The bar chart illustrates the information about usage of variety transportations in terms of travelling to and from work in one particular European town in a time period of 40 years from 1960 to 2000.

The bar chart compares the data about the usage of a variety of transportation in terms of travelling to and from work in one particular European town from 1960 to 2000.

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, the percentage of passengers who moved by car rose sharply over the period,

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the proportion of people who used other types of transport fell. In 1960, approximately around 17% of people used buses to commute to and from work,

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it gradually increased to just over 25% in 1980.

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, usage of buses experienced a slight decline to 16% during the next 20 years. Despite the low popularity of cars in

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European country with only 5% in 1960,

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figure significantly grew to 22% and 35% respectively.

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, bikes which were quite popular in 1960 with 25% started to go down steadily over the next 40 years.

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, in 1960 foot use was more preferred rather than others with 33%. Later

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index dropped considerably to just above 15% in 1980.

At the end

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of the period, the number of commuters who travelled by foot showed the lowest indicator 8% in comparison to previous years