The table details the percentage of people making use of five different types of main vehicles on a daily basis in 1995, 2000, and 2010. Overall, private mode of transport – Cars – was the leader in all measured years, while traditional types – walking, bike, and motorbike was the least, whereas taxi was the lowest figure showing relatively small trend compared to other modes. Notably, the use of public transport – metro and bus nearly remained stable throughout the period.
Regarding private types of transports, the proportion of people using cars to commute stood at 59% initially, increasing steadily to 62% in 2000, reaching an all-chart high of 65% in 2010. The use of taxis, on the other hand, reported 5% – all-time low of – in 1995 growing marginally to 6% in the interval, to 9% by the end of the period.
As for the eco-friendly option of transports – Bicycle saw its percentage of use grew modestly from 12% to 14%, showing a more or less 16% in the end. Motorbike’s proportion of use, similarly witnessed a moderate and uninterrupted climb, rising from 8% to 9% in 2000. This was followed by a negligible increase to 12% in the final year, while there was a decrease in the figure for walking, beginning with 22% in the first year to 19%, the figure that then went down to 15% by the end.
Turning to public modes of transport, Bus came from a distant second to Car’s share, recording 29% in the initial year, declined slightly to 27% and 24%, whereas making use of the metro went up from 15% to 18% in the middle, increasing modestly to 23%.