Methods of transporation for people travelling to one university for work or study in 2004 and 2009 in the UK. The two pie charts compare five categories of UK travelling percentage of university (train, bicycle, bus, walking, car,) from 2004 to 2009) Units are measured in proportion. nb

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

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, the majority of transportation modes were

car

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and

bus

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in both years.

However

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, the trends were different

due to

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the growth of travelling by

bus

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and the decline of using cars. The percentage of travelling by walking and train remained almost at the same levels

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cycling saw a significant increase. The two biggest methods of transportation were the

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and

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, with 51% and 33% respectively.

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, whilst the number of going to a university by

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dramatically decreased to only 28%, the opposite trend was observed for the

bus

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which reached almost half in 2009. The

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overtook the

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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.

In contrast

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, the using of bicycles experienced a rapid growth from 9% to 16%.