Clean Air Links

For more information on Colorado clean air efforts and motor vehicle-related topics, please visit the following links:

Colorado Links

Are you a repair technician in search of emission repair information? Take a look at the Air Care Colorado Emissions Repair Bay.

Need to contact your county motor vehicle registration office? Here is a list of Colorado's emissions program area county offices and how to contact them.

Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles. Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles' home page. Get information on motor vehicle regulations and driver's licenses.

State Smoking Vehicle Hotline. Report the license plate number of a smoking vehicle you spot on Colorado's public roadways. The Air Pollution Control Division will notify the vehicle's owner. The cities of Denver and Boulder also have smoking vehicle hotlines.

Air quality advisories. Posted daily during the Denver area's high carbon monoxide winter season, and during the high ozone summer season.

Colorado Air Pollution Control Division. The division's home page. Information on additional air pollution control projects.

Air Quality Control Commission. This commission makes Colorado air quality regulations. The site includes the AQCC's most recent annual report.

National Center for Vehicle Emissions Control and Safety. Part of Colorado State University, NCVECS trains technicians in repairing emissions failures and conducts research into vehicle emissions control. Site also contains guidance on some difficult emissions repairs.

Regional Air Quality Council. The lead air quality policy agency for the Denver-Boulder metropolitan area. Covers air pollution trends and The Blueprint for Clean Air plan to reduce pollution in the Denver region.

Denver Regional Council of Governments. The regional planning agency for Colorado's Front Range counties. This site contains data on growth and regional growth planning. It also contains carpooling information.

Colorado Department of Transportation. Information on road construction "cone zones." Also, information on motor vehicle safety.

Regional Transportation District. Information on public transportation around the Denver-Boulder area, including current bus schedules.

Emissions Testing Programs

Alaska Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance program. Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Arizona Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program. Phoenix and Tucson areas.
British Columbia AirCare program. Greater Vancouver area.
California Smogcheck program. Statewide, with enhanced requirements in several parts of the state.
Connecticut emissions testing program. Statewide.
Georgia Clean Air Force program. Atlanta area.
Illinois Air Team program. Chicago area and southwest corner of the state.
Indiana Clean Air Car Check. Urban counties.
Kentucky: Emissions Check program in the northernmost section of state; and the Vehicle Emissions Testing program in the Louisville area.
Maryland Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program. Statewide.
Massachusetts Emissions Checkup program. Statewide.
Missouri's Gateway Clean Air program. St. Louis area.
Nevada emissions testing program. Las Vegas area.
New Jersey Clean Air New Jersey program. Statewide.
New Mexico Air Care. Albuquerque area.
New York emissions testing program. Statewide, with enhanced test in the greater NYC area. Also see additional info on NY program effectiveness.
North Carolina Emissions Inspection Program. Raleigh, Charlotte and Winston-Salem areas.
Ohio E-Check Program. Cincinnati, Cleveland/Akron and Dayton/Springfield areas.
Ontario Drive Clean program. Toronto area and Hamilton-Wentworth region.
Oregon Vehicle Inspection Program. Portland and Rogue Valley areas.
Tennessee emissions testing program. Memphis and Nashville areas.
Utah emissions testing program. Salt Lake City/Provo.
Vermont vehicle inspection and maintenance program.
Virginia Air Check Virginia program. Northern part of the state.
Washington state Emission Check program. Seattle, Vancouver and Spokane areas.
Wisconsin Vehicle Inspection Program. Southeastern portion of the state.

Other Useful Links

Welcome Home Magazine. A helpful resource guide for folks relocating to the Denver-Boulder area. Print edition is a quarterly publication mailed to all new residential customers of Pubic Service Company of Colorado. 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Plenty of technical and consumer information on emissions testing programs, standards, laws, etc.

Carfax. Vehicle history service; of assistance in buying a used car. Fee-based service.

Cars.com. Lots of good information on various aspects of vehicle purchasing and ownership.

Tailpipe Tally. How clean is your car? Find out the average pollution readings for your make, model & year of vehicle compared to a new vehicle. Site is run by

Environmental Defense, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group.

Special

Family Tree, Inc. This is a non-profit organization based here in the Denver, Colorado, area that is dedicated to serving families in crisis. It provides transitional housing to homeless families, a shelter for the victims of domestic violence, and services to homeless teens. They deserve your support.