The two pie charts show the percentage of 5 ways of transportation for employees or students going to one university in the UK in 2004 and 2009.
Overall
, the majority of transportation modes were Linking Words
car
and Use synonyms
bus
in both years. Use synonyms
However
, the trends were different Linking Words
due to
the growth of travelling by Linking Words
bus
and the decline of using cars. The percentage of travelling by walking and train remained almost at the same levels Use synonyms
while
cycling saw a significant increase.
The two biggest methods of transportation were the Linking Words
car
and Use synonyms
bus
, with 51% and 33% respectively. Use synonyms
However
, whilst the number of going to a university by Linking Words
car
dramatically decreased to only 28%, the opposite trend was observed for the Use synonyms
bus
which reached almost half in 2009. The Use synonyms
bus
Use synonyms
finally
overtook the Linking Words
car
and became the dominant.
The remaining three ways had around a quarter of the total in both years and all these three categories remained the same ranking from 2004 to 2009. People travelling by walking and train were only at 4% and 3% in 2004 respectively and their trends slightly grew in 2009. Use synonyms
In contrast
, the using of bicycles experienced a rapid growth from 9% to 16%.Linking Words
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