Narrabundah residents will face difficulties accessing medical appointments, including drug support programs, in Woden under new bus routes.
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Old Narrabundah Community Council chair John Keeley said the government should be trying to help the lower socio-economic people living around Narrabundah, Symonston and Fyshwick.
"You've got to look after the people that are in need," Mr Keeley said.
"My clientele base is the frail and the disadvantaged, I'm not interested in those who have got two cars parked in their garage.
"I think our government members have been sold a lemon by whoever has put forward the proposal."
The government is proposing cutting bus routes 80 and 88 in the Narrabundah area in 2019, which would mean from 2019 buses would no longer service the Alexander Maconochie Centre, Geoscience Australia or other Symonston stops which take residents directly into Woden.
The government has already cut the route five bus from Narrabundah, which travelled directly to Woden. Residents in Red Hill or Narrabundah have to catch a route four bus to another stop to then swap on to a rapid route six bus into Woden.
"There are swathes through the Red Hill area that are being shafted. There's Symonston. The socially disadvantaged in Narrabundah Lane are being shafted," Mr Keeley said.
He said a lot of people in the area needed easy access to Woden so they could get to the hospital, undergo their rehabilitation programs, methadone programs, day surgery or other medical appointments.
"If they want to use a bus, and a lot of them are now choosing not to, they have to now hop on a bus, go about a kilometre, wait in the cold and get on a rapid," Mr Keeley said.
Residents can travel direct to the city from the route four bus, but Mr Keeley said a lot of their preferred services were in Woden.
In Gordon, Suzanne Millar said changes to the local bus routes has added 20 minutes extra commute time to workers travelling from Tuggeranong to Belconnen.
"They seem to be putting all these new buses on for Gungahlin, we're just getting shafted out in the southside," Ms Millar said.
Ms Millar said her husband currently commutes on the 718 bus to Civic, before changing to another bus into Belconnen, taking about an hour.
However, the government is set to cut the 718, with changes indicating Ms Millar's husband would have to change three times to travel to Belconnen.
The government was contacted about changes to the buses servicing the Narrabundah area and said the network was being redesigned from the ground up to focus on more frequent, rapid services.
"Transport Canberra is also proposing demand responsive services, including to service the correctional facility," a transport spokesman said.
The government also recommended the elderly or people with mobility issues make use of the flexi bus, a free community shuttle.
The flexi bus requires users to book two days in advance and only operates weekdays between 9.30am and 1.30pm.
