Good points on the buses, thanks. I’ve been stuck a few times in some traffic or multiple stops but I guess I always feel it’s balanced out in the walking time to or from a subway stop.

The CT-series crosstown express buses, originally designed as part of the “Indigo Line” urban ring line could get dedicated lanes (Rapid Bus Transit) … or while I’m wishing, could become an actual subway line.

The green line should be put entirely underground and run on real trains instead of trolleys. Or bus rapid transit in dedicated tunnels. That’d be nice.

The A line should return… underground. The E line should be re-lengthened.

The Silver Line buses should go faster in the tunnels – 6MPH is a joke. Their aboveground portions should get better dedicated lanes.

The green line should go to Union Square in Somerville, as was promised some thirty years ago.

All the T train lines should go out another ten or twenty miles: Red line to Waltham, for example. The stations that draw commuters (Alewife, for example) need more parking.

Schedules should be accurate and realistic.

GPS systems in the buses should be used to prevent bunching.

All stations should be handicapped-accessible.

How about a deal with the union that rewards performance instead of seniority and patronage? A decent funding system that’s related to things like “how much the T actually needs?”

In my fantasy where South End gets better train coverage, we don’t get stuck with Green Line trolleys; we get an honest-to-God, rapid-transit, subway line running twenty-four hours each day.

Back Bay residents do have to walk a block or two to the Green Line, but whether it’s late at night or the peak of rush hour, it’s still 10 minutes from Hynes to Park Street.

While it’s true you can hop on the #43 from your doorstep, things get awfully slow during the commute, especially when the bus is full, because riders need to get on and off the bus every 1/10th of a mile.

There are some other great fantasy T resources at http://www.radicalcartography.net/?bostonfuture. While I think the South End is one of the neighborhoods *least* in need of better transit (compare to non-Davis Somerville or most of Dorchester) the T isn’t going to be able to build much of anything until it gets itself out of debt.