Band 7+: The graphs below show how people in a European city reached their office and got back home in 1959 and 2009. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie chart illustrates the mode of transport used to travel to and from work of an unknown European city in 1959 and 2009.

Overall, the mean distance travelled to get to work had increased, growing from 3.5km in 1959 to 7km in 2009. As a result, the average duration travel had increased from 17 minutes to 42 minutes in the span of 50 years.

In 1959, the majority of workers had travelled on foot to get to and from their workplace, making up 55% of methods used to get to and from work. Other than that, 15% of workers had used trains and buses as their mode of transport. 30% of workers used cars, while 5% used other forms of transportation.

In 2009, a higher number of people were using cars and other forms of transport to get to and from work, whereas travelling by foot and buses had decreased. The use of train remained the same, staying at 15%. Travel by foot had fallen significantly, falling to 25%. Furthermore, bus experienced a slight drop, decreasing from 15% to 13%. On the other hand, cars has increased to 35%, moreover, other forms of transport had grown to 12%