The pie chart below illustrates the average commuting time of UK workers in 2009, while the bar chart compares the methods of travelling to work in London and the rest of the UK in the same year.
The pie chart illustrates how much time UK workers spent commuting to the workplace, while the bar graph compares how they travelled to work in London and the rest of the UK as of 2009, with the information provided in percentages.
Overall, the majority of workers in the UK usually spend up to half an hour commuting to their work, whilst the proportion of those who spend more than an hour on the road makes up an insignificant figure. As expected, private vehicles are by far the most common means of travelling to work both in London and other cities. Public transport, on the other hand, is much more popular in London, compared to the rest of the UK. In contrast, walking and cycling are the least preferred methods of going to work in the former.
As far as the pie chart is concerned, the proportion of workers who spent between 1-15 and 16-30 minutes commuting accounted for three quarters of all employees in this year, with the former making up 42%, while the latter comprised a third. As workers spent more time travelling to work, the less their share was in the pie chart, with 12%, 8% and 5% respectively.
Regarding the bar graph, more than 70% of workers in the rest of the UK used their car to go to work, a figure that was twice as much as that of those who commuted within London, making this mode of transportation the most common in both areas. In comparison, public transport, including train and underground was significantly more popular in London, with around 20% of employees in London opting for them, as opposed to a merely 1% in other cities, while nearly equal figures were reported in terms of the use of bus, (11% and 9%). The proportion of workers who cycled to work is a little higher in London (5% and 4%), whereas the reverse was true in walking (9% and 10%).