公交VS私家车使用量

The charts give information about how many residents from five Australian cities used public and private means of transportation between 2000 and 2010.

In terms of using public transport, the percentage of Brisbane ranked the third in 2000 with 15%, later it continually grew all the way up to 28% as the highest record among five cities. The increase first exceeded Melbourne in 2003 and then Sydney in the middle of 2004. As for Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide, their figures did not change much during the 10-year period, with 18%, 10% and 5% respectively. There was a slight increase in Sydney between 2007 and 2009, but it remained stable afterwards.

In terms of using private transport, over 70% of people in Adelaide used their private cars, which was the highest record among five cities. Perth and Brisbane had a lower percentage, with around 60% and 50% respectively in 2010. Melbourne was 10% higher than Sydney in 2000 but Sydney exceeded Melbourne in the middle of 2002 and climbed to 40% in 2006.

To conclude, it is clear that driving private cars was more popular than taking public transportation in Australia. Brisbane had the highest percentage of people using public transport in 2010 whereas Adelaide had the largest proportion of population using private cars over the decade.