[madeofpalk]

The traffic lights in Sydney are managed in a way to give priority to late-running public transport.

I was impressed to find out the traffic light system in Sydney, Australia (Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Coordinated_Adaptive_Tra...) has been exported around the world to cities such as Singapore, Dublin and Hong Kong.

Interestingly enough,

[winsome]

SCATS is also used more than you might imagine in some US areas. SCOOT (http://www.scoot-utc.com/HowSCOOTWorks.php) is a similar system used in a lot of locations too.

[JshWright]

Those are some fantastic acronyms...