ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the ubiquitous linear transportation cost surface is modified to include a limited access, low-cost transportation network. The introduction of nodes into the Consumption Theory of Land Rent (CTLR) model is an analog of a central place hierarchy template being superimposed upon the ideal landscape, with each node acting as one of several high-order centers in a multinucleated city; the lower the cost of accessing the central business district (CBD), the more that node acts as a surrogate CBD. Within the CTLR, nodes may be identified on the ideal landscape where households can access networks that allow a reduction in transportation cost from the location of the node to a central point. Once the node is reached by the household, the additional cost of accessing the city center may take on the form of a fixed flat-rate user fee, a reduction in the linear transportation cost per unit distance from the city center, or no cost at all.
