english: I then kind of thought about the other cities in Europe where I spend a lot of time looking for design, like Basel, where Vitra is located, or in northern Italy -- all cities where there are a whole lot of bicycles, and where pedestrian areas -- and I came to the conclusion that perhaps there was something about these important design centers that dealt with bicycles and foot traffic, and I'm sure the skeptic eye would say, no, the correlation there is that there are universities and schools where people can't afford cars, but it did seem that in many of these areas pedestrian traffic was protected.
non_english: Ik dacht aan de andere Europese steden waar ik naar design zocht, zoals Basel - waar Vitra is - en in Noord-Italië, alle steden waar veel fietsen zijn en  voetgangersgebieden. Ik concludeerde dat er iets in deze designcentra met fietsen en voetgangers aan de hand was. Sceptici zullen zeggen dat er daar nu eenmaal universiteiten en scholen zijn, waar mensen geen auto kunnen betalen,  maar het leek er op dat voetgangers er beschermd worden.