The graph below presents percentage of commuters using different mode of transports in London in the years 1960, 1980 and 2000. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown in the diagram below.

The graph indicates the growing

use

of cars for commuting to work between 1960-2000, and the corresponding decline in the usage of buses from being the most used mode of transport in 1960 to the least used in 2000. The graph

also

shows the changing patterns in commuting by train, car, tube or bus for commuters in London in the years 1960, 1980 and 2000. The number of people using trains at first rose from just under 20% in 1960 to about 26% in 1980

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but

then

fell back to about 23% in 2000.

Use

of the tube has been relatively stable, falling from around 27% of commuters in 1960 to 22% in 1980, but climbing back to reach 25% by 2000.

On the other hand

, the

use

of cars increased steadily from just over 5% in 1960 to 23% in 1980, reaching almost 40% by 2000,

whereas

the

use

of buses has declined since 1960, falling from just under 35% in 1960 to 27% in 1980 and only 15% in 2000.