Breakfast links: A new program connects essential workers to bikes

By Latisha Johnson (Contributor) • April 2, 2020

New program helps people donate bicycles to essential workers

A new program called BikeMatchDC, pairs people who have a spare bicycle with essential workers who need one during the COVID-19 outbreak. The program is free and matches are made based on proximity and need.   (Nathan Diller / DCist)

The region’s air quality since the coronavirus outbreak

Even though stay-at-home orders and travel restrictions have resulted in less traffic in the DC region, the air quality in DC has remained relatively unchanged.  (Brandon Millman / WTOP)

Many small DC restaurants and bars won’t survive

Many small restaurants and bar owners in DC are grappling with the reality that their business may not survive the coronavirus outbreak. The loss of these small businesses will have a neighborhood impact. Small restaurants and bars often hire vulnerable populations such as immigrants and the formerly incarcerated.   (Laura Hayes / City Paper)

How police will adminster stay-at-home orders

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a “stay at home” order for the District this week and while the penalties for defying the order range from a citation to jail time, DC Police Chief Peter Newsham told his officers that arrests were “a last resort.”  (Martin Austermuhle / WAMU)

MCPS boundary analysis faces a delay

The controversial and much anticipated MCPS boundary analysis will most likely be delayed as Montogmery County has shifted its attention to school shutdowns and closing businesses due to the coronavirus outbreak.   (Caitlynn Peetz / Bethesda Beat)

Westbound span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens early

Construction on the westbound span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge has finished a year earlier than projected. Due to reduced traffic because of the coronavirus outbreak and good weather conditions, work on the bridge was able to be expedited.   (Alejandro Alvarez / WTOP)

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A long time ago DC once had its own Arc de Triomphe

By Dan Malouff (Board of Directors, Editorial Board) • April 1, 2020

Paris’s Arc de Triomphe is world famous, but did you know DC once had its own version?

35 years later “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” is still funny and urbanist

By George Kevin Jordan (Editor and Correspondent) • April 1, 2020

This past weekend, stuck in that space between gobbling up the latest news about the coronavirus and information overload, I decided to treat myself to a movie. Since I couldn’t go out to the movie, my choice had to at least transport me away from my current situation. I stumbled upon “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.” And while the movie is over 35 years old this year, it not only holds up as a comedic classic, but I forgot how urbanist the film was for its time.