The charts below show reasons for travel and the main issues for the travelling public in the US in 2009.
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Reasons for travel
1- the figure for people making a trip ... for visiting friends or relatives for social/ recreation for shopping for personal reasons for commuting to work 2- the percentage/ proportion/ rate of those travelling ... Issues for travelling public 2- the percentage/ proportion/ rate of the problem of ... that concerned citizens |
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The bar chart compares the figures for people making a trip for different reasons and the pie chart shows the percentages of 6 problems that concerned citizens in the US when travelling in 2009.
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| Overview
Overall, it is clear that the figure for people making a trip for commuting to work was the highest in 2009, while the proportion of those who were concerned about price of travel when making a trip was the highest.
*Price of travel was the most common problem that concerned citizens when making a trip. |
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| Body 1
The rate of people travelling for commuting to work accounted for 49%, which was the highest compared to those of the other reasons, while only 6% of citizens made a trip for visiting friends or relatives.
The figures for the other reasons made up 19% (personal reasons), 16% (shopping) and 10% (social/ recreation). |
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The rate of people who were concerned about price of travel was the highest, standing at 36%, while the figure for the problem of road safety that concerned citizens accounted for 19%.
The percentages of those who were concerned about aggressive drivers and highway congestion when making a trip made up 17% and 14% respectively. The figures for the other issues stood at only 8% (access to public transport) and 6% (space for pedestrians). |