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Zack Shoemaker

@blitzswitch217.bsky.social
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I enjoy many things - transit, video games, and baseball to name a few. he/him

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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Boop ✅ M's Hat ✅ ORCA Card ✅ Ferry Boat ✅ Anything we're missing? @theorcacard.bsky.social
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Bruce Englehardt @sounderbruce.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Sound Transit announces a new Link ridership record: 309,000 on July 6.
Press release
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A lot of Seattle transit advocates seem willing and eager to wallow in doomerism. Talk to folks in other cities facing direct service cuts or transit death spirals. We have work to do, but pretending we're worse off than we are helps no one.
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falconhand.bsky.social @falconhand.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Funny. Looks like more than 5mph to me!
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Wes Mills 🥌 @oowm.org · 27/03/2026
This feeling is why I say every Transit Opening Day is the best one. For one glorious day, our system is perfect and we have it all. We'll be back to advocating for more trains and more buses, more places, more often on Sunday. But tomorrow? Tomorrow we party.
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Wes Mills 🥌 @oowm.org · 13/03/2026
This is indefensible crap from a single Senator who has done some good work on transit in the past so I am genuinely confused here. The Mosquito Fleet Act is a GOOD THING and the state Senate should have overruled him but won’t because he’s too powerful.
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Harper @harlander.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Hi all! I'm hosting a Link Speedrun! If youre available, we will be starting at St Joseph Station at 12:00PM on Saturday If you can only join for a segment or two, I will be posting updates on where we are on my Bluesky
Become the Fastest Link Rider Alive

November 22nd at 12:00PM at St Joseph Station on the T Line
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
mariners fans are my favorite bunch of fans of any team in any sport. i watched the bottom half of the last seven innings standing up in my living room. thanks for letting me hitch a ride
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Day 7 of #WeekWithoutDriving A photo from our (unsuccessful) trip to get the new WSF ORCA card, but having dinner with friends near and far was a worthy consolation.
Seattle skyline from the bow of the MV Chimacum
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Day 6 of #WeekWithoutDriving No transit photos today, as all I did was visit my parents' house via a carpool. In lieu of buses, y'all may instead have a photo of their cat.
My parents' cat Sassy, she's SEVENTEEN
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Day 5 of #WeekWithoutDriving Just another easy day riding around on @kitsaptransit.bsky.social since my plans for a bigger trip this year fell through :( P.S. Check out the new onboard PIMS display if you haven't before ;)
Onboard PIMS displayKT Bus number 755 displaying a "RIDE TRANSIT" signcodeMV Rich Passage 1 as seen from the sundeck of MV WatermanMV Waterman at dusk in Port Orchard
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Day 4 of #WeekWithoutDriving Took a leisurely ride on @ferries.wsdot.wa.gov over to Seattle to celebrate with @transpochoices.bsky.social on their new office in Smith Tower!
MV SealthMV ChimacumSea lions on a buoy with the MV Chimacum on the backgroundSunset over Elliott Bay
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Day 3 of #WeekWithoutDriving A fun day of getting to see both the @mariners.com and the @seattlekraken.com all while not getting behind the wheel!!!
KT Bus number 3515 on Route 228T-Mobile Park scoreboardEdmonton Oilers and Seattle Kraken warming up at Climate Pledge ArenaKing County Metro Bus number 8138 on Route 150
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Day 2 of #WeekWithoutDriving : Ran two sets of errands on @kitsaptransit.bsky.social today, so to change things up I chose to show off the varied bus interiors of KT's fleet!
KT Bus number 3523E on route 226Interior of Bus 3523EKT Bus number 758 on route 222Interior of Bus 758
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Day 1 of #WeekWithoutDriving Took @kitsaptransit.bsky.social to visit my partner in Port Orchard! Slow and steady start to WWD this year.
KT Bus number 764 on Route 228Foot Ferry Waterman as seen through Slip 2 at the Bremerton Ferry TerminalInterior photo of the WatermanKT Bus number 3522E on Route 222
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
cmon man, Astros fans can’t read
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Blake Trask @btrask.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Two amazing sights, all at one moment: “At nearly the same moment the railcar first entered the I-90 bridge from the Mercer Island side, 11:49 p.m., a thick shower of sparks streaked high above the park, from an apparent meteor.” www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
An apparent meteor streaks across the sky on Monday in Seattle, adding to the feeling that train fans were indeed part of a special event. (Nick Wagner / The Seattle Times)
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Honestly one of the coolest things I've been a part of! The Lake has been Crossed!
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
"Car light Pike Place will NEVER WORK because of emergency access" Actual Seattle Fire Department: "Who wants stickers?"
Belltown ladder four in front of the Sanitary MarketSFD responder handing out stickers to Pike Place visitors
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Wes Mills 🥌 @oowm.org · 16/08/2025
I'm starting a new awareness campaign: King County Metro buses signed with a "BASE" or "To Terminal" are in service! You can flag them down and ride! If you see a bus going in the direction you want to go, wave at the driver and ask. It's fun!
Screenshot of text from King County Metro's operator handbook.  The text reads:

11.13 Base Routes
Coaches scheduled to or from a base or terminal are considered in-service. Operators must accommodate all customers requesting to get on or off the coach at all regular stops on surface streets and SR-520. For base and “Y” routes that operate in areas where bus zones are not posted, make customer stops at the far side of intersections, whenever possible.
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Miles in Transit @milesintransit.com · 05/08/2025
WE MADE IT
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
When-atchee? Today-atchee. @ferries.wsdot.wa.gov
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
@theorcacard.bsky.social look who hitched a (p)ride with ATU!
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BikeBremerton @bikebremerton.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Kitsap
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
2-day late 2-boat @ferries.wsdot.wa.gov Bremerton service appreciation post
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 10/05/2025
It’s a good reminder that most transit users are casual users, not hyperfixated transit nerds like you see on Bluesky.
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Max Leibman @maxleibman.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
People say Microsoft Excel is unintuitive, but I disagree. Excel does what I expect at least 4-Mar of the time.
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The Department of Government Efficiency, for example
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Happy #OpeningDay !! ⚾⚾⚾ @mariners.com 🔱 @kitsaptransit.bsky.social @theorcacard.bsky.social
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Washington State Ferries @ferries.wsdot.wa.gov · 04/03/2025
when you yell at me about delays this is who you're yelling at btw
A grainy, zoomed in image of a seal with photo shopped sad eyes.
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WSDOT @wsdot.wa.gov · 20/02/2025
This is a roundabout stan account.
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 08/02/2025
A pro-passenger-only ferry bill, called the Mosquito Fleet Act, has been filed in the Washington House. It would make it easier for governments to create passenger-only ferry service districts and raise revenue for them. ⛴️ app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...
app.leg.wa.gov
Washington State Legislature
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Ticked off another @kitsaptransit.bsky.social route today on my quest to ride them all!
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Super proud of this one! @theorcacard.bsky.social
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Boop had a wonderful time celebrating the opening of @translink.bsky.social 's Capstan Station yesterday! @theorcacard.bsky.social
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
For today's adventure, I took advantage of the new scheduled trips of @kitsaptransit.bsky.social 's Purdy Ride and went to Gig Harbor "the back way". Without these trips (or calling ahead a day in advance), this trip would've taken over four hours!
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
I do love using commuter buses as cross-town routes, one of my favorite niche transit nerd activities
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
An assortment of buses from my transit-riding date day yesterday!
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Transit @transit.app · 21/11/2024
this is a bluesky-bound transit post stand clear of the closing doors please
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Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
boat photo to start off this bad boy
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