The table compares figures for daily travel by workers in the UK using three different forms of transport over a period of 60 years.
Overall, the indicator show that car travel is more popular among modes of transport. While the number of people who use the car and train increase gradually, the number of
bus users falls steadily.
Car and train followed similar upward patternes. Also the number of people who traveled to car started the around at 5 million in 1970 and this was followed by a considerably rise to 7 million in 2000. After a noticeable rise to 8 million, the number of people who traveled on car a little fell, before rising further to 8 million. While the bus and train was used by about 4 million and 2 million people respectively. In the year 2000 the number of those driving to work rose to 7 million and the number of commuting rail passengers reached 3 million. However, there was a small drop of approximately 0,5 million in the number of bus users.
Focusing on the last year the number of people who commute by car was expected to reach almost 9 million in 2030, and the number of train users was also predicted to rise, to nearly 5 million, but bus travel was less popular choice, with 3 million daily users.