Local activist Willie White, recently one of Metroland’s “Local Heroes“, was featured on NPR Morning Edition today for his efforts to bring a new bus route to the South End of Albany, specifically the steep and busy Morton Avenue.
“You would see seniors walking up the hill, trying to pull their shopping cart, just giving out and just stopping and sitting down,” White says. “And you would see wheelchairs that ran out of battery power trying to come up that hill.”
Read the article and listen to the segment here.
When not fighting for better transportation in the city, you can see White working with his organization AVillage to transform empty lots into community projects.
Patrick’s work has been published internationally, including on the front pages of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. He lives in downtown Albany.
Latest posts by Patrick Dodson (see all)
- Protomartyr and Fashion Club at No Fun – June 13, 2024
- Sheer Mag at No Fun – May 5, 2024
- Annual cover show brings Oasis, Queens of the Stone Age to Troy – February 17, 2024