1.   Hungary is to ban heavy truck traffic at weekends and on holidays to protect the environment.

2.   Although the chief cause of such pollution is diesel truck traffic, critics of the transportation authority argue that it should lead the way in reducing air pollution.

3.   As a result, truck traffic on those roads has soared.

4.   At the borders with Canada and Mexico, truck traffic has created the kind of long lines you might see in the Third World.

5.   Both the truck traffic and the casualties here have surged.

6.   A booming economy has also increased truck traffic, which further damages roadways.

7.   Alameda Street, which runs parallel to the corridor, will be widened to accommodate more truck traffic.

8.   But since hundreds of communities are cut off from truck traffic, the government still will not accept shipments of food or medicine.

9.   But the tunnel could dramatically cut truck traffic on bridges and overburdened routes like the Cross-Bronx Expressway.

10.   Carriers hope the government sets up these inspection stations just north of U.S. border towns instead of at international bridges, which would further slow truck traffic.