In some places London is effectively built this way too. The small roads aren’t technically closed to traffic, but it’s not heavy because only an experienced black cab driver generally winds through them, whereas most traffic sticks to main roads.
That cycle heatmap that someone posted in another thread sort of illustrates the point:
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