The graph shows the transport modes in European city between 1960 and 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.

The bar graph depicts the proportion of different transport modes used by people in a European city from 1960 to 2000.

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, the percentage of people who used bicycles and that

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by foot showed a descending trend over the period,

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travelling by car recorded the opposite trend. Bus transportation passengers,

on the other hand

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, were quite volatile. In 1960, the percentage of pedestrians comprised the majority of the transport modes by nearly 35%.

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,

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number continued to decrease during the remaining years, reaching less than 10% by 2000. During the same period, about a fifth of people who used

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dropped from 25% in 1960 to just above 5% in 2000.

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only 5% of car users in 1960, it rose significantly and it became the highest number by over 35%

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of the period. Meanwhile, the proportion of bus

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over 15% in the first year before rising to around 25% in 1980. After that, the figure declined slightly to 15% by 2000, becoming the second largest after car transportation.