Closing this station would triple my walk to over 1/2 hour. This is NOT an improvement in service. I have used this station a lot since I retired, but walking to Main is too far in the winter, rain ,or dark, or if I am carrying something.

When I look at the demographics of South Evanston, I see that the areas immediately surrounding the South Boulevard station (especially west of Chicago area) have some of the highest concentrations of minorities, particularly African Americans in all of Evanston (at least based on 2000 census numbers). It also has one of the lowest average household incomes in the city. Closing this station would significantly increase the commute for a number families who live in these areas and rely on the station. This was disproportionately impact people of color, which I hope is something that CTA will consider. There are several other purple line stations that warrant closures but not South Blvd.

I really hope Active Trans looks closely at these proposals and avoids any scaremongering here. The CTA proposal is very well thought-out and makes a lot of sense.

Closing these stations saves money in a very expensive line rebuild and makes the Red Line much faster (and thus, more useful) for the vast majority of riders. And since these stations are currently so close together, most people won't have to walk further than an extra two blocks.

If Active Trans cares about improving mobility for the vast majority of city riders, it should be a strong supporter of this aspect of the CTA proposals.

To bmorrisey, three of the CTA's alternatives actually include transfer stops. So while you won't have A/B service, you'd have the opportunity to get on an express train at either Loyola or Wilson.

These are very tough choices.  Yes, "milk-runs" along these very-close-together stations aren't very efficient, but the decrepit state of tracks, especially between Lawrence and Addison are as much blame if not more.

It makes me long for the days of the A and B trains/stations.  That kind of funding is of course no longer available unfortunately.

As a resident of Edgewater, if a stop had to close, Granville would be the more logical choice as it is barely a 1/3 of a mile south of Loyola. Closing Thorndale would leave a 3/4 mile gap between Granville and Bryn Mawr, a worse option, in my opinion.  Why Lawrence is on that list is beyond me as there are two bus transfers at it, 36 and 81.

They've been talking about closing Jarvis for years, however.

With the exception of South Boulevard, I'm not sure any of the rest of those would be so bad. They're all really close to other stations. It would definitely help improve travel times.