reasons for travel and the main issues for the travelling public in the US 2009
The provided bar chart illustrates reasons why Americans travelled and pie chart shows what problems concerned them when travelling in 2009
Overall, it can be seen that the main reason for travel of people in the US was to and from work in the year 2009. At the same time, the major travel issue of Americans was the costs.
Looking at the statistic in bar chart, it is clear that people with the purpose of commuting accounted for 49%, while the proportion of Americans going out for personal reasons stood at 19%. Additionally, the rate of people in the US taking a trip for shopping and recreation made up 16% and 10% Meanwhile, only 6% were visiting to friends or relatives.
Turning to pie chart, 36% of people in the survey said that price was the most concerning problem when going out. The fraction of safety concerns stood at 19%, meanwhile aggressive driving made 17% of them worried when leaving home, followed by highway jam, at 14%. In addition, access to public transportation and place for people to walk occupied the lowest points, only 8% and 6%.
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