Know before you go.
ParkingQuest is a free iPhone app that puts real-time Transport for NSW Park&Ride space counts right on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island — during the times people actually commute. So drivers know whether there's a space before they set off, not after they've circled the lot. Everything you need to cover it is on this page.
Free · No account · No ads · No tracking · iOS 16.2+ · 30+ car parks across Sydney & NSW
The story in 30 seconds
Thousands of Sydneysiders start the day with a gamble: drive to the station and hope a Park&Ride spot is left. At busy Metro stations the car parks fill early in the peak — and drivers only find out at the boom gate, when it's too late to divert.
Transport for NSW publishes real-time occupancy through its Open Data program. ParkingQuest turns that feed into a glanceable Live Activity: the space count sits on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island during the commute window the user sets, recolouring from green to red as car parks fill. If the usual car park is filling fast, commuters divert to the next station — no app to open, no phone to unlock at the wheel.
Boilerplate: ParkingQuest is a free iPhone app that shows real-time available spaces at 30+ Transport for NSW Park&Ride car parks across Sydney and NSW — delivered to the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island via Live Activities, on the user's own commute schedule. Built by Sydney developer Sanjay Bhagia, it uses official Transport for NSW open data and has no ads, no subscription, no account and no tracking. Free on the App Store for iPhones running iOS 16.2 or later. parkingquest.app
Three ways to cover it
Most Live Activities track deliveries and sports scores. This one makes a decision for you at 7am: keep driving, or divert. A practical showcase of what the Dynamic Island is actually for — and it runs on a schedule, staying quiet outside commute hours.
Transport for NSW opened its car-park occupancy feed to developers. One commuter turned it into a free public tool — exactly the outcome open-data programs are built for.
Full car parks, circling, missed trains. A Sydney developer got sick of tapping through apps to check his station and built the fix — free, for everyone who parks where he parks.
Fact sheet
See it in action
Live available-space counts updating on the Lock Screen & Dynamic Island. Download the MP4 below.
Screenshots
Lock Screen live card
Dynamic Island (compact)
Dynamic Island (expanded)
Click any screenshot to download the full-resolution PNG.
App icon, all screenshots, the demo video, a founder photo and a fact sheet — one ZIP. No watermarks, free to use in coverage.
Quotable
“Commuting is hard enough — technology should make it easier, not give me one more thing to keep checking. I was constantly tapping through an app just to see if there'd be a space left at my station. So I built ParkingQuest: the real-time occupancy at your Park&Ride, right on your Lock Screen. You glance, you go.”
Sanjay Bhagia — maker of ParkingQuest · @bhagiasanjayContact
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