Originally Posted by
TheBOSman
They need to pull out about half of the Green Line above ground stops if they want to improve the speed. I would say build express tracks in the North Station (or at least Govt. Center) to Kenmore stretch like they have in NYC but the expense would be mind-boggling, even if done as cost-effectively as possible; which, as might be said here in Texas, "ain't gon happen y'all".
The Green Line is fundamentally an equipment problem - the T has no business operating streetcars on such a busy and important transit corridor