The bar chart illustrates the distances travelled by passengers using five types of transport in the UK in 1990 and 2000.
Overall, the total distance travelled increased slightly over the period. While the figures for air, bus and rail travel rose, those for bicycles and motorcycles declined. Bus and rail were the most widely used forms of transport in both years, whereas air travel remained the least common.
The total distance travelled was approximately 109 billion passenger kilometres in 1990, rising to around 115 billion in 2000. Rail travel also increased, from about 43 billion to 47 billion passenger kilometres, while the figure for bus travel rose slightly from approximately 45 billion to 47 billion.
Air travel experienced a modest increase, from around 6 billion passenger kilometres in 1990 to 9 billion in 2000. By contrast, the distances travelled by motorcycle and bicycle decreased slightly, from approximately 9 billion to 8 billion and from 7 billion to 6 billion, respectively.
