The given chart compares how the distance travelled by people in the UK varied across five different means of transport in 1990 and 2000. Overall, while the total distance made by all modes of transport witnessed an upward trend with this growth being primarily driven by an increase in the figure for air travel, bus and rail, that of bicycle and motorbike underwent a downturn.
As can be seen from the chart, among the means of transport that experienced increases in total distance, bus was of the first rank in both years, slightly increasing from 40 billion kilometers to about 41 billion kilometers, surpassing all other categories. Following the same pattern, the figure for rail travel also experienced a moderate growth in the 10-year period, with roughly 40 billion kilometers travelled in 2000. With a surge of nearly 5 billion kilometers, from 1 billion kilometers (1990) to more than 6 billion kilometer (2000), aviation travel experienced the most substantial growth regarding total distance in the given timeframe. Total kilometers travelled showed a rise of approximately 10 billion kilometers with about 110 billion kilometers recorded in 2000.
By contrast, the 10-year span saw a noticeable decline in the remained categories in terms of total distance, namely bicyle and motorbike. The figure for bicycle recorded the most remarkable decrease, dropping significantly from around 5 billion to roughly 1 billion. Likewise, that of motorbike travel reduced by half, falling from nearly 10 billion to under 5 billion.