The pie charts illustrate how students in a university traveled to school in 2004 and 2009.
Overall, there was a significant decline in the proportion of people travelling to the examined university by car, while an increase was seen in the figures for the other means of transport. In addition, the majority of students chose to commute to their university by car in 2004, and by bus in 2009; by contrast, the figures for people opting to take a train or walk to school were negligible in both years.
The percentage of people driving to university started at 51% in 2004, after which it experienced a considerable fall to 28% in 2009. The reverse/opposite trend can be seen in the figure for those going to this university by bus, which rose from 33% in 2004 to 46% in 2009.
9% of people in the survey said that they often cycled to school in 2004, followed by a rise to 16% after a half decade. The figures for people taking a train or walking to school increased negligibly, reaching 4% and 6% respectively in 2009.