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The Great Depression And World War II Both Placed Heavy Burdens On The Ability Of Municipalities To Finance Themselves During Most Of The 1930s Municipal Governments Had To Cope With General Welfare Costs And Assistance To The Unemployed The TTC Realized That Improvements Had To Be Made Despite The Depression And In 1936 Purchased The First Of The Newly Developed Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) Streetcars Which Are Custom-designed The War Put An End To The Depression And Increased Migration From Rural To Urban Areas After The War Municipalities Faced The Problem Of Extending Services To Accommodate The Increased Population Ironically The One Municipal Service That Prospered During The War Years Was Public Transit; Employers Had To Stagger Work Hours In Order To Avoid Overcrowding The Streetcars Toronto Continued Their Program Of Purchasing PCC Cars Running The World's Largest Fleet Including Many Obtained Second-hand From U.S Cities That Abandoned Streetcar Service Toronto Transit Commission (1954�present)