The bar chart depicts the data regarding modes of transport across five distinct categories, namely car, public transport, bicycle, walking, and others, in a European city in 2000 and 2020, whereas the table illustrates the mean time spent by travellers to reach work by each mode of transport. Time is measured in minutes.
Overall, car usage remains consistently high from year 2000 to year 2020, whereas other vehicles were least used. With regard to the table, to commute, the most time was taken by public transport, whereas walking was the fastest way to get to work.
In detail, the figure for commuters using cars in 2000 was 52%, which declined to 38% in 2020, but it was still the most used mode of transport. Furthermore, the proportion of other modes of transport has increased significantly from 2000 to 2010, the usage of public transport grew from 20% in 2000 to 27% in 2020, the figure for the way of commuting through bicycle rose by 1%, that is 14% in 2000 to 15% in 2020. Additionally, the number of travellers who preferred walking showed a remarkable increase of 4%, while usage of other transport increased by 2%.
In contrast, not only does public transport (35 mins) take the most time, but other transport also takes a long time ( 30 mins ). In addition, the car takes 28 mins to reach, while the bicycle takes 22 mins. Commuting by walking takes the least time, which is 18 mins.