The chart below shows the number of different kinds of vehicles registered in Europe from 1996 to 2006. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram depicts the total quantities of vehicles, namely

privated

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private

cars

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, motorbikes, public

transports

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transport

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, and other types, which were registered in Europe and how these

datas

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data

changed between 1996 and 2006. From an

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perspective, there was a sharp increase in the total number of private

cars

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,

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motorbikes,

bus

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buses

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,

coach

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coaches

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,

taxi

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taxis

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, and lorries witnessed a reverse trend at the same time. Noticeably, private

cars

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were by far the most common vehicle of Europeans in terms of commuting. Looking at

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about motorcycles in the graph, there was a decrease of 400,000, from one million in the first studied year to just 600,000 in the final year, equal to

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% change.

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, the figures for lorries saw the same trend, but slighter with a drop of 20% which was equal to 100,000 in total.

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, the use of public transportation

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as

bus

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buses

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,

coach

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coaches

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, and

taxi

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taxis

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gave the same data throughout the 10-year period, with 100,000 vehicles stable. Private

cars

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were the main means of transport, staying at 19 million in 1996 and peaking

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at 24

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million in the next 10 years. The amount of

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mean

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experienced a

rose

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rise

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of 26.32%

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those of other types generally increased

500,000

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by 500,000

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, equal to

one twelfth

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one-twelfth

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compared to the number of private

cars

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.

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, it was an upward trend in terms of registered vehicles by

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time.