Transport usage in the UK The three pie charts give information about the shares of four types of transportation used in Britain in 1965, 1985 and 2005. Overall, it is noticeable that private cars accounted for a vast majority of vehicles used and its proportion shows an upward trend in these three years. By contrast, the use of recreational vehicles remained at a low percentage in the three years. Looking at the information in more detail, we can see that private cars used respectively occupied 40%, 55% and 60% in these three years. Meanwhile, the proportion of lorries & other commercial vehicles and public transport kept a similar percentage(at about 20%) in 1965 and 1985. However, when it came to 2005, the proportion of lorries & other commercial vehicles used declined to only 10%, while public transport used still at nearly 20%. Besides, recreational cars account for a low percentage in these three years, with 15% in the first year, and then dropped sharply to only 5% in the second year, and finally increased slightly to 8% in the third year.