Martin Wachs

Martin Wachs (born 1941 - died 2021, aged 79) was an American professor emeritus of Urban Planning at the University of California, Los Angeles and of City and Regional Planning and of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He wrote 180 articles and four books on subjects related to transportation and land use.
Wachs was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for his exceptional scholarship and the Carey Award for service to the Transportation Research Board.
He was one of the earliest scholars to address transportation's relationship to social equity, environmental quality, and community values. In recognition of his extraordinary service, Wachs was honored by the American Institute of Certified Planners and the National Academy of Sciences.