District Line Daily: Metro Won on Saturday

A morning roundup of news, opinion, and links from City Paper and around the District. Send tips and ideas to citydesk@washingtoncitypaper.com.

As women marched, greater Washington’s troubled transit agency hosted more than one million riders, making Saturday the second-busiest day in Metro’s history and its busiest Saturday of all time. Only Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration brought more riders.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

D.C., Maryland, and Virginia will give Metro the money it needs for its next budget. [Post]
Martha’s Table is collecting partially used SmarTrip cards to distribute to needy. [WTOP]
District robbers apparently did not take the long weekend off. [Post]
Six police officers injured and 217 protesters arrested on Inauguration Day. [Post]
Man sucker-punches white nationalist movement spokesperson on camera. [Post]
Street vendor who peddles goods nationwide reflects on inauguration sales. [WBJ]
Inauguration cleanup may take more than a month. [NBC4]
Breaniya Todd, 12, has been missing since Jan. 6. [WUSA]
Sadie Adams, 13, has been missing since Jan. 13. [WUSA]

RECENT CITY PAPER STORIES TO HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF YOUR DAY:

Sea of pink: Photos of Saturday’s Women’s March on Washington.
Fire and flags: Photos of downtown D.C. on the day Trump became president.
Eyewitness: A report from the front lines of a violent Inauguration Day.

LOOSE LIPS LINKS, by Jeffrey Anderson (tips? jeff.anderson@washingtoncitypaper.com)

Charlie Brotman didn’t announce the inauguration for the first time since 1957, but he did get to welcome the Women’s March. [NBC4]
MPD Interim Chief Peter Newsham credits his force for preserving order. [Post]
Let there be peace: no arrests at Women’s March On Washington. [DCist]
D.C. police seize guns downtown. [Post]
While MPD is sued for Inauguration Day tactics. [Post]

ARTS LINKS, by Matt Cohen (tips? mcohen@washingtoncitypaper.com)

The impact of Mark Rothko paintings in two very different rooms. [Post]
Listen to a new song by Young Rapids. [DC Music Download]
D.C. theaters opened its doors as a safe space for women’s marchers. [DC Theatre Scene]
Anthems for our new regime: Listen to the Trumpster Fire EP from the mysterious artist known as Toilet Baby. [WCP]

YOUNG & HUNGRY LINKS, by Laura Hayes (tips? lhayes@washingtoncitypaper.com)

Buttercream Bakeshop was asked to replicate Obama’s exact inaugural cake. [Post]
Georgetown’s ‘Trump bump’ isn’t a guarantee. [Washingtonian]
Restaurants capitalizing on Trump’s presidency using food and drink. [Paste]
Here is where senators like to dine. [OpenTable]
A dining guide for Falls Church in Northern Virginia. [Arlington Mag]

HOUSING COMPLEX LINKS, byAndrew Giambrone (tips? agiambrone@washingtoncitypaper.com)

General Services Administration still mum on ethics of lease for Trump’s D.C. hotel. [AP]
While citizens group sues Trump for violating “emoluments clause.” [Post]
District realtors say Trump’s election has boosted local high-end home sales. [UrbanTurf]
Central Dupont Circle building occupied by Italian restaurant sells for $5 million. [Bisnow]
D.C. government backs two new affordable housing projects in Wards 7 and 8. [Twitter]

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