The given table graph illustrates the proportion of individuals who travelled by bus in different purposes in the UK between 2009 and 2011. Overall, it is clear that shopping accounted for a higher proportion of people travelling by bus than the other categories.
It can be seen from the graph that in the year 2009, the greatest proportion of people traveling by bus was on shopping, which represented 65% of travellers, while in the year 2010 and 2011, the figure for these categories were exactly 56% and 51% of travelers. This figure experienced significant increase from 56% in 2010 to 51% in 2011.
Study and day tour travel by bus had an almost similar trend, in both 2010 and 2011. The percentage of people who travelled by bus for work, standing at 5% in 2009. This figure witnessed a significant decrease to 2% in 2010. In addition, the percentage of travellers remained constant between 2009 and 2010 at 19%, before rising slightly to 23% in 2011.
