The bar chart illustrates that how many different modes of transportation registered in Europe countries over a decade, starting from 1996.
Overall, it is clear that the number of registrated private cars and other types of transportation exhibited an upward trend, while lorries and motorcycle showed an opposite trend. In addition, the number of registrated private cars was the highest among all vehicles.
On the one hand, private cars were the most popular among European residents. In 1996, starting at 19 millions, the number of registrated private cars was the highest among all vehicles. It saw a gradual rise to end up at 24 millioms in 2006.
On the other hand, other types of vehicles had few proponents. In 1996, the number of registrated other types of vehicles started at 1.2 millions, which was followed by motorcycles, at 1 million. Other types of vehicles had a minimal increase to end up at 1.9 millions, while the number of motorcycles witnessed a slight decrease, at 0.6 million in 2006. Lorries had little popular, which they registered 0.5 million in 1996 before falling to 0.4 million in 2006. Bus remained stable at 0.1 over the whole period.
