The bar chart gives information about the number of car journeys into the city centre made by residents and non-residents.

The bar graph gives information about the

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of

car

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journeys into the city centre made by residents and non-residents over a decade.

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,

it is clear that

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the

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of residents travelling by

car

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experienced a downward trend whilst non-residents made up an upward trend.

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, both figures had some fluctuation throughout the given period. In 1996, the

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of

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journeys by locals was about 10 000, higher than the non-residents’

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.

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, it continued with a little fluctuation between 1997 and 1999.

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, the

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by residents declined rapidly, introducing Parking meters into the city centre in 2000 after which the

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depicted the oscillation until the end of the year.

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, the latter

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was twice as low as its former one at just 5000 in 1996. After Parking meters were introduced by the government into the city non-residents’

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increased slightly by 3000 in 1999. And

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journeys by not living in

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area stayed stable after bringing in Parking meters till 2002.

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, it shrank significantly when Westgate Street and Park Lane closed.