Band 7+: Task 1: The bar chart below shows the passenger kilometres traveled by different means of transport in the UK in 1990 and 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart illustrates the distance travelled by passengers using five different modes of transport in the UK between 1990 and 2000.

Overall, the total distance travelled in the UK increased over the period, primarily due to a rise in the use of public transportation. In contrast, private vehicles saw a decline, becoming the least used mode of transport by the end of the decade.

In 1990, the total distance travelled across all five transport types was around 100 billion kilometres. This figure gradually grew to approximately 115 billion kilometres by 2000. A similar upward trend, though at a smaller scale, was seen in bus and train travel. The number of kilometres travelled by bus increased from 42 billion to about 45 billion, while train travel rose from 40 billion to roughly 45 billion kilometres over the ten years.

Air travel also experienced an increase, starting at about 8 billion kilometres in 1990 and rising to around 10 billion kilometres by 2000. In contrast, the distances travelled by bicycles and motorbikes remained relatively stable, with both modes recording about 4 billion kilometres at the end of the period, showing only a slight decline.