Martin Wachs

Martin Wachs (1941–2021) 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

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 in Architecture, Planning and Design and the Carey Award for service to the Transportation Research Board.

He retired from teaching in 2006, to work at the Rand Corporation until 2010.

Death Martin Wachs died at his home in Los Angeles on April 12, 2021, in the midst of collaborating on papers with colleagues.

Books Transportation for the Elderly: Changing Lifestyles-Changing Needs. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979. Ethics in Planning. New Brunswick: Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University, 1985. The Car and the City: The Automobile, the Built Environment, and Daily Urban Life, University of Michigan Press, 1992. Transportation Planning on Trial: The Clean Air Act and Travel Forecasting. Sage Publications, 1996.