The graph below shows the different modes of transport used to travel to and from work in one European city in 1960, 1980 and 2000. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

The given chart displays the figure for the different modes of transport used to travel to and from work in one European city in 1960, 1980 and 2000.

Overall

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, it can be seen that the percentage of

people

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using cars experienced an upward trend

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the opposite was true with

bike

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bikes

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and foot that of.

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, the proportion of individuals using buses witnessed a fluctuation.

To begin

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with, the figure for buses used started at 20% in 1960 and it

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increased to 27% approximately,

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, it declined to 17% in 2000. There was a considerable rise in the percentage of

people

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using cars which started at below 10% in 1960 and

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peaked at 37% roughly after four decades. Moving on to the other categories, the proportion of

commuter

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commuters

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transporting by bike and foot had a relatively similar trend. The figure for

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transporting by bike began at around 27% in 1960 and

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it remarkably decreased by 20% in 2000.

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, the percentage of

people

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travelling by foot in 1960 was highest at approximately 35%,

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, it witnessed a significant decrease of 25% after 40 years.