The bar graph illustrates the proportion of governments expenditure on roads and traffic in 4 countries such as Italia, Portugal, The UK and The USA from 1990 to 2005.
Overall, despite some fluctuations, there was a declined in the public transport investment of almost states, while it witnessed gradually rise in The USA throughout the period. In addition, Portugal generally had the highest figures over the period
The amount of money spent on roads and transport in Portugal started at about 27%, after wich it experienced a steady decrease to exactly 20% in 2005. Conversely, the figure for The USA rose from just over 10% in 1990 to precisely 15% in 2005, despite a slight fall in the first 5 years.
Approximately 20% of the Italian nation budget was went to the transport infrastructure at the beginning of the period, followed by fluctuations and a final drop from around 24% in 2000 to roughly 19% in 2005. Similarly, the figure for The UK fluctuated in range from 10% to 13% from 1990 to 2000, before ending the period at around 7%.