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 supplied graph depicts the total percentage of travellers who commute to work by five different transport means in a particular European city from 1960 to 2000.

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, the chart shows that travelling by car

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increased throughout the given period.

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the others had a downward trend. In detail, in 1960, using cars as a transport means

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only 5%.

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number climbed in the following 20 years to be over 20%

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continued to soar reaching the final surge at 35% in 2000.

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, only 18% of people took buses for travelling in 1960. These figures rose by 7% in 1980 before dropping to 15% in 2000. Regarding walking,

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, was the highest preference of almost 35 per cent of people in 1960. Became the less favourable mode by people at 7% in 2000. In a similar fashion, riding a bike

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25% in 1960 after 

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significantly by 5% in 1980 and

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a peak of 7% in 2000.