The provided line graphs illustrate the proportion of citizens in 5 different cities of Australia who use public means of transport and their own private motor vehicles over a 10-year period from 2000 to 2010.
Looking from an overall perspective, while there was a fluctuating trend in using public transport, the upward trend is clear in almost all cities shown on the graph in terms of using ptivate cars despite the fact that the majority of people prefer using their own cars.
regarding the public transport, citiznes in Sydney recorded the most use of public means of transport in 2000, at 20 percent, which was followed by Perth and Adelaide with 15 percent and approximately 12 percent, respectively. Although the trend in Caeberra remained reltaively stable over the course of time demonstrated on the graph, at 10 percent, this figure were peaked at almost 18 percent in Perth and at nearly 7 percent in Melbourne in 2006. Similarly, Sydney experienced a maximum share of roughly 22 percent in 2003 while ends up with just under 20 percent.
Concerning the private cars, the share of inhabitants using their own cars increased considerably in all cities except for Melbourne and Perth, which saw minimal increase over 2000s. Exactly 4 people of 5 citizens in Melbourne used their personal car for transport, which was the greatest share among all cities. Surprisingly, this figure in Sydney was almost one-eights of that in Melbourne, yet this gap decreased by 2010 to a quarter. Both Adelaide and Caeberra started their remarkable rise in 2006 to reach just over 60 percent and exactly 80 percent, respectively.