The bar chart compares the amount of travels done by children of 5 and 6 years in a country in 1990 and 2010, using 5 transportation modes (cars, on foot, bicycle, on foot + bus, bus). A unit in the chart corresponds to a million of trips.
Overall, the amount of children going to school by car rose steadly over the period, while the other means of transport fell. Students in 1990 were more prone to travel by public transportation and cycles than those in 2010. In particular, children trips by bike in 2010 are the lesser.
For what concerns students going to school by car, their number in 2010 almost triplicates with respect to 1990 (around 11 and 4 million of trips respectively). Contrarily, in 1990, children were used to walk more as opposed to 2010; indeed, in the former there were more than 12 million children trips on foot, while only 6 million in 2010. The smaller trips amount is achieved by students going to school by bike in 2010 – exactly 2 million – contrary to those in 1990 which were almost three times more – around 6 million.
The small difference is represented by students travelling by bus in 1990 and 2010 (almost 7 million and 5 million of trips). Finally, also students going to school by coupling bus and walking decreased in 2010: from almost 6 million in 1990 to 3 million in 2010.