Ttc Vital Service In Toronto

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EAC 150 – Assignment Five Essay of Persuasion The people that live in Toronto often under estimate the importance of the TTC. The TTC by far is one of the most important services in Toronto. It is the safest and most cost effective way of getting to and from your destination within the city. Being a political TTC advisor and a user of the TTC service for the past ten years has given me a true understand to the importance of this service to Toronto. The TTC provides millions of people each day with transportation to jobs, which generate income for not only themselves but also the government. By doing this it also eliminates the amount of drivers that are on the road, which significantly reduces the amount of pollution we emit. It also provides a cost effective way of transporting the elderly and disabled, students and people from low-income jobs. The TTC is a vital service to Toronto. A lack of TTC would cause businesses and the government millions of dollars in lost revenue[1]. Thousands of employees would have no means of getting to and from their jobs because the TTC is their primary means of transportation. The pollution levels would sky rocket if Toronto were eliminate the TTC service. The millions of people who use the TTC daily would have to resort to other means of transportation such as driving an automobile. This would significantly increase the pollution. The increase in pollution would then cause the government more money into the health care sector, as more people would now suffer from diseases such as asthma and lung cancer. It would also affect students, seniors and people who work low-income jobs[2]. For these people the TTC is usually their only means of transportation, which would disrupt the way they do simple tasks such as going to school. Some people would argue on the hand that if Toronto did not have the TTC, then the

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