The bar chart illustrates data about different methods of transportation used by 11-16 UK students linking with the corresponding distance to school in a year.
Overall, students preferred to walk or ride a bicycle for journeys that were 2 miles or shorter whereas bus was most chosen for longer routes, followed by the option of car.
Regarding the 1 mile or shorter route, walking accounted for 90% of the journeys, followed by the figure of commuting by bicycle, at 50%. Meanwhile, cars and buses were less chosen for this range of distance as both shows the figures that were less than 10%. In the 1-2 miles distance, the proportion of cyclists was approximately 80%, ranking at the first position and surpassing the figure of walking by 20%. The number of commuters using cars was less pronounced, commanding 20% of journeys, doubling the figure of bus users.
Concerning the 2-5 miles journey, the bus attracted the highest proportion of students with 50%, followed by bicycle’s figure, at 47%. Coming to the third and fourth place was car and walk, at 31% and 25% respectively. Noticing the over 5 miles route, bus remained as the most noticeable choice with roughly 70%, which was 50% higher than that of car users. Meanwhile, walking and cycling were not the suitable transportations to commute on this range.