Transportation Plan B

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If all our planning has gone according to plan then we have a ‘hardened’ vehicle with sufficient supplies on board, including food, water, communications, navigation, etc., to get out of any urban areas and to our planned ‘alternate’ location.  However, “No plan survives its first encounter with the enemy.”  This phrase is most commonly associated with Douglas MacArthur however the concept was first in a thesis on war by Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, a Prussian field marshal.  His thesis states (translated);  "No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy's main strength."  Why do I mention this?  Because there are a lot of lessons and strategies we can learn from history in our preparations and planning for preparedness, including The Art of War by Sun Tsu. So, what are our “Plan B” options for transportation?  Some are obvious and some may not be so we will mention a few here to give you some ideas. One that can be a daily part of our commute could be a bike.  This could be your weekend get out and about bike that you carry on your bike rack daily, perhaps use from a park-and-ride on...