In spite of my irritation about the whole endeavor, I have to admit the end result is kind of cool
I think a lot of the effect would be lost if it was simply a demo run with crowds lining the sides of the filming route.
Although if i was the director of this video, I would have started with the car driving around parklands with no real indication as to where it is – only to pan up and reveal that it’s Central Park. But it probably would have been impossible to film it.