Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Boop ✅ M's Hat ✅ ORCA Card ✅ Ferry Boat ✅ Anything we're missing? @theorcacard.bsky.social 2125
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Are the new Airo sets going to be named like the Talgo sets are? 010
Reposted by Zack ShoemakerBruce Englehardt @sounderbruce.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Sound Transit announces a new Link ridership record: 309,000 on July 6. 0263
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Even still, a walking transfer doesn't mean anyone is "losing access to jobs", quite the opposite even. Also the line goes all the way to Tacoma, not just south Seattle. The rest of the region is important too. 200
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Likewise the plans should be for the region's benefit, not just Seattle's. Not to mention the Enterprise Initiative actively working to bring down costs. 110
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The service alerts were prompt and staff were in stations with information about alternative routes and the shuttles. ST is a *regional* transit authority, not a *Seattle* transit authority - the redundancy comes from the local providers. If there're problems with rendundacy, take it up with them. 210
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I agree that we should not be content and continue to strive for better, but going out and being all doomeristic about "ST sucks and the trains suck and their plans suck" isn't helping anyone out either. 110
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Annoying? Yes. But correct? Also yes. I thank you for your time. 210
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 10/07/2026That's correct, because the Rainier Valley to Ballard wouldn't have a transfer to begin with. 110
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 10/07/202610 minutes would be a worst case scenario and the proposed transfer would use the same platform, I don't know how you could design it much better than that. 210
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 10/07/2026or some people "just follow the GPS" all the way into Mount Baker station 080
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Additionally, in this post I'm referring to the south end of the region (Pierce Counth and Tacoma) not the south end of Seattle / Rainier Valley 110
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Just... transfer trains? A 5-10 minute transfer delay isn't going to shut off employment opportunities to part of the city. 120
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 10/07/2026ST can't magically make accidents not happen, the fact that they restarted service after a train/OCS exploded in 15 hours is a testament to their resilience. Every subarea is still getting/has gotten an ST3 project fast-tracked to the best of their ability given the new circumstances since 2016. 110
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 10/07/2026What do you mean failing to provide it? Link is the second-highest ridership light rail in the country, has had among the best post-COVID recovery in the country, and still has the most ambitious expansion plan in the country. Now if people put undue expectations on ST, that's not their fault. 310
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The series of standing-room only town halls that TCC hosted would largely beg to differ. It's not ST's fault for political apathy. As for the south end, I would only have to imagine that those complaining about the spine split pale in comparison to those complaining about nothing being built. 110
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 10/07/2026They're only bleeding public support in the one neighborhood that is only getting *half* of their train line immediately for the sake of regional connectivity. The only intervention we need is to stop distracting the agency with weird recall initiatives. 110
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 05/06/2026There's now an overnight bus between downtown and the airport that fills the gap! www.soundtransit.org/ride-with-us...soundtransit.org570 - SeaTac – Seattle (Night Bus) | Sound TransitRoute map, schedule, service alerts, real-time arrivals and more information for Sound Transit route 570. 010
Reposted by Zack ShoemakerRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 30/05/2026A 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. 019013
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 21/04/2026we still got Scrapbook Zone kicking around in Silverdale! maps.app.goo.gl/764Qw5QGK2YV...maps.app.goo.gl 000
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Suprisingly, American still holds out on *not* doing them, but with everyone else starting them it's only a matter of time imo. 000
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Alaska, Hawaiian (yes, they have their own) also have been doing them for a year or so, and more recently Frontier, Southwest, and JetBlue have started too! 120
Reposted by Zack Shoemakerfalconhand.bsky.social @falconhand.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Funny. Looks like more than 5mph to me! 0185
Reposted by Zack ShoemakerWes Mills 🥌 @oowm.org · 27/03/2026This 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. 2286
Reposted by Zack ShoemakerWes Mills 🥌 @oowm.org · 13/03/2026This 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. 0136
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 25/02/2026there's a hearing in the Senate Transportation Committee on Friday 010
Reposted by Zack ShoemakerHarper @harlander.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Hi 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 0128
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 07/11/2025www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...seattletimes.comLynnwood light rail is super popular — but there’s a problemParking can run out at Lynnwood by 8:30 a.m., leaving some would-be riders to ditch light rail for yet another I-5 drive. Other stations' garages are filling, too. 030
Reposted by Zack ShoemakerZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 05/11/2025 31138596618090
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 25/10/2025If Kitsap Transit can do it, so can Metro!! 130
Reposted by Zack ShoemakerJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 11/10/2025mariners 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 963728297
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Day 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. 020
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Day 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. 040
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 04/10/2025www.kitsaptransit.com/service/rout... ?kitsaptransit.comBI Ride | Kitsap Transit 100
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Day 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 ;) 040
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Day 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! 040
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Day 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!!! 040
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Day 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! 050
Zack Shoemaker @blitzswitch217.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Day 1 of #WeekWithoutDriving Took @kitsaptransit.bsky.social to visit my partner in Port Orchard! Slow and steady start to WWD this year. 081
Reposted by Zack ShoemakerKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 25/09/2025cmon man, Astros fans can’t read 1239456
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