The bar chart compares the total distance travelled by passengers in the UK using five different types of transport in 1990 and 2000, measured in billions of passenger-kilometres.
Overall, buses and rail accounted for by far the largest proportions in both years, while cycling, motorbikes and air travel remained comparatively minor. In general, total passenger travel increased slightly over the period. Air travel rose, whereas bicycle and motorbike figures fell modestly.
In 1990, people travelled by bicycle for about 6 billion passenger-kilometres, and this figure decreased to roughly 5 billion by 2000. A similar downward trend can be seen for motorbikes, which dropped from around 8 billion to approximately 6 billion. By contrast, air travel grew from about 6 billion in 1990 to nearly 8 billion in 2000.
Much higher values were recorded for buses and rail. Bus travel stood at roughly the mid-40s (billion) in 1990 and edged up slightly in 2000. Rail showed a comparable pattern, rising from around 40 billion to the mid-40s. As a result, the overall total increased from just over 110 billion to approximately 115 billion passenger-kilometres.