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Martin Wachs



Martin Wachs is a professor emeritus of engineering and planning at the University of California at Berkeley. He has written 160 articles and four books on subjects related to transportation and land use. Wachs has been awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for his exceptional scholarship and the Carey Award for service to the Transportation Research Board.

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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 has been honored by the American Institute of Certified Planners and the National Academy of Sciences.

12th Annual Wachs Lecture: Designing the 30-Minute City with David Levinson


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.

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