The pie graphs give information about the primary means of transport that people used to travel to a university for work or study in the years 2004 and 2009.
Overall, while people used cars as a major means of transport to commute to a university for work or study in 2004, the primary method of transportation that residents utilized to travel in 2009 was buses. It is also clear that trains were the least used as a means of transportation to travel to the university in both years.
Looking first at categories with higher means of transport usage, the most popular method of transportation people used to travel to the university for work or study in 2004 was cars, with a figure of 51%, which decreased considerably to place at the second position in the next 5 years. Although the percentage of buses being used to commute to the university was lower than that of cars in 2004, at 33%, it increased sharply to become the most popular means of transportation in 2009 (at 46%).
As for the other categories, only 3% of trains were used to travel to university in 2004, after which it rose slightly to 4% during the next 5-year period. It is important to note that the proportion of people walking to university in 2004 was equal to that of those choosing trains to commute to college in 2009, followed by a slight rise to 6% in the following 5 years. The share of bicycles utilized to commute to this higher education increased considerably from 9% to 16% between 2004 and 2009.