The bar chart illustrates data about how students’ aged 11 to 16 commute to school in the Uk in 2013.Overall, walking dominates short distances and majority students who live close to school got on foot, while those who live far away got to their destinations by bus. Additionally, only minimal proportion of children were be able to use bikes.
Looking first at the proportion of student who walked, this was mainly preferred by students who live near school. Around 85% of children who lived in a 0-1 mile, whereas the figure dropped significantly as the distance increased, with 1-2 miles and 2-5 miles, represented 60% and 25%, respectively. No one from long distances over 5 miles went on foot. Bicycles, on the other hand, were the least appealed transport modes, students living 0-1, 1-2 miles, 2-5miles, and over 5 miles from school accounted for roughly 9%, in each category.
Turning to motorized modes of transport, such as cars and buses, were mainly used by students travelling longer distances, students living in distances 2-5 miles use both transports constituted 35 %. About quarter percentage of them living in 1-2 miles used car, and those who lived over 5 miles made up 30%. More than half proportion of students tend to travel by bus to reach their school destination.