Commuters wait to board a Metra train at the Davis Street station Aug. 20 in downtown Evanston. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
Commuters wait to board a Metra train at the Davis Street station Aug. 20 in downtown Evanston. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
A Metra train travels through downtown Evanston on Aug. 20. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
Public-transportation signs are displayed for commuters in downtown Evanston on Aug. 20. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
Signs instruct Metra train commuters at the Davis Street station on Aug. 20 in downtown Evanston. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
Commuters wait for a Metra train to arrive at the Davis Street station on Aug. 20 in downtown Evanston. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
A Purple Line el train travels through downtown Evanston on Aug. 20. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
EVANSTON — On a sunny weekday afternoon Dorothy Gonzales stood near a Davis Street bus stop peering at a poster displaying a colorful web of bus routes and rail lines. She went to downtown Evanston that morning to catch a flick at a local cinema …