Working closely with the City of Cambridge (City), the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), the MBTA, and Boston Properties (BP), the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority (CRA) has created a mechanism and governance structure for funding public transit to serve the growing Kendall Square district. This Kendall Square Transit Enhancement Program (KSTEP) grew out of the Massachusetts Environmental Protection Act (MEPA) review process for the amendment of the Kendall Square Urban Redevelopment Plan (KSURP). As the amendment provides additional development rights within the MXD District of Kendall Square, the KSTEP program is an important mitigation component of the 2015 Environmental Impact Report (EIR), which preceded the approval of the KSURP Amendment 10, MXD Zoning and IDCP documents. In that EIR, KSTEP is a way to prepare for transit ridership created by new development, by funding projects that improve transit capacity.

The program has an initial $6 million of funding, which will be used to pay for programs that improve transit capacity to and from Kendall Square. Funding decisions will be guided by the initiatives recommended by the Kendall Square Mobility Task Force and Transport Kendall report.

KSTEP Documents

Governance Document - Updated Feb. 2020

Funding Proposal - Updated Dec. 2019

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) - May 2017

Approved Funding Proposals

500 Main Street Bus Shelter - Complete Fall 2021

Kendall Square Bus Service Improvement Planning Study - See Transit Study Report here