Evanston Now A Metra train at the Davis Street station in Evanston. In a potentially ominous warning to area mass transit operators, including those who serve Evanston, a survey by the Regional Transportation Authority says 20% of passengers who stopped riding because of the coronavirus pandemic may never return. Many people who used to take mass transit and are now working from home are expected to keep doing that. Ridership has plummeted since March 2020 when the pandemic began. For example, Metra commuter rail traffic now is down 90% from what it was before the p...