Your Answer ▼
The above chart indicates the variation
that diverse forms of transport in England in the years 1985 and 2000.
It seems evident that whole modes of
transport in average per person per year had been considerably increased for 15
years. Conspicuously, the average of car
in both year showed highest point in all modes of travel.
In 1985, the average person travelled 3,199
miles by car, and this rose to 4,806 miles in the year 2000. The figures for
miles travelled by train, long distance bus, taxi and other modes also
increased from 1985 to 2000. Travel by taxi saw the most significant change,
with more than a threefold increase from 13 miles per person per year in 1985
to 42 miles in 2000.
There was a fall in the average distances
for three forms of transport, namely walking, bicycle and local bus. In 1985,
English people walked an average of 255 miles, but this figure fell by 18 miles
in 2000. Bicycle use fell from 51 to 41 miles over the period shown, while the
biggest downward change was in the use of local buses, with average miles per
person falling from 429 to 274 over the 15-year period. |