The charts below show the information about a US bus company between 1999 and 2003. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts illustrate the comparison between the actual and

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punctuality

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rates of buses from 1999 to 2003 and depict the number of

passenger

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complaints during the same period.

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, it is evident that the

target

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performance for bus

punctuality

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declined gradually over the years,

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the actual performance experienced fluctuations but eventually nearly matched the

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rate

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in 2003. Meanwhile, the number of

passenger

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complaints showed a steady upward trend throughout the five-year period. In 1999, the actual

punctuality

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rate

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was close to the

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, with both hovering around 80%.

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, in 2000, the actual

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dropped significantly to approximately 30%,

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the

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rate

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remained stable at around 40%. The years 2001 and 2002 saw the actual performance stagnate at just below 40%, closely aligning with the

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. Remarkably, in 2003, the actual

punctuality

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rate

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surged back to nearly 78%, creating the largest discrepancy between the actual and

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rates over the entire period. Simultaneously, the number of

passenger

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complaints increased consistently from 60 in 1999 to 120 in 2003, doubling over the five years.

This

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suggests a correlation between the fluctuations in bus

punctuality

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and the rise in

passenger

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dissatisfaction.