In the first year,……

In contrast, bus took up the lead ( at rougly 30%), although this peak was not
maintained, and it was followed by car which was about 26%. Another interesting
fact is that people in that year tended to use bike less ( at 23% mark), furthermore,
travelling by foot mirrored this trend which had fallen to 18% by 1970.

Police- hunting thieves who dumped a ten-month-old baby in an alley after finding
him inde the car they stole -have charged two teenage boys.
espectively:
In the first year, the percentage of travelers using bus and car were just
below 20% and approximately 5%, respectively.
The former….., the latter …….
The figures for riding a bike and going by foot were very large, the former
was under 30% and the latter was nearly 38% which were bigger than any
remaining transport types in that year.
Counterparts
Domestic station
International station
The volume of flight passengers in domestic station was larger by 20%
than their international counterparts.
Grammar note:
The number of + DT plural + is
A number of + DT plural + are
A accounted for/ took up/ 20% of the total travelers.

Interestingly, the increases in chicken consumption corresponded with the

declines in beef and lamb consumption.
Mirror (v)
The trend for chicken mirrored that of beef in the first decade
Twice as many as
People consumed chicken three times as much as beef