Martin Mogridge (December 2, 1940 – February 29, 2000) was a British transport researcher based in London. He proposed the

Lewis–Mogridge position The Lewis–Mogridge position, named after David Lewis and Martin J. H. Mogridge, was formulated in 1990 and observes that as more roads are built, more traffic consequently fills these roads. Speed gains from some new roads can disappear within ...

that traffic varies in relation to the potential avenues of travel available, thus arguing that adding new roads to a transport network was potentially counter productive (see Braess's paradox) if a wider knowledge of local transport routes was not applied.

Works

* Estimation of Regional and Sub-regional Household Income Distributions and Their Use in Demand Forecasting, 1972 * Travel in Towns: Jam Yesterday, Jam Today and Jam Tomorrow, 1990 * Metropolis Or Region, 1994 * The Rejuvenation of Inner London, 1996 * The self-defeating nature of urban road capacity policy, 1997

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1940 births 2000 deaths British urban planners People from Welwyn Garden City {{UK-bio-stub