SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — The bus drivers for Santa Clarita Transit began striking on Oct. 9. The strike halted service for hundreds of students and passengers in the city.

Rachael Benson, a Santa Clarita resident, says getting anywhere has grown exceptionally difficult now that her service access has been inactive because of the strike. Benson, who does not own a van with a wheelchair lift, is now forced to use her manual chair when she travels, which she says strips her of her independence. 

It has become so frustrating, Benson joined the picket lines to support bus drivers. She says he hopes the strike will end soon.