Erie Vital Signs

02/07/2019

Transforming Vacant Land Into Community Assets - Vacant land activities can be low cost and high impact; the price of failure is not steep, but the return on investment can be high.

https://shelterforce.org/2018/11/13/transforming-vacant-land-into-community-assets/

01/22/2019

Mayor Joe Schember’s administration plans to hire a consultant to help develop long-range plans to manage city finances and operations.

Mayor Joe Schember's administration plans to hire a consultant to help develop long-range plans to manage city finances and operations.

04/07/2017

04/14/2016

Recycling reusable materials from trash is a practice proven to be beneficial to our environment. In Erie County, the amount of recyclables per capita was barely over half the state average, according to Erie Vital Signs. Obviously, this is an area we can improve upon. The learn more about recycling in our area, visit https://www.eriecountypa.gov/county-services/other-services/recycling/what-can-i-recycle.aspx,

Official website of Erie County, PA Government

04/12/2016

Erie County generates about one half ton less garbage per capita than the peer average, according to Erie Vital Signs. In fact, yearly deposits to Erie County's landfill (Lake View Landfill) typically consist of only 82%-87% trash from Erie County. The remainder comes primarily from Crawford and Mercer counties. Learn more at: http://erievitalsigns.org/environment/recycling-and-waste/up-solid-wastes/.

Erie County has been generating less solid waste in recent years. Most of our garbage stays in the county, and the county’s landfill (Lake View Landfill) actually accepts more solid waste each year than is generated locally. Erie County wastes, in total, amount to about 82%-87% of additions to the l…

04/07/2016

Did you know Erie County commuters save about 62.4 hour per year as compared to the national average? That's like having a week and a half extra vacation time! Learn more about Erie County commute times at http://erievitalsigns.org/environment/transportation/up-commute-times/.

Erie County does quite well in terms of commuting times compared to all other benchmark areas. In 2013, the average one-way commute in Erie was18.6 minutes, approximately 28% less than the 25.8 minutes nationwide, and the 26.0 minute average for Pennsylvania. It was even 16% less than the 22.1 minut…

04/05/2016

The water quality in Erie County is better than the peer average of five neighboring counties on the Great Lakes in terms of beach advisory days, according to Erie Vital Signs. Still, Erie's beach advisory days have increased in frequency by around two percent over the last few years. To learn more and find out what you can do to help further improve Erie's water quality, visit http://erievitalsigns.org/environment/water-quality/up-beach-advisory-days/

In 2014, Erie beaches averaged just 7.3% beach closure days, compared to an average of over 28% for five of our neighbor counties on the Great Lakes. Erie’s percentage has risen over the last few years from a low of 5.1%, but it continues to provide safe water for bathing at a higher rate than five…

03/31/2016

According to Erie Vital Signs, when it comes to air quality, Erie has had only 0.1% “unhealthy” days in the last five years (and none in the last two years), and no “very unhealthy” days since 1988. That being said, Erie's percentage of "good" air quality days ranks worse than 10 of 13 peer cities. Learn more about air quality at https://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.local_city&cityid=604.

Air quality has been improving in the Erie area over the long term. In the most recent five years, the EPA’s Air Quality Index has been in the “good” range (which is the best category) 61% of the time compared with only 44% of the time in the early 1980s. Erie has had only 0.1% “unhealthy” days in t…