Martin Wachs (1941–2021)[2] 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[2] at the University of California, Berkeley.
Besides teaching in Los Angeles, he spent 10 years at UC Berkeley, with the Institute of Transportation Studies.
[2] He was one of the earliest scholars to address transportation's relationship to social equity, environmental quality, and community values.
[2] In recognition of his extraordinary service, Wachs was honored by the American Institute of Certified Planners and the National Academy of Sciences.
[10] Martin Wachs died at his home in Los Angeles on April 12, 2021, in the midst of collaborating on papers with colleagues.