The bar chart compared the kilometers, in billions, travelled by passangers on five modes of transport in the UK – over a ten year period, from 1990 to 2000 including the total kilometer included.
Overall, the changes travelled by all modes of transport were minimal, resulting in slight increase in the total distance covered. Increases were observed in air, bus and rail travel, while decreases occured in bicycle and motorbike usage. Despite these shifts, bus and rails were the most popular modes of transport in UK.
The distance travelled by bicyle, motorbike and air was significantly lower compared to other modes of transport. In 1990, bicycle covered approximately 6 billion kilometers, while motorbikes travelled slight more, at around 7 billion kilometers. By the second year both had declined to around 5 billion kilometers. In contrast, air travel increased from about 4 billion kilometers to 7 billion kilometers, showing an impact trend.
The distance covered by bus and rail was orders of magnitude higher. The former accounted for around 47 billion kilometers with slight increase of just 1 billion kilometers. The later ended at the same figure, through it started at the lower level of 45 billion kilometers. As the result of these changes the total distance covered increase from about 110 billion kilometers to 185 billion kilometers.