The diagram demonstrates the percentage of Europeans choosing vehicles to commute from house to workplace and back in 1959 and 2009 in a European urban.
Overall, there was a significant increase in using cars to commute between 1959 and 2009. By contrast, the number of residents who decided to go back and forth from house to office dramatically dropped in 2009 compared to 1959.
The data shows that in both 1959 and 2009, the other category was always stranded as the lowest with the percentage in turn as 5% and 12%. Besides, the trains’ portion remained stable during the period with 15%. Cars had impressive growth which only accounted for 5% in 1959, however it peaked at 35% in 2009. Whereas, in 1959, the citizens who chose to go to work by foot was the highest group which was 55% but the development of society and technology changed the decision of people and reduced the number to only 25% in 2009.
