Bus route closings affect most vulnerable

Those with disabilities and the poor are devastated by the cutbacks to bus routes in the St. Louis area, eliminating their only form of transportation, reports CNN. A reporter who rode the route writes about a couple in wheelchairs who are losing their form of transportation, as the result of one of two dozen routes being cut as of March 30. [Related: Commuters Already Trying to Cope Before Cutbacks]

Riding the buses this week offered a glimpse at the impact.

At one stop Wednesday, a handful of developmentally disabled passengers boarded outside a local facility where they work. One told CNN she optimistic "something will get done about it" but said she isn't sure how she is supposed to get around after Friday.

200 drivers will also lose their jobs. The stimulus money, the reporter noted, can't be used for operational costs.