Band 8+: The chart illustrates the distances traveled by passengers on 5 types of transport in the UK in 1990 and 2000. The data is presented in kilometres per person, per week. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart compares the total distance, in billions of passenger kilometers, travelled in the UK using five modes of transport in 1990 and 2000.

Overall, buses and railways remained the most widely used forms of transport in both years, while bicycles and air travel accounted for the shortest distances. However, air travel experienced the most significant growth, while usage of bicycles and motorbikes declined.

In 1990, buses and railways recorded nearly equal passenger kilometers — around 35 and 37 billion respectively. By 2000, both had increased slightly to approximately 40 billion. Air transport saw a sharp rise, doubling from about 5 billion kilometers in 1990 to 10 billion in 2000.

In contrast, the number of kilometers travelled by bike dropped from around 10 billion to 7.5 billion, while bicycle use also declined, from 5 billion to about 4 billion. Despite this, the overall distance travelled across all transport types grew from around 100 billion kilometers to more than 110 billion.