Yeah, I can understand the not wanting all roads to become thoroughfares for Motor Traffic... but to make the difference for PEOPLE, some miner changes would make a huge difference.

Davis CA is somewhat set up like this... small pockets of housing ending in cul-de-sacs or dead-end courts; but they go one further and then tie all these areas together with bike paths along green belts behind the homes...

I have heard of residents (here locally) objecting to such paths for fear of burglaries from offenders using the paths... far more likely for some burglar to simply pull up in a moving van or service vehicle right from the street into the driveway... after all, it is rather difficult schlepping a big screen TV down a bike path.