The bar chart provides information about the amount of car journeys into the city centre made by citizens and non-citizens between 1996 and 2005 .
Overall , it is clear that the number of car trips into the city centre made by citizens of the country saw a stable trend in the early years before dropping rapidly . Meanwhile the number of car journeys into the city center made by non-residents significantly declined in the last years after showing an upward trend .
It is true that the average number of vehicle trips per day by locals remained steady in the high level (in around 10 000) in the early years however after introducing parking meters into the city center it sharply declined from 9500 to 5000 trips per day and was stable until the 2002. In the last period there can be seen a slight decrease from 5000 to 4000 car journeys per day after closing Westgate street and Park Lane to traffic and remained steady till the end.
The quantity of car journeys into the city center made by non-citizens saw an upward trend from 5000 to 8000 vehicle trips per day between 1996 and 1999 before showing a stable trend when Parking Meters were introduced into city centre The number of vehicle trips into the city center made by non-residents dropped sharply from 8000 to 3000 after closing of Westgate Street and Park Lane to traffic from 2002 to 2003 but in the last year a minor growth from 3000 to around 5000 of car trips was seen.