The pie charts illustrate the percentage of transportation modes chosen by UK students to travel to university between 2015 and 2019.
Overall, the proportion of walk and bicycle increased noticeably, but the reverse was true for bus, car, and train. Interestingly car stood out among other transportation methods with consistently higher figures in the first year, despite a decline in the final year.
Focusing first on the increasing figures, the share of bicycle started from 15.0% in 2015, and this was followed by a considerable rise to 28.0% in 2019. Moreover, starting at just 20.0% in 2015 the figure of walk rose to 25.0% in 2019.
Looking at the details of decreasing figures, the percentage of train and car – decreasing figures, the former started from 10.0% in 2015, and the figure declined to 7.0% in 2019, the latter dropped from 30.0% in 2015 to 18.0% in 2019. Furthermore, starting at just 25.0% in 2015 the share of bus, a figure that then declined to 22.0% in 2019.
