Breakfast links: All about access

Office space shift

With increasing office vacancy rates in and around DC, office building owners are starting to sell off suburban space for properties near transit and bikes lanes, which are still thriving. (Post)

Capitol B for bike

A group of Architect of the Capitol employees who bike started their own group to advocate for bike lanes, bike parking, and other ways to make it easier to bike to and around the Capitol complex. (AOC)

Dedicated funding from the Dome

Regional Congressional representatives met with Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld yesterday to discuss how they could support WMATA funding. The lawmakers want to create a dedicated funding source for Metro’s operating expenses, but say it won’t happen this year. (WAMU)

Cycling stress no more

This map shows how stressful biking is on every street in Montgomery County. Many of the county’s Metro stations are surrounded by high-stress streets. (CityLab)

Taxi tastes

DC taxis can now deliver lunch. The Taxicab Commission believes this new service will increase driver incomes by up to $10,000 per year.

A peek at the pier

Here’s what the 7th St Pier, coming to the Wharf next year, will look like. The pier includes a retail kiosk, docks, and floating plants. (UrbanTurf)

DC, fitness king

For the third year running, the DC region has been crowned the “fittest” metropolitan area in the US. One big contributing factor: people in the region walk more on their way to transit. (Washingtonian)

Two stories too tall

Santa Monica activists want to require a ballot vote for any building over two stories, which would only worsen the region’s housing shortage. (LA Times)

City slides over in Sweden

After learning that the ground beneath the Swedish mining town of Kiruna was growing too unstable to support a city, officials created a $1 billion plan to relocate the existing downtown to a new, more compact location. (CityLab)