District of Columbia Parking Violations from April 2017

Parking citation locations in the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. Data includes summarized ticket counts based on time of day, week of year, year, and violation category, geocoded to street segment centroids.

Use Cases

• Analyze parking violation frequency by time of day and week of year to optimize enforcement patrol schedules.
• Map violation category distributions across street segments to identify high-risk zones for traffic congestion.
• Model seasonal parking violation trends using year and week of year data for urban planning forecasts.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to street segment centroids, enabling spatial analysis.
• Includes summarized counts across multiple temporal dimensions: time of day, week of year, and year.
• Covers violations from multiple enforcement agencies, including MPD and DDOT.

Limitations

• Sample size and row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Data is limited to a single month (April 2017), restricting longitudinal analysis.
• Original granular ticket-level data is summarized into counts, losing individual transaction details.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies via the DC Department of Motor Vehicles' eTIMS system.

Collection Method

Extracted from eTIMS meter work order management system, loaded into DC GIS, and geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer.

Time Range

April 2017.

Freshness

Dataset metadata was last updated in March 2026, but the underlying data is from April 2017.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States.