I'd really like to know what your top 3 would be.
2. Get nonlocal VCs and Angels to come to Boston to make deals, and show the locals how it's done.
3. Encourage school to offer indefinite stop out programs. Too many students stash their ideas and suspend their leave of absence lest they lose financial aide or have to reapply to college.
Not gonna happen for the rail transit modes, the down time is necessary so maintenance and track inspection can happen (the T isn't like NYC transit where local service can be shunted to express tracks during shutdowns). I suppose the T could substitute buses during those hours, but that will require a lot of money the T doesn't have to move very few people.
Having lived in Boston for 6 years, 4 of them without a car and getting around on the T, if they are doing maintenance on off hours, I've never seen it. Rather they shut down sections of the T line for days at a time and run buses in their place.
What does that mean? Wouldn't 24/7 mean all night every evening? Or are you just saying they should at least run all night on the weekends...?