The table compares the data on the breakdown of bus users for diverse intentions in the UK between 2009 and 2011.
Overall, the proportion of those who gradual decrease year by year. In addition, individuals visited travel by bus for shopping ranked first over the course of the period in spite of the fact that it declined as time went by. Furthermore, the figure for study surpassed that of work, despite being the least popular choice at the start of the period.
Upon closer inspection, in 2009, the rate of people taking the bus for shopping was the most favorable one over the period, at roughly two thirds, despite the their friends by bus accounted for 19%, being same with the share in 2010, followed by day tour trips at 7% in the initial year. Moreover, they both showed an almost identical rise throughout the period, at 23% and 12% correspondingly in 2011.
Regarding the usage of buses for educational purposes, it ranked lowest by comprising 4%, being 1% less than that of professional aims at the beginning of the period. While study witnessed an increase of 5%, work decreased with the same percentage in 2011, not being used completely.