Oded Cats is a Professor of Passenger Transport Systems at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands. His research focuses on the interactions between supply and demand in passenger mobility networks. Oded’s scientific expertise lies in developing theories and models of multi-modal passenger transport networks by integrating advancements from behavioural sciences, operations research, and complex network theory. At TU Delft, he serves as the Head of the Department of Transport & Planning (with approximately 150 employees) and co-directs the Smart Public Transport Lab, where he leads a research group and supports decision-making by transport agencies and operators. He is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant 3MARS (2025–2029) and was previously awarded an ERC Starting Grant (CriticalMaaS, 2019–2023), which focus on long-distance passenger transport and two-sided mobility markets, respectively. He also holds a Guest Professor position at the Division of Transport Planning at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.
Oded has undertaken various public professional activities, including serving as a scientific board member of PTV, a member of several US Transportation Research Board committees, an advisory board member of K2, the Swedish Knowledge Centre for Public Transport, a research fellow of the KiM Netherlands Institute for Transport Policy Analysis, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Transportation (Elsevier). He also serves on the editorial boards and scientific committees of numerous journals and conferences in the transportation research field.
As PI at the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS), Oded is active in research, education, and valorisation related to urban passenger transport systems. His work covers topics such as multi-modal accessibility, urban segregation and equity, travel demand management, and facilitating a car-independent lifestyle. Past projects related to his role at AMS include assessing the impacts of the North-South metro line, developing novel mobility-on-demand solutions, testing mobility credits using a serious game, and studying the acceptance of car-reduction measures.
“For mobility solutions to work they must be conscious of network geometry, user needs and market dynamics.”