The bar graph displays the amount of trips made by young school children, to and from school, using four different modes of transportation, in a particular country from 1990 to 2010.
Overall, it is clear that walking to school made up most of school children’s trips per year in 1990, in contrast to 2010 where most children made their school trips as car passengers. On the other hand, car trip had the least amount of trips made to school in 1990 while cycling was the lowest for 2010.
In 1990, nearly 13 million school trips were made on foot. Buses were the second means of transport for youngings, with about 7 million trips. Both cycling and the combination of walking and bus trips had just bout 6 million. In contrast to car passengers, which had the lowest record of trips with just above 4 million trips per year.
In 2010, most school trips were made by car drop-off, which were about 11 million trips a year. Walking was still a main means of transport for some children, with 6 million trips. Not as many families choose to let their children go to school by cycling, walking and rising the bus together in a trip and single bus trips. (2 million, 3 million and 5 million trips respectively)