NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Following the Metro Transit Authority's recent budget cuts and reduced bus stops, senior citizens and those with low incomes said they have to walk more than a mile to catch a city bus.

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Vine Hill Towers resident Kay McNellie is affected by neuropathy and is feeling the pain of MTA's budget cuts.

"This is a major, major ordeal to go through," said McNellie.

An MTA bus used to stop at Vine Hill, a high-rise community for senior citizens and disabled, but the route was recently cut. Currently the nearest Metro bus stop is one mile away on Nolensville Road.

To make matters worse, the walk to the bus stop is even longer because the state fair is blocking a shortcut.

MTA said the Vine Hill route is one of seven they had to cut because of budget shortfalls. Two have since been restored but not Vine Hill.

"I would like MTA to realize the impact it's had on folks, particularly here at Vine Hill, who are handicapped in a variety of ways, and it's just too rough," said McNellie.

MTA's planning officials are trying to restore services that were cut to balance the budget. They're developing a master plan not only to rework some routes but to develop more stable sources of funding.

"Just hold on, we're working on it. We're doing our best to get service back to everyone who lost it," said Jim McAteer, MTA Planning Department.

The planning process will take until March.

MTA offers a door-to-door service called Access Ride for the disabled, but McNellie said she's not disabled enough to qualify for it.