The bar graph illustrates how children aged 5 to 12 in a country commuted to and from school by different means of transport in 1990 and 2020.
Overall, cars were more preferred than other transportation types, with this option being the most popular subsequently, while this was true for walking in the previous year.
Regarding active means of transport, in 1990, going to school on foot was the most common method, with just over 12 million trips made per year, but then reduced by half in 2020. Moreover, schoolchildren travelled by cycling and the combination of walking and bus usage 6 million times in 1990, before decreasing to 2 and 3 million, respectively in 2020, making cycling the least favoured choice.
Concerning the passive ones, although children used cars the least to school in 1990, with 4 million trips, the figure for this option had risen by almost thrice by 2020, surpassing that of walking to be by far the most widely used means. Meanwhile, taking the bus was the second most popular choice, with 7 million trips being made in total in the former year, followed by a 2 million decrease in the latter year, becoming the third most chosen approach.