The two pie charts illustrate the percentage of people using various transportation methods while travelling to a university for either work or study during 2004 and 2009 in the UK.
Overall, the usage of cars has seen a decline over the years, while the proportion of people using buses has risen. The percentage of people walking and taking a train to the university has relatively stayed the same over the given period.
In 2004, cars were by far the preferred mode of transportation with 51% of people travelling by it, meanwhile trains were the least preferred mode of transportation with three percent. Furthermore, buses were used by 33% of individuals which made it the second most preferred, with riding a bicycle and walking constituting of nine percent and four percent respectively
However, in 2009, the usage of cars reduced to only 28%, and people travelling by buses increased to being 46% of the total people. Bicycles also saw a rise in usage rate having 16% of people, while individuals who walked or took the train to the university remained almost the same, with six and four percent respectively.
