The chart below gives information about the journeys to school by children aged 11 to 16 in the UK in a year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates how children aged 11 to 16 in the UK commuted to school in a year.

Overall

, the majority of children chose to walk or cycle for

journeys

that were 2 miles or shorter

while

buses

were the most common options for those who

traveled

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longer distances. Regarding commutes under 1 mile, walking accounted for 90% of

such

journeys

, surpassing the figure for bicycles by 40%.

Cars

and

buses

were less

favored

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for

this

distance, each accounting for less than 10% of total

journeys

. In the 1-2-mile range, cycling emerged as the most popular choice, making up approximately 75% of total

journeys

. 60% of

journeys

in

this

category belonged to those who walked, triple the figure for

cars

and six times as high as that for

buses

. Concerning

journeys

within the 2-to-5-mile range,

buses

took the lead with 50%, closely followed by bicycles at about 47%. Coming in third and fourth place were

cars

and walking, at approximately 31% and 25% respectively. Moving onto commutes over 5 miles,

buses

remained the preferred choice, with around 70%, followed by

cars

at 21%,

while

walking and cycling were not chosen for

this

distance.