The bar graph illustrates how children aged 5 to 12 in a country commuted to and from school by different means of transport in 1990 and 2020. Overall, being driven by car was more preferred than other transportation types, with this option being the most popular subsequently, while this was true for walking in the previous year.
Regarding active means of transport, in 1990, going to school on foot was the most common choice, with just over 12 million trips made per year, but numbers halved after 3 decades. Moreover, schoolchildren travelled 6 million times in 1990 by cycling and the combination of walking to the bus stop and going by bus, before journeys decreased to 2 and 3 million, respectively over the next 30 years, making cycling the least favoured choice.
Concerning the passive ones, although the use of cars was the least opted in the first year, with 4 million journeys, numbers nearly tripled in the last year, surpassing that of walking to be by far the most widely used means. Meanwhile, taking the bus was the second most popular method, with 7 million trips being made in the former year, followed by a 2 million decrease in the latter year, becoming the third most chosen approach.