The charts below show the percentage of people using public transport and that of people using private cars in five Australian cities between 2000 and 2010. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The charts below show the percentage of people using public transport and that of people using private cars in five Australian cities between 2000 and 2010. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant
The line charts below display the
proportion
of individuals who
use
their own car and the ones who
use
public transportation in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and
Adelaide
from 2000 to 2010.
Overall
, in
Adelaide
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there is a steady increase in the
use
of private
cars
and a slight variation in the
use
of public transport. Brisbane’s public transit rose significantly,
while
the
use
of personal
cars
in Melbourne declined moderately.
Adelaide
is the city with the least
use
of public transportation , starting the
period
with just 5%,
this
number fluctuated gradually during the
period
, before 2008, in 5 different
years
reached its highest point, 6%, but after 2008 it started to drop slightly, returning to 5%. In Brisbane, 15% of humans at the beginning of the
period
used public transit, after two
years
,
this
proportion
began to grow sharply, getting to 25% in 2006, after remaining two
years
stable, it started increasing modestly, ending the
period
at approximately 28%. 70% of individuals in 2000 used their individual vehicle in
Adelaide
, being the city with the highest number of people using their own car,
this
proportion
rose moderately to just above 80% during the next 9
years
, and the
last
year it climbed considerably to 90%. Melbourne between 2000 and 2002, had 30% of people using personal
cars
, but in 2002 dropped 10%, being at 20% in 2003,
this
grew gradually, reaching its beginning rate in 2007 and during the next 4
years
the
proportion
varied, ending the
period
with just over 20% of people using private
cars
.
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