The table illustrates the proportions of bus passengers in the British using buses for various purposes between 2009 and 2011. Overall, travelling by bus for shopping and work showed a noticeable downward trend over the period, whereas the percentages of people using buses for study, visiting friends, and day trips generally increased.
IIn 2009, shopping represented the primary purpose of bus travel, accounting for 65% of all users, while visiting friends ranked second at 19%. In contrast, the figure for of people travelling by bus for shopping declined consistently over the period, falling to 56% in 2010 before dropping further to 51% in 2011. Likewise, the figure for commuters using buses decreased from 5% in 2009 to 2% the following year, before falling to zero by the end of the period.
Conversely, bus use for educational purpose rose from 4% in 2009 to 9％ in 2010 and remained unchanged in 2011. A similar pattern was evident for day trips, with the figure rising from 7% to 12% before leveling off at the end of the period. Furthermore, the share of bus users visiting friends stayed unchanged at 19% in both 2009 and 2010, before climbing markedly to 23% in 2011.