experiencing the streets of chicago

​During our Chicago Trip, I learned and noticed many things that differ from our city
and their city. I noticed that one of the main streets in Chicago Chinatown was very
chaotic, all the lanes were not very visible and very hard to drive in. We met a group
named Chicago Department of Transportation and created our ideal street, we then
talked about how we can improve current streets. Chicago Chinatown is very different
compared to San Francisco because they have allowed large food chains to open up
like Starbucks and Meet Fresh. Their Chinatown is more of an area for people to go eat
and leave compared to San Francisco where people actually live in Chinatown. Chicago
has 50 wards and 50 aldermans while San Francisco has 11 districts and 11
supervisors, that shows how small San Francisco is compared to Chicago. We took a
tour of Argyle St and I noticed how the curb is merged into the street when crossing and
I haven’t seen many in San Francisco. Overall experience of Chicago was great, I got to
experience what transportation was like there and had a lot of fun. I felt a lot more
comfortable walking around Downtown because of how much space there is compared
to San Francisco’s Downtown.

​- Ivan Chen