PSI – Parking Space Insights completed

Austria’s first nationwide parking-space monitoring

On 2 July 2026, the closing event of the research project “PSI – Parking Space Insights” took place, and the study report was published at the same time. For the first time, the project demonstrates how supply and demand in stationary traffic (parking) can be mapped across Austria on a data-driven basis. At PRISMA, we were responsible for the data platform.

What PSI is about

Stationary traffic is increasingly moving to the centre of the debate on transport and urban development – yet, until now, reliable, nationwide data on parking supply and demand has been largely lacking. This is exactly where PSI comes in: instead of costly, isolated surveys, the project uses existing, publicly available data sources, harmonises them, and extrapolates from them – by means of innovative algorithms – nationwide key performance indicators (KPIs) for stationary traffic across Austria.

PRISMA solutions’ contribution to PSI

PRISMA solutions developed the PSI data platform – the technical foundation on which the entire extrapolation and validation is built. At the heart of the solution is a modular, configuration-driven data pipeline in Python that brings together heterogeneous geodata in a transparent and reproducible way.

“With the PSI data platform, we show that a nationwide picture of stationary traffic can be generated from already existing, publicly available data. This is precisely where the strength of PRISMA solutions lies: bringing heterogeneous data sources together in such a way that they form a reliable basis for decision-making in traffic management,” emphasises Thomas Piribauer, Head of Transportation Services at PRISMA solutions.

What comes next

The findings of the study report, published together with the project’s completion, create a robust data basis that reaches far beyond transport policy: for climate protection, urban development, multimodal mobility services and digital services.

PSI was carried out from 2024 to 2026 as an R&D service within the framework of the call “Digital Transformation in Mobility 2023” of the funding body Climate and Energy Fund (KLIEN). Special thanks go to the project partners yverkehrsplanung, TU Graz, Institute for Highway Engineering and Transport Planning, Trafficon/Okari, as well as the Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure and AustriaTech for the excellent cooperation throughout the entire project!

The complete study report is available here: Study Report PSI (PDF, Climate and Energy Fund)