As Cars Hit More Animals on Roads, Toll Rises
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Rural roads are being traveled by more and more people, leading to an increase in fatal wildlife-related crashes.
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Harbour porpoises are being killed in increasing numbers by bottlenose dolphins around British coasts.
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About 70,000 motorists signed up for FasTrak, the electronic toll collection system, since July 1, when tolls went up from $2 to $3.
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Drivers of 4x4s, high-powered sports cars and other high-emission vehicles will have to pay $49 a day to enter central London, triple the current charge.
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An economist has found that after an electronic system is put in place, tolls start rising sharply.
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Â· 31 animals found dead in field  Â· Charities describe scene of unprecedented cruelty
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The nation's traffic problems are getting worse faster than they can be fixed even in small cities like Brownsville, Texas, and Pensacola, Fla.
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People who live in sprawling metropolitan areas are paying a health toll for all that time spent sitting in cars instead of walking.
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The area covered by a toll for traffic entering London has almost doubled, angering many residents and businesses, although the city's mayor insisted it would cut emissions and traffic jams.Comment
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By Leigh Coleman, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 27--LANDON ROAD -- The thousands of wrecked vehicles that filled farmland off Landon Road in Gulfport stood as a constant reminder of Katrina's devastation.
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Traveling in traffic triples the risk of heart attack for an hour afterwards, a study has found. Car exhaust, noise and stress brought on by congestion are likely to be the main causes of the increase in risk.
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A global campaign is underway to ban the transportation of millions of live animals over long distances.
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's near-fatal crash on a motorcycle this year reflected a troubling trend: More bikers are getting killed on the road.
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As more and more bodies are being swept ashore, the death toll due to Sundayâs tsunami waves is rising fast along the south-eastern coast and the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
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Health officials call on Vietnam to  improve road safety, amid a rising death toll on the country's roads.
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More new vehicle drivers are dying in side impacts than front crashes, pointing out the importance of side airbags. In Autopia.
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The number of people who were killedwhen a high-speed train hit a car in southeastern England on Saturday rose to seven Sunday, including the drivers of both the car and train.