Band 6+: The chart below shows the number of trips made by children in one country in 1990 and 2010 to travel to and from school using different modes of transport. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The provided graph displays the information on the different ways children in some country used to get to and back from their educational institution in 1990 and 2010.

Overall, over the given period the amount of children who are traveling to school by car increased drastically, while cycling lost it’s popularity among the pre-teenagers.

Getting to the details, the amount of car passengers among children raised more than twofold from just above 4 millions in 1990 to roughly 11 millions in 2010. On the contrary, the number of children walking to school dropped from more than 12 millions in 1990 to 6 millions in 2010. A similar decrease can be seen among cyclists – from slightly higher than 6 millions in 1990 to 2 millions in 2010. The amount of schoolers that use both walking and traveling by bus fell from almost 6 millions to approximately 3 millions over the given period. Similarly, the number of kids traveling by bus decreased from roughly 7 millions to about 5 millions.