District of Columbia Parking Violations for April 2016

District of Columbia parking citation data from April 2016, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. The dataset contains geocoded violation locations summarized by time of day, week, and violation category, extracted from the eTIMS meter work order system.

Use Cases

• Analyze parking violation frequency by time of day and week of year to optimize enforcement patrol schedules.
• Map geocoded citation locations to street segment centroids for spatial analysis of high-violation zones.
• Examine patterns in the category of violation to identify common infraction types across the district.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level for precise spatial analysis.
• Includes multiple export formats such as CSV, GEOJSON, and KML for flexibility.
• Covers a specific month (April 2016) providing a focused temporal snapshot.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column details are unknown, limiting analytical planning.
• Data is from a single month in 2016 and may not reflect current parking patterns.
• Summarized ticket counts may lack granular details of individual citations.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia government, extracted from the District Department of Motor Vehicle's eTIMS system.

Collection Method

Data extracted from eTIMS, geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO), and visualized using street segment centroid coordinates.

Time Range

April 2016

Freshness

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Geography

District of Columbia, United States