The bar chart illustrates reasons for travel, while the pie chart demonstrates the main issues for the travelling public in the US in 2009.
It is clear that the bar chart shows that working constituted a large percentage of reasons for traveling in the US, while the proportion of those visiting friends or relatives was the lowest. Besides, the pie chart indicates the price of travel contributed dominantly in comparison with others. Additionally, the ratio of safety concerns and aggressive drivers was nearly the same.
In the bar chart, the most common purpose for travel was to and from work, which accounted for 49%. Whereas visiting friends or relatives was the least common reason, at 6%. Meanwhile, the figure for personal reasons stood at 19%. In addition, the proportion of shopping contributed 16%, and social or recreation took up 10%.
In the pie chart, the price of travel, which was the most significant issue for the traveling public, accounted for 36%. Nevertheless, the percentage of space for pedestrians and access to public transport were low , at only 6% and 8%, respectively. Moreover, safety concerns contributed 19%, while the aggressive drivers figure was 17% . Additionally, the ratio of highway congestion occupied 14% of these main problems.