Go to https://overpass-turbo.eu/ and type a query to select the streets in a region.

For example:

[out:json];
(
    {{geocodeArea:Amsterdam}};
)->.searchArea;
(
 relation[boundary=administrative]["admin_level"="10"](area.searchArea);
 way["highway"="motorway"(area.searchArea);
);
out body;
>;
out skel qt;

Use the Load button to get more examples of the possibilities of Overpass. For more information about the usage of the Overpass QL language, visit https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_QL  - if you're not afraid of a steep learning curve :-)

Next, use the Export button to download the query result as a GeoJSON file.
 

• Go to https://mapshaper.org/ and load the GeoJSON file you saved in the previous step.
• Click on the file name in the middle of the top of the page and make all layers visible by selecting the eye icons.
• Next, click on the left basemap icon on the right side of the to of the screen to show the map of the region as background. This also takes care of the distorted width/height relation of the map… for now.
• Use the Export button (top right of the page) to save it as an SVG.
• Last but not least, make a screenshot of the page, you need it in the next step to get the width/height relation right.

If you haven't already, download and install Inkscape (https://inkscape.org/).

• Open the svg in Inkscape.
• Select all and set the fill color to None and the stroke color to black.

You will probably notice that the height vs width relation of the map is not correct. This is where the screenshot of the map from Mapshaper comes in.

• Paste the screenshot in Inkscape. It's added as a seperate layer.
• Lock this layer and set it's transparency to ~30%.
• Now you can change the height and the width of the svg to the correct values by overlapping the line drawing to the map image on the background.
• Remove the Mapshaper image when you're done.

Now you can edit the lines to your own liking. You could, for example, make the line with of the city border a bit thicker.

Don't forget to save your work!

Now use the SVG anyhow you like!

For example, import the new svg file in XCS and burn it is a piece of wood. Or use a pen plotter to make a nice drawing.