Given that dogs don't take up a seat, I have no problem with them being free. Buggies take up more room and we don't expect people to pay for them.

Kids - I'd like to see them only free during the school commute rather than the rest of the time. Although unfortunately, I can't see a way of managing that along with stopping the one-stop brigade. Admittedly, there have been a few occasions where I've had a wry smile at a group of kids who have sprinted down the street to catch a bus only to get off it a stop or two later - why not save the running energy and walk a few extra hundred feet!

It used to be that fares had to be put up in large-ish % so that change was easier to give out - but with Oyster that's no longer the case - why can't an Oyster fare be ?1.18? Having said that, fares dropped drastically with the introduction of Oyster as an incentive to take it up - so it's not surprising that with such take-up, the fares start to rise again. It's still cheaper than it was pre-Oyster.

Overall, I think TfL's service (aside from the proposed railcuts due to ELL) is pretty good for the cash. I've lived in other UK cities where I'm often horrified at the poor level of service frequency for the costs involved.