As architecture, the Fulton Street Transit Center is bound to dazzle.

Unveiled last month, plans for the center feature a glass dome designed to trap sunlight and release it deep into the heart of the complex. The design also incorporates its neighbor, the 115-year-old Corbin Building at the corner of

		Broadway and John street. The building will be restored, its colonnade of arches serving as additional entrances into the transit center-a 50-foot-tall glass box topped by the majestic 110-foot dome But as a major transportation hub linking 12 subway lines as well as the PATH system, planners say there's still work to be done in finding the best way to uncoil the maze of ramps and tunnels difficult to navigate even for the most seasoned straphanger. There's talk of leveling the ramps, installing moving walkways and of exploring more effective signage than the ubiquitous arrows that today point commuters up, down and sometimes back in the direction they just came from. "We're talking about improving access to Lower Manhattan," said Bill Wheeler, director of planning for the Metropolitan Transit Authority. "The key here is not to get lost. Removing ramps is one thing. Making it easy to find your away around is another." The center, located on Broadway between Fulton and John Streets, will link the 2,3,4,5,A,C,J,M,Z and E,R,W lines. A pedestrian concourse under Dey Street will link the center with the PATH and the World Trade Center site. The $750 million project is expected to be completed in 2007, with construction set to begin as early as this year with improvements to the 2 and 3 lines.

"It's a good start," said Ray O'Keefe, who attended the design's unveiling May 26 at the Center for Architecture on LaGuardia Place. O'Keefe is a Community 1 Board member and chairman of the board's Financial Committee, and uses the station frequently in his work as a commercial real estate broker Downtown. "Looking at the model, it's apparent that it is what it is-it's a subway station with many levels and platforms. Finding a way to make that easy to get around is going to take a lot of planning and there probably will be no perfect way to do it." "Though, personally, I do like the light and air," he added. Indeed, the center's glass design, which recalls Santiago Calatrava's design for the PATH station that it will be linked to, is striking. "I'm excited," said Robert Tierney, chairman of the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission. "Particularly with the restoration of the Corbin building. I think Tribeca should be thrilled." Mysore Nagaraja, chief engineer for the MTA's capital construction projects, has high hopes for the complex becoming a kind of landmark of its own. "We want the station to be a destination, with people saying 'Lets meet at Fulton Street Station for a cocktail.'"