Clean Transit Enterprise

The Clean Transit Enterprise supports public transit electrification planning efforts, facility upgrades, fleet vehicle replacements and the purchase and installation of electric vehicle charging and fueling infrastructure through the clean transit retail delivery fee; and invests in public transit, including vehicles, infrastructure, equipment, materials, supplies, maintenance, and operations and staffing through the oil and gas production fee.

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About the Clean Transit Enterprise

The Clean Transit Enterprise (CTE) was initially created within the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) under SB21-260 to support public transit electrification planning efforts, facility upgrades, fleet motor vehicle replacement, as well as construction and development of electric motor vehicle charging and fueling infrastructure. SB21-260 allows the enterprise to impose a clean transit retail delivery fee to fund its operations, and to issue grants, loans or rebates to support electrification of public transit.

The business purpose of CTE was expanded with the passage of SB24-230 to include reducing and mitigating the adverse environmental and health impacts of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions produced by oil and gas development by investing in public transit, including vehicles, infrastructure, equipment, materials, supplies, maintenance, and operations and staffing to achieve the level of frequent, convenient, and reliable transit that is known to increase ridership by replacing car trips with bus and rail trips and forms of transit known to support denser land use patterns that further reduce pollution due to shorter trip lengths and greater walking and cycling mode share. SB24-230 requires the CTE to impose a production fee for clean transit to be paid quarterly by every producer of oil and gas in the state effective July 1, 2025.

Clean Transit Enterprise Governing Board

The Clean Transit Enterprise Board includes six members appointed by the governor, and executive directors or their designees from CDOT, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and the Colorado Energy Office. Appointed board members will serve terms of three or four years.

The Clean Transit Enterprise board is as follows:

  • Craig Secrest: Clean Transit Enterprise Director 
  • Matt Frommer (Denver): Member with an expertise in zero-emissions transportation, motor vehicle fleets or utilities
  • Dawn Block (La Junta): Member representing transportation-focused organization that serves an environmental justice community
  • Bonnie Trowbridge (Berthoud): Member representing a public advocacy group that has transit or comprehensive transit expertise
  • Mark Garcia (Pagosa Springs): Member of the Commission and have statewide transportation expertise
  • Cris Jones (Boulder): Member representing an urban area, having transit expertise
  • David Averill (Telluride): Member representing a rural area having transit expertise
  • Shoshana Lew: Executive Director of Colorado Department of Transportation 
  • Richard Coffin: Member representing Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment designee
  • Kelly Blynn: Member representing Colorado Energy Office designee
  • Kathleen Bracke: Member representing Boulder County 

Clean Transit Enterprise - Joint Service Briefing to CTE Board

May 5, 2025 from 2 to 3:15 p.m. MST

YouTube Link to Meeting
Board Packet

For public comments, please Email Craig Secrest

Kay Kelly, Chief, Innovative Mobility (CDOT)