The bar chart and pie chart give information about why people travelled and the challenges they faced when using public transportation in the year 2009, measured in the United States.

The bar chart and pie chart give information about why people travelled and the challenges they faced when using public transportation in the year 2009, measured in the United States. It is clear that the main reason why Americans travelled in 2009was to and from work. Furthermore, the cost of travel was one of the most significant issues when people chose to use public vehicles. According to the given information, 49% of the trips by Americans in 2009 were for the purpose of working. By contrast, only 6% of trips were to visit friends or relatives. Besides, personal purposes were the second most popular reason for travel, with 19% of the total reasons, followed by shopping and social/recreation, with the proportion of 16% and 10%, respectively. As shown in the pie chart, 36% of people surveyed were concerned about the price of public travel, while the figure for safety concerns and aggressive drivers respectively accounted for 19% and 17% of the answerstotal issues. Highway congestion was considered another issue by 14%, whereas very few surveyed Americans saw public transport and space for pedestrians as their problems (8 and 6%).