The bar chart provides information about the purposes of travelling among the US people, while the pie chart illustrates the major problems thay had when travelling in 2009.
Overall, it is clear that the main reason why people on the US went out in 2009 was to commute to and work, and the cost of travel was the most concerning problem among the US people.
With regards to the bar chart, in 2009, the figure for Americans leaving their home to commute to work accounted for the highest figure, at 49%. The opposite was true for personal aims, which was les than half the percentage of other reasons. In addition, The proportion of those travelling for shopping, social and recreational purpose fell significantly to roughly 10% to 16%, threefold that of visiting friends abd relatives, which was the lowest of the five reasons.
Moving on to the pie chart, 36% of the people believed the cost of travel was their main issues, while the average of safety problems was lower than by half compared to the price of travel, at 19%. At the same time, Americans were concerned about aggressive drivers with 17%, and they worried about highway congestion, which constituted exactly 14%. Finally, the problems of publics transportation and places for travellers to work, which accounted for the lowest figure, at only 8% and 6% respectively.