I think the notion of enclosed area without any traffic that is not local just works at any scale. In US, there's (very rarely) courtyard housing. Where I grew

I think the notion of enclosed area without any traffic that is not local just works at any scale. In US, there's (very rarely) courtyard housing. Where I grew up, it looks like this: https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=38aa3a47-56e0-4667-a6b1-3ebed58b19d6&cp=55.757117~37.413794&lvl=18&style=a&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027 https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=38aa3a47-56e0-4667-a6b1-3ebed... (somehow on Google maps the setting to disable labels is not preserved in the link). These buildings are 17 stories tall and while you can drive inside the squares there's absolutely no reason to, unless you live there, and you can probably go 10 mph/15 kph if that. So, it's basically a little enclosed park for each giant building, occasionally with some services. These days, I have become enlightened and actually prefer car-centric living - in North America, but also in Western Europe from my impressions as a tourist, dense car-free areas only have any advantages whatsoever for drunk people and kids; but if I were to live in a dense place I feel like some variation of this design, with "local" space that is intentionally separated, is far superior to the kind you get in e.g. London/Munich where "local" space seems to simply be a path to get to the subway, or e.g. Vancouver (where I did live) where there simply isn't any.