The charts below show the main methods of transportation for people travelling to one university for work or study in 2004 and 2009.

A glance at the pie charts compares the most important means of transportation for going to a

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in 2004 and 2009.

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, more than half of commuters to the

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used a car in 2004,

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the prevalent way for arriving at the

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was the bus in 2009.

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, the train was the least popular mode of transport to the

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among students and staff in both years. In 2004, the car was the most popular method of transport with 51%,

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33% of people preferred using the bus. Bicycles were responsible for 9% of transportation to the

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, compared to 7% of using walking and train. Five years later, the share of buses in commuting people to

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showed a significant increase to 46%, as compared to the dramatic decrease of cars to less than 30% in the same period. The proportion of using bicycles went up to 16%, 7% more than that in 2004.

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, the proportion of using the train and walking rose less dramatically than the bus and bicycle to 4% and 6% respectively.