The New Amsterdam Project was created in 2006 in order to facilitate the cultivation of habits that reduce dependence on fossil fuel.

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American dependence on fossil fuel is correlated with:

a) potentially disastrous environmental transformations

b) adverse economic impacts

c) profound social problems

d) compromised physical and emotional health

e) reduced security

f) problematic and destructive foreign policy

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The New Amsterdam Project aims to improve the transportation experience by encouraging and facilitating movement that:

a) is less destructive to the natural world

b) enhances economic security

c) is pro-social

d) optimizes physical and emotional health

e) is consistent with American energy independence

f) repairs the credibility of the American people and the nation at home and abroad