Does not change the fact that cars suck ass (in cities). Nobody needs to (or can) save anything by themselves. Still, walking or taking the bike is good for your health, if the infrastructure isn’t complete shit. Which it probably is if you live in the U.S. In that case you got my condolences.

I think these time limited “challenges” are not ment to get people to walk more. It’s to have people gain empathy for their neighbors who cannot drive a car and to identity the most important points for improvement to make the city more walkable.

Dispite the systemic failures in your city, I guarantee there are people forced to navigate the urban landscape without a car. Those people are probably also have low political power, so it’s good to have people with more political power being informed what life is like in the city without a car.