The line graph illustrates the proportion of travels undertaken by four different modes of transport – car, bus, rail, and others – in a particular country between 1985 and 2015.
Overall, cars experienced a significant rise over the period, emerging as the dominant transportation from 1995 to 2015. In contrast, buses saw a substantial drop, while rails and “others” category remained relactively stable over 30 years.
In 1985, buses was the most popular form of transport, having the largest share of roughly 60%, whereas the remaining figures were modestly low. Both rails and cars accounted for approximately 20%, followed closely by other transport at nearly 10%.
Over the following years, despite the initial dominance, buses dipped dramatically to a low of 10% by 2000, which was equal to rails and other travels in the same year. Cars, which was the second most popular transportation in 1985, surpassed bus category in 1990 and eventually surged to a peak of 80% by 2000, before saw a slight decline until 2015. Meanwhile, railways and other modes of transport had numerous fluctuations throughout the period, reaching their initial proportion at 20% and 10%, respectively.