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Added: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 19:53 GMT 20:53 UK

I am a trainee teacher living in South London on placement in a North London school. I pay £44 a month for a zones 2 and 3 student Oyster travel card. I'm angry that during the strike I still had to pay £2 for a single boat ticket to cross the river: to go one stop to get from Greenland Dock to Canary Wharf. I know that the intention is for Oyster tickets to be soon valid on the river boats, but I think Boris Johnson should have arranged for all boat journeys during the strike to be free.

NS, Surrey Quays

Added: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 19:36 GMT 20:36 UK

I have enjoyed cycling to work from W3 through Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park seeing the sights of interest and finally getting to Liverpool St. The only down side was not being familiar with the one way systems once I was close to my destination and having to walk part of the way when it seemed impossible to find the road I wanted.My one gripe is that lots of cyclists flout the highway code and really ride in a reckless manor!! Lucky the weather held .Journey home 1.5 hrs.improved from 2 hrs!

Vicky, London w3

Added: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 19:25 GMT 20:25 UK

To the TFL staff who helped passengers, the bus drivers who coped with crowds of frustrated comumuters on packed buses and the tube drivers who did work - Thank you.

To Bob Crowe and the RMT - Shame on you!

Jane, London

Added: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 18:37 GMT 19:37 UK

Bob Crow would look better standing on the podium in Red Square in Moscow.

I like his hard left approach, to being nice to the fare payers that pay his wages via union subscriptions. Very socialist!

ANGRY OF MAYFAIR, LONDON W1, United Kingdom

Added: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 18:11 GMT 19:11 UK

How dare these people go on strike, how dare they ask for more money. They do nothing for us. We dont rely on them. No stop bringing London to a standstill and take me to work.

These people are central to the functioning of London. If this whole getting on thing is going to work it has to be give and take, not just do the work for maximum profit and the lowest wages.

Good luck to the strikers. lond live the unions.

Dale, Manchester

Added: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 18:05 GMT 19:05 UK

These unions need to get a grip and learn to live in the world today rather than behaving like it's still 1979!

People are loosing their jobs at companies they worked hard at for decades...

These people need to be grateful they have a job at all, nevermind above inflation pay rises!

Bungalow Bill

Added: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 17:35 GMT 18:35 UK

Travelled to Wembley last night for the England match and throughly enjoyed avoiding the tube! We drove to an empty car park at a nearby tube station and walked along with many other fans to the stadium. The usual stop/start of crowd control trying to get back to Wembley Park station was brilliant to avoid after the game. Will definitely not be using the underground again when visiting Wembley. Thanks for going on strike, has opened my eyes to more pleasant ways of travel!

Andrew Roberts, Bognor Regis

Added: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 17:28 GMT 18:28 UK

I don't get it. What is the logic of attacking the blameless for the supposed sins of the people you are supposed to be negotiating with?

I didn't strike over teacher's pay because I couldn't see the point or morality of attacking 5 year old children just to improve my pay rise.

In the case of the RMT a little more time publicising your grievance would have been desirable, giving you more chance of getting public support. I'm afraid you have shot yourself in the foot.

[roughbeast], Coventry, United Kingdom

Added: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 17:24 GMT 18:24 UK

Just wanted to say a massive thank you to all LU staff who came to work today, and for not following the RMT bullies. I've found a different route to work which has CUT 10 minutes off my journey time.
P.S. to the RMT - my colleagues walked much of their journey yesterday and today, and are considering doing the same in the future. If everyone else who walked was to do the same, there would be no demand for the Tube and fewer jobs for you. Your strike may have deeper implications than you think!

nicky, London

Added: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 16:28 GMT 17:28 UK

The double standards applied by the right wing HYS contributors is amazing. Nine years a bunch of Self Employed tax dodging hauliers stopped everyone travelling by blockading refineries because they objected to paying one of the few taxes they could'nt fiddle. No ballot was held they were only accountable to their own greed. They were heros.
Today trade unionists who have followed correct legal proceedures are villified for wishing to defend their terms and conditions. What hypocrites they are.

Hoof Hearted, newport, United Kingdom

Added: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 16:27 GMT 17:27 UK

The Northern Line was a godsend, but the stations being kept shut arbitatrily. Thanks to all the staff who ran limited services. It got me to a very important health appointment on time.

Jeers for First Capital Connect, who would not take Oyster Pay as you go in Elstree and Borehamwood (Zone 6).

Janet, Borehamwood

Added: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 16:21 GMT 17:21 UK

This tube strike is between the RMT and TFL. By hitting a third party - the public - the RMT is behaving illegally. Why aren't our legal eagles pressing this point? There was no member vote for this strike. Or is it Bob Crow having his revenge on the public for the failure of the Socialist Labour Party in the EU elections?

Peter Lewis, Slough

Added: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 16:17 GMT 17:17 UK

Its amazing how ill-informed and ignorant most HYS'ers are, they keep saying the Drivers are on strike WRONG! its the RMT who are on strike, most strikers are not drivers, theya re the poor people who look after you when you are lost, or clean up your mess you leave behind, or put up with your rudeness when you are drunk, or let you through the barriers when you have bent your oyster card or torn your ticket.
Apologise to the drivers and hide your blushes

[donniemunro]

Added: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 16:12 GMT 17:12 UK

One commenter made a very valid suggestion about how the public could have been kept on side and thus remained supportive of these pay requests (however absurd they appear in a climate such as this) - tube workers should have continued to operate the full service but refused to accept passengers' money for fares, opening the barriers and letting passengers travel for free. Hit the big bad bosses where it hurts!

Abi, Eastleigh

Added: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 16:08 GMT 17:08 UK

I now stay at home during the strikes as the commute (1.5 hrs usually in one direction - bus, tube, bus) becomes extended (3 hours), and one is left exhausted before arriving for work.

The TFL alert on the mobiles have been useful, and the internet, in making decisions for travelling during the time of the strike.

Geraldine, Uxbridge