The two given pie charts detailed the proportion of means of transportation to travel to an university which were estimated in the years 2004 and 2009.
In general, a significant increase can be seen in the percentage of bike and bus used for transporting purpose. Not only that, the given charts also represent the minor rise of train. It is obvious that people prefered walking throughout the year as the number of people walking to school slightly grew in the next 5 years. By contrast, car use experienced an opposite trend as it minimally fell in the second by chart.
Looking at the chart of 2004, car made up the largest sector as it accounted for more than a half of the overall pie chart. For bus, this type of vehicles contributed the second largest part which was at 33%. Regarding train, bike and walking, they all comprised respectively 3%, 9% and 4%.
There were noticeable differences among all the examined categories when we take a look at the figures of 2009. Bus surpassed car to become the largest part of the pie chart. To be specific, it considerably grew and constituted 46%. On the other hand, the quantities of people choosing to take a train, to walk and to cycle were also recorded to go up in 2009( train was at 4%, walking was at 6% and bicycle was at 16%). In comparison, car made up just under three-tenths as well as declined sharply after 5-year period.
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