American dependence on fossil fuel is correlated with:

• potentially disastrous environmental changes
• adverse economic impacts
• profound social problems
• compromised physical and emotional health
• reduced security
• problematic and destructive foreign policy

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NAP aims to improve the experience and impact of transportation by encouraging and facilitating movement that:

• is less destructive to the natural world
• enhances economic security
• is pro-social
• optimizes physical and emotional health
• aligns with American energy independence
• repairs the credibility of the American people and the nation at home and abroad