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The chart below shows the number of trips made by children in one country in 1990 and 2010 to travel to and from school using different modes of transport.

The bar chart compares five different modes of
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 used by children for their school commute in a specific country between 1990 and 2010.
Overall
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, there was a significant shift in
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 preferences.
While
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 walking and cycling were popular in 1990, they saw a notable decline over the twenty-year period.
In contrast
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, the use of private cars as the primary means of
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 surged, eventually becoming the most common method. Regarding the most frequent modes of travel, walking was the leading choice in 1990 with over 12
million
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trips
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.
However
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, by 2010,
this
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 figure had nearly halved to approximately 6
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.
Conversely
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,
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 made as car passengers saw a dramatic threefold increase, rising from 4
million
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 in 1990 to a peak of 12
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 by 2010, effectively replacing walking as the dominant preference. In terms of the remaining
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 types, the use of buses, "walking and bus" combinations, and cycling all followed a downward trend. Bus travel decreased from roughly 7
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 to 5
million
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trips
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. Even more significant declines were seen in cycling and combined walking/bus
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, which started at about 6
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 each but plummeted to 2
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 and 3
million
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, respectively, by the end of the period.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words transport, million, trips with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "decline" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "significant" was used 2 times.
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