Mario Silva

Born and raised in TO, and an admirer of all things urban.

[Mario Silva @UrbanMJS]

@Thebestfigen Brilliant!

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In defiance of Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban, voters in Hungary today will vote against Orban’s authoritarianism. Today’s the day Orban’s reign ends. This is being almost entirely ignored by mainstream media. Let’s make it go viral.

[javier @javiermalagon]

Hace 20 años ahi había solo autos.

Hace 15 años un carril con pocas bicicletas.

Hoy hay más bicicletas que autos en el centro de Londres.

Hagan ciclovías seguras conectadas entre sí, de lo demás se encarga el tiempo:

[Peter Ratcliffe, forever Canadian 🇨🇦 @PeterHRatcliffe]

Canada, always aspiring to be more like the Scandinavian countries who have finely balanced social democracy with ambition and thriving capitalism.

Canada succeeds when we're becoming much less like our largest neighbour.

[Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU @CompletedStreet]

North America is not normal.

[Mario Silva @UrbanMJS]

@LanrickBennett @APMACanada I don't see pedestrians either, so why not prioritize auto mobility and remove a sidewalk as well? Dumb approach to developing safe and dynamic pedestrian friendly streets...but hey if that's what you're suggesting...what would local residents prefer?

[Mario Silva @UrbanMJS]

https://t.co/wZmqYyQgTn

[Mario Silva @UrbanMJS]

https://t.co/7w4JdHUk9e

[Mario Silva @UrbanMJS]

Mayor #OliviaChow at #TEA annual fundraiser at the #LulaLounge. Great event. Worthy cause for all the wonderful work they do.

[Mario Silva @UrbanMJS]

https://t.co/lSWSZoUZvv

[Mario Silva @UrbanMJS]

https://t.co/HmQQUSCMSO

[Mario Silva @UrbanMJS]

@jen_keesmaat @studiojci Completely agree. Too bad that economic model is not preferred by many developers. But midrise really is the way to go....in contrast with imposing structures on main streets along the margins of low rise neighbourhoods.

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

Lovely 5 storey missing middle infill housing in Toronto, on River Street. 29 homes on transit, rental. A stones throw to the Don Valley, and the remarkable parkland of the West Donlands. By @studiojci

This is how you do it.

[Mario Silva @UrbanMJS]

https://t.co/2tHDal6J7C

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Another reminder that when someone proposes city-building “like Paris” (usually a 7-8-storey equivalent due to high ceiling heights) as an alternative to taller buildings, the ACTUAL Paris model is 8 storey EVERYWHERE.

Across the entire city pattern.

I’d be ok with that. You?

[John Lorinc @JohnLorinc]

#topoli Raglan. No pyramid schemes, no strange massing. Just understated mid century competence. I’ve asked this before: how/why did we forget how to build such apartments?

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

Mayor of Paris is leading the most ambitious effort worldwide to wean people off cars. She is redesigning transport, housing, jobs + public space so residents have the choice of living without long, polluting commutes. Cycling is now key to mobility. This is what leaders do.

[Josh Fullan @JoshFullan]

“The process was to sit everybody at the table – janitors, the municipality, the people in charge of child care – and ask them: ‘What do you want your school to be like?’”

Excellent piece on what it takes & costs to build better places to learn
https://t.co/2wZmrjat16

[Mario Silva @UrbanMJS]

https://t.co/EAkzr0sNY8

"Americans are underhoused and overparked". Same could be said about Canadians. An obsession. And it's ruining our neighbourhoods and cities. Try running an errand.

[Animal Justice @AnimalJustice]

UNACCEPTABLE: Dozens more live horses were shipped from the Winnipeg airport early yesterday morning to be slaughtered in Japan 🐴💔

Animal Justice’s director of legal advocacy Kaitlyn Mitchell tells @CityNewsWPG why it’s high time for Canada to #BanLiveExport!