We can see from these charts how commuters travelled to workin London in 1990, 2000 and 2010.

We can see from these charts how commuters travelled to workin London in 1990, 2000 and 2010. In all three years, a majority of commuters used rail transport to get to work. However, there was a steady decline in the proportion of commuters using the underground system, thisfell from a high of 38 per cent in 1990 to 34 per cent in 2010. In contrast, use of the train network remained almost unchanged ataround 23 per cent in this period. The means of transport that increased most in popularity wasthe bicycle. In 1990, only 4 per cent of commuters chose to cycle to work. By 2010, this figure had more than doubled, with one in ten people commuting to work by bicycle. By way of contrast, the percentage of car drivers fell from 22 per cent in 1990 to 19 per cent twenty years later. The figures for motorcyclists and pedestrians remained fairly constant at around 5 per cent and 9 per cent respectively. In general, it is possible to say that there were only minor changes in commuting patterns during this period and that wasa move away from commuters using the underground system in London towards cycling.