The given line graph depicts the mean number of people commuting in the UK via car, bus and train every day in a 60-year period from 1970 to 2030.
Overall, there has been and will be an increase in commuters preference for cars and trains whereas buses has faced a slow decline over the years.
Travellers have always seemed to have preferred the use of cars in the UK as the number of commuters using cars for their travel was about 5 million and rapidly increase to reach nearly 8 million by 2020. The projection for 2030 in use of cars, rather than trains or buses, also illustrates the growth in the popularity reaching 9 million commuters.
Similarly, trains also seen to have growing number of commuters since it started around 2 million travellers in 1970, consequently has projected to have about 5 million commuters in 2030, surpassing buses in 2010 and making the trains the second-most used means of transport in the UK. However, the number of commuters choosing buses steadily decreased in this specified period. The average number of bus takers were 4 million during 1970s which was followed by a slow decline and is projected to reach only 3 million by 2030.
The
given
line graph depicts the mean
number
of
people
commuting in the UK via
car
, bus and
train
every day in a 60-year period from 1970 to 2030.
Overall
, there has been and will be an increase in
commuters
preference for
cars
and
trains
whereas buses has faced a slow decline over the years.
Travellers
have always seemed to have preferred the
use
of
cars
in the UK as the
number
of
commuters
using
cars
for their travel was about 5
million
and
rapidly
increase to reach
nearly
8
million
by 2020. The projection for 2030 in
use
of
cars
,
rather
than
trains
or buses,
also
illustrates the growth in the popularity reaching 9
million
commuters.
Similarly
,
trains
also
seen
to have growing
number
of
commuters
since it
started
around 2
million
travellers
in 1970,
consequently
has projected to have about 5
million
commuters
in 2030, surpassing buses in 2010 and making the
trains
the second-most
used
means of transport in the UK.
However
, the
number
of
commuters
choosing buses
steadily
decreased in this specified period. The average
number
of bus takers were 4
million
during 1970s
which
was followed
by a slow decline and
is projected
to reach
only
3
million
by 2030.