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Ottawa parks add app-unlocked sports equipment lockers

Original: Some # ottawa parks have new sel-serve cabinet you can unlock with a smartphone app to open it and retrieve a soccer bal

Some Ottawa parks have installed self-serve cabinets that residents can unlock with a smartphone app to borrow a soccer ball or basketball for use at the park. The idea is winning praise as a convenient free amenity, though there is criticism: the app is the only way to borrow a ball, requiring a smartphone and mobile data, which leaves out people without either.

Why now: Residents are debating a new shared-equipment pilot that is convenient but excludes those without smartphones

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• Some # ottawa parks have new sel-serve cabinet you can unlock with a smartphone app to open it and retrieve a soccer ball or basketball for use at the park. Cool! There is no alternate way to borrow the ball, only “download this smartphone app, and connect (using mobile data,… · cassey@ottawa.place · 11

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