The provided bar graph illustrates the total number of rides taken by bus and by subway in Williamsville for each year from 2011 to 2015. The image displays a bar graph showing the “Annual Ridership, Williamsville: 2011-2015.” The x-axis is labeled “Year” with years 2011 to 2015 and the y-axis is labeled “Rides” with a range from 100,000,000 to 800,000,000 in increments of 100,000,000. There are 2 bars per year, one for “Bus” and one for “Subway,” in order of left to right. Upon initial inspection, it is evident that the size of the annual ridership varied in different ways for each of the two forms of transportation.
On one hand, the annual number of bus rides went up and down during the time period shown on the graph. In 2011, annual bus ridership was a little over 400,000,000. This number increased slightly to around 450,000,000 in 2012. Subsequently, it dropped a little in 2013, however, rose to almost 500,000,000 in 2014, and then depicted again in 2015 to about 450,000,000.
Conversely, annual subway ridership, on the other hand, rose steadily during the same period. In 2011, a little over 600,000,000 rides were taken by subway. Consequently, this number jumped to around 650,000,000 in 2012 and continued to climb steadily until it reached around 750,000,000 in 2015.
In conclusion, in every year shown on the graph, subway ridership was significantly higher than bus ridership. In addition, bus ridership went up and down in this time period, while subway ridership rose consistently.