Breakfast Links: Crowds descend upon DC

Metro records its second busiest day, ever

Metro served over 1 million trips on Saturday for the Women's March on Washington, making it the second busiest day in WMATA history, behind only Obama's first inauguration in 2009.  There were 570,557 Metro trips for Friday's Inauguration.  (Faiz Siddiqui / Post)

WMATA gets a momentary break from its budget problems

The District, Maryland, and Virginia have all agreed to contribute millions more towards WMATA's next budget, but the relief is only temporary. WMATA will need more in years to come, and the jurisdictions aren't sure how to deliver.  (Robert McCartney / Post)

Marriott will move to Woodmont Triangle in Bethesda

Marriott's future new headquarters will officially be a 22-story office complex and hotel at the intersection of Wisconsin and Norfolk Avenues in downtown Bethesda.  A big factor in the decision was proximity to a Metro station.  (Bethesda Beat)

A far-out and far-right vision for transit spending

The Trump administration might borrow some ideas from the Heritage Foundation for its first budget, which is bad news because it could call for billions in cuts to transit funding - including the $153 million set aside annually for WMATA.  (Angie Schmitt / Streetsblog)

Make mortgages more expensive again!

One of Donald Trump's first actions as president was to reverse proposed cuts in fees for FHA mortgages, which are typically used by first-time homebuyers with limited down payments. The proposed cuts would have saved the average borrower about $500 annually.  (NBC Washington)

Life will go on in DC under Trump

Many of the region's newest residents came here under Obama, and now someone far less popular with locals has replaced him. The area has weathered these transitions in power before and will continue to thrive for the next four years.  (Benjamin Freed / Washingtonian)

Why do infrastructure projects in the US cost so much?

Major American infrastructure projects like New York City's newly-completed Second Avenue subway clock in at way over budget, thanks to regulatory obstacles and competing priorities with projects that involve multiple jurisdictions.  (James Surowiecki / New Yorker)

The bogus take on bus lines in Baltimore

BaltimoreLink, Governor Hogan's plan to reshuffle bus lines in Baltimore, doesn't provide the significant benefits promised and despite claims, can't replicate the success of Houston's recent reshuffling.  (Stephen Lee Davis / Transportation for America)