The vertical bar chart provides information on travel, distance travelled and time taken, meanwhile the horizontal bar chart illustrates the usage of walking/cycling, other transport, public transport as ways of traveling.
Overall, both the distance and the time taken show an upward trend, until the end of the period both sections experienced decreases. The usage of private transport increased and leveled off until the end of the period along with the public transport. In contrast, the percentage of population walking/cycling decreased.
Regarding the travel over time, distance travelled had been steadily increasing from the beginning, reaching 7150 miles travelled; until 2010, when it dropped to 6670 miles, being equally proportional to the time taken. As the distance travelled and time taken are both interconnected, time taken experienced same growing trend, reaching 7140 hours, until it experienced a noticeable decrease in 2010.
In terms of the mode of travel, in 1995, almost a third of the population used walking/cycling as the way to reach their destination, while 62% of people travelled in private transport. Public transport was used only by 9% of people. The usage of private transport had increased to the point of 65% in 2005, which was it’s plateau and the rating levelled off until the end of the period. Public transport had gained popularity; it reached its peak of 11% in 2010 and the percentage didn’t change since. Nevertheless, walking/cycling had decreased by 4% in total. The rating did not experience any changes throughout the period of its last 5 years.