The line graphs show the percentage of people using public transport and people using private cars in five cities of Australia from 2000 to 2010.

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transportation usage percentage in five urban areas in Australia between 2000 and 2010.

Overall

, Brisbane experienced a sharp increase since 2002, moving from the third

place

into the first

place

of the five cities given.

On the other hand

, Adelaide stayed as the lowest city throughout the period. With only 15% in 2000, Brisbane had a surge in people using public transport since 2002, surpassing Melbourne and Sydney by reaching 25% in 2006 and experiencing constant growth until 2010.

Conversely

, as the highest city in 2000 with 20%, Sydney faced a plateau until 2002 followed by a slight increase in 2003, which they encountered a slow drop in 2007. After that, the

number

skyrocketed to just under 25% by 2009.

Similarly

, as the

number

remained steady at around 17%, Melbourne got their

place

overtaken by Brisbane in 2003. Even though the

number

plummeted in 2004, it climbed back in 2005 and continued to be stable until 2020. Over the given period, both Perth and Adelaide continue to

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. Starting higher at 10% in 2000, Perth only experienced a modest incline in 2004 before it went steady again and came back at approximately 10% in 2008. Adelaide had a more fluctuating condition

although

continued to stay in the

last

place

city. After a moderate increase in 2001, the percentage dropped to 5% again in 2003 but rose by 2004, after that, the

number

went down again and constantly fluctuated with only a moderate

number

.