The bar chart presents a variety of modes of transportation that were frequently used by workers to commute to their respective offices in a European city in 1960, 1980, and 2000. The figures are presented in percentages.
Overall, it can be observed that the use of cars steadily increased in popularity from 1960 to 2000, in contrast to riding a bicycle and traveling on foot. The utilization of buses followed a fluctuating trend through the years.
In 1960, about 35% of employees walked to and from work, making this the highest figure for this year. Less than 30% used their bikes, approximately 20% rode the bus, and roughly around 7% utilized cars.
Comparatively, 20 years later, it was estimated that bus rides increased from around 20% to 27%, while the use of private cars rose more than threefold. Conversely, there is an opposite trend with the usage of bikes, which was lessened by about 25%, and approximately half of the 35% of workers stopped walking as their way of commuting.
By the year 2000, going to work with private vehicles was predominantly used about five times as much as that in the 1960s, and with a roughly 12% difference from the 1980s. In contrast, the percentage of bus commuters off to work decreasingly fluctuated from 27% to 17%, on foot travelers was down from 17% to 10%, and cyclers was less than a tenth.