The bar graph shows how many trips children between the ages of 5 to 12 took in a particular nation between 1990 and 2010. These students used five different means of transportation – riding in a car, cycling, walking, taking the bus and, just taking the bus to travel to and from school.
Among the five options, walking was the preferred means of transportation. However, between 1990 and 2010, kids ranked cars as their least used mode of commuting. By 2010, the youngsters’ most and least preferred modes of transportation for getting to and from school were car rides and taking a cycle respectively.
In contrast, cycling and bus made about 6 million and 7 million annual trips, respectively. On the other hand, the number of trips made by the combination of walking and bus, and by car, was the lowest, ranging from just over 4 million to 6 million trips.
In 2010, the most preferred medium of transportation for children was a car, with 11 million trips. Walking followed closely behind with 6 million travels each year. Moreover, trips made by walking and bus, and bus alone were also popular, with 3 million and about 5 million trips, respectively, in that year. In addition, with only 2 million trips made annually, cycling was the least-used transportation method among children in 2010.