular at that time and in 1995, there were 15% of passengers who used it .However
, in 2009, it even slightly decreased to 13%. Other types of transportation
were used only 5% in 1959 , but it increased more than double in 2009 and the rate was 12%.Submitted by ms.marymay97 on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words transportation with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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