The following bar chart shows the different modes of transport used to travel to and from work in one European city in 1960, 1980 and 2000.

The bar chart shows the changing patterns of transportation usage in a European city during the period from 1960 to 2000. In brief, the chart shows that the

use

of the car as a means of transport dramatically rose over the period shown,

while

the others fell. In detail, in 1960 the motor car was used least as a method of transportation with only some 7% of the people using

this

method but car

use

grew steadily and strongly to

finally

reach about 37% of the population by 2000.

This

was a massive 5-fold increase in handling. Over

this

same period,

however

, the popularity of walking, which had been the most popular means of transportation with 35% of the population in 1960 having it as their preferred way of getting around, fell to 10%. Bicycle

use

also

declined from a high of about 27% in 1960 to just 7% in 2000.

On the other hand

, bus

use

was more erratic being popular with almost 20% of the society in 1960 and rising to a peak of around 27% in 1980 before falling back to around 18% in 2000.