By now, you've heard the bad news: TTC workers have threatened to strike if their demands aren't met by Sunday at 4pm.

That's bad news for your morning commute, as riders across the city scramble to find a new way to get to work. And school. And the dentist. Anywhere else you were planning to go on Monday, you'll have to plan a new route.

Michel Jakovina, a banker, is already worried about the parking spot crunch. "If there's a strike, I'm sure everyone's going to be driving, so traffic's going to be crazy and finding parking is going to be a rush as well."

Another rider is more nonchalant. "They do that all the time," exclaims Rosemaire Everseley. "The 11th hour comes and then they pull it out and come to some kind of agreement. So I'm pretty sure they're not going to strike."

Students in the city's universities and colleges have another burden to bear: it's the middle of exam time, and the thought of getting to the test - let alone passing it - adds extra stress to a season that was far from easy-going.

With the huge number of people that rely on the TTC daily, and the negative effects when the service goes off the rails, some people are wondering if it should become an essential service.

It happened to CN Rail workers, who were legislated back on the job in 2007.

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