For a recent workday, the graph displays the round-trip distance and mode of travel for all persons travelling to work...

Owning the Dataset

Table 1: Text Analysis

Table 2: Chart Analysis

Key Insights

1. For round-trip distances up to 10 km, bicycling is the most common travel mode (124,000 people), significantly outnumbering walking (47,000), car (56,000), and public transit (49,000) in this range.
2. Car and public transit usage both rise steeply for trips longer than 10 km, with non-motorized options (walking and bicycling) largely falling off beyond this threshold.
3. The data highlights a sharp modal shift at the 10 km mark, suggesting that active travel (walking/bicycling) is largely viable only for shorter distances, while cars and public transit dominate longer commutes.

Step-by-Step Solution

Question 1: Comparing Walking vs Bicycling for Short Distances

Complete Statement:

For round-trip distances less than or equal to 10 km, the number of persons travelling to work by walking was ______ the number of persons travelling to work by bicycling.

Breaking Down the Statement

• Statement Breakdown 1:
  • Key Phrase: round-trip distances less than or equal to 10 km
    • Meaning: We must only consider people traveling distances up to and including 10 km.
    • Relation to Chart: Focus on the bars for \(\mathrm{d ≤ 2 km}\), \(\mathrm{2 \lt d ≤ 5 km}\), and \(\mathrm{5 \lt d ≤ 10 km}\).
    • Important Implications: We will sum the values for all relevant distance categories for each transport mode.
• Statement Breakdown 2:
  • Key Phrase: number of persons travelling to work by walking
    • Meaning: Total people who walk to work across specified short distances.
    • Relation to Chart: Add together the walking values for the first three distance intervals.
    • Important Implications: This is one of the two totals we will compare.
• What is needed: We need to determine if the total number of walking commuters is less than, equal to, or greater than the number of bicycling commuters for trip distances ≤10 km.

Solution:

• Condensed Solution Implementation:
  Identify the walking and bicycling bars in the relevant distance intervals. Sum the counts for each mode. Compare the two totals using estimation.
• Necessary Data points:
  Walking: \(\mathrm{30 (≤2 km) + 10 (2\lt d≤5 km) + 7 (5\lt d≤10 km) = 47}\) thousand. Bicycling: \(\mathrm{34 (≤2 km) + 50 (2\lt d≤5 km) + 40 (5\lt d≤10 km) = 124}\) thousand.
  • Calculations Estimations: Walking total: 47. Bicycling total: 124. \(\mathrm{47}\) is much smaller than \(\mathrm{124}\).
  • Comparison to Answer Choices: Out of 'less than', 'equal to', and 'greater than', \(\mathrm{47}\) is less than \(\mathrm{124}\).

FINAL ANSWER Blank 1: less than

Question 2: Comparing Car vs Public Transit for Short Distances

Complete Statement:

For round-trip distances less than or equal to 10 km, the number of persons travelling to work by car was ______ the number of persons travelling to work by public transit.

Breaking Down the Statement

• Statement Breakdown 1:
  • Key Phrase: round-trip distances less than or equal to 10 km
    • Meaning: Again, only consider trips up to 10 km.
    • Relation to Chart: Add together values for \(\mathrm{d ≤ 2 km}\), \(\mathrm{2 \lt d ≤ 5 km}\), and \(\mathrm{5 \lt d ≤ 10 km}\).
• Statement Breakdown 2:
  • Key Phrase: number of persons travelling to work by car
    • Meaning: Total number of car commuters in selected distance intervals.
    • Relation to Chart: Sum up the car counts in the first three distance categories.
• What is needed: Is the car commuter total less than, equal to, or greater than the public transit commuter total for ≤10 km?

Solution:

• Condensed Solution Implementation:
  Find the values for cars and for public transit in the first three distance ranges, add up each total, then compare.
• Necessary Data points:
  Car: \(\mathrm{9 (≤2 km) + 20 (2\lt d≤5 km) + 27 (5\lt d≤10 km) = 56}\) thousand. Public transit: \(\mathrm{2 (≤2 km) + 17 (2\lt d≤5 km) + 30 (5\lt d≤10 km) = 49}\) thousand.
  • Calculations Estimations: Car total: 56. Public transit total: 49. \(\mathrm{56}\) is a bit higher than \(\mathrm{49}\).
  • Comparison to Answer Choices: Between 'less than', 'equal to', and 'greater than', \(\mathrm{56}\) is greater than \(\mathrm{49}\).

FINAL ANSWER Blank 2: greater than

Summary

For round-trip distances up to 10 km, calculating or estimating bar heights for each transport mode shows that the number of walking commuters is less than bicycling commuters, while the number of car commuters is greater than those using public transit. The substantial visual differences in bar heights support these answers even with rough sums.

Question Independence Analysis

The two questions are independent; each one compares a different pair of transportation modes for the same set of distance intervals. Answering one does not depend on the answer to the other.