ParkRide Planner

Plan your Park & Ride commute with live availability, arrival-time guidance and clearer daily forecasts. No ads. Ever.

ParkRide Planner is a fast, native iPhone and Apple Watch app for NSW commuters who use Sydney Metro, train and bus-linked Park & Ride car parks.

Check live parking availability, understand usual morning patterns, choose an arrival time, and get practical guidance before you leave home.

No ads. Ever.

FEATURES

• Arrival-time planning guidance Choose when you want to arrive and see whether recent comparable weekdays usually still had parking available.

• Today's Guidance Open any car park to see a clear next-step view combining live spaces with recent same-weekday patterns. It is available to everyone, without setting up Leave-Time Guidance.

• Honest forecast context See practical-full timing, earlier-or-later-than-usual context, and school-holiday or variable-pattern signals where enough comparable data exists. Guidance stays cautious when the pattern is unclear.

• Live parking availability See available spaces, capacity, percentage full, practical status and data freshness at a glance.

• 39 supported Park & Ride car parks Live availability across Sydney Metro, Sydney Trains, Central Coast & Newcastle, and bus-linked Park & Ride locations.

• Plan your week Compare favourite car parks across chosen weekdays at your usual arrival time.

• Today vs usual Compare live parking behaviour with recent matching weekdays and spot when a car park is filling earlier or later than usual.

• Commute-time parking updates Receive scheduled parking status updates during your morning commute window.

• Lock Screen Live Activities Monitor a selected car park from your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.

• Apple Watch support Check your scheduled parking location and favourites directly from your watch.

• Apple Watch complications (Supporter) Keep today's parking status visible on your watch face throughout the day.

• Home Screen widgets (Supporter) Keep favourite locations visible without opening the app.

• Favourites and nearby sorting Save the car parks you actually use and quickly compare nearby options.

• Siri & Shortcuts Ask Siri to check availability, compare locations, check favourites, get parking guidance, or monitor a car park on your Lock Screen.

SUPPORTER

ParkRide Planner has no ads and never will.

Supporter unlocks: • Home Screen widgets • Apple Watch complications • Deeper historical comparisons and planning baselines

The core commuter experience remains fully functional without a subscription.

DESIGNED FOR COMMUTERS

ParkRide Planner focuses on one practical question:

"Will I get a parking space if I leave now?"

Rather than simply showing parking numbers, ParkRide Planner helps you understand how parking changes through the morning, how today compares with usual patterns, and which option gives you the best chance of finding a space.

Built by a Sydney commuter, for Sydney commuters.

IMPORTANT

ParkRide Planner is an independent app that uses publicly available transport data. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Transport for NSW.