Goods transported in UK This line graph shows the commodities transported in British during 1974 and 2002 by different modes of transport. In 1974, around 70 million tonnes of goods were transported by road in the UK. After that, the figure saw a gradually increase to just below about 80 million tonnes in 1994, but the significantly grew up and peaked at about 100 million tonnes in 2002. Although pipeline was the least popular among the four modes for British people in terms of goods delivery, its quantity demonstrated an upward trend from about 5 million tonnes to about 20 million tonnes from 1974 to 1994, but remained stable at around 20 million tonnes in 2002 in the UK. On the other hand, in the first four years, the quantities of good transported in the UK by water and rail remained stable at around 40 million tonnes. However, the former saw a kept steady at around 55 million tonnes from 1982 to 1998, but rose to 60 million tonnes in 2002. And the latter witnessed a fluctuant trend at around 40 million tonnes during 1978 and 2002 in British. Overall, it is clear that British people preferred the road transport the most to ship their goods from 1974 to 2002. In addition, the quantities of commodities transported by three-out-of-four modes of transport experienced an upward trend in these years.