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, 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 geocoded citation locations to street segment centroids for spatial analysis of high-violation zones.
- Identify patterns in the category of violation to assess common infractions and their impact on congestion.
Strengths
- Data is geocoded to the street segment level for precise spatial analysis.
- Includes multiple file formats like CSV and GEOJSON for flexible access.
- Published under a permissive cc-by license.
Limitations
- Unknown row count and specific column structure limit assessment of scale and features.
- Data is limited to a single month (April 2022), restricting longitudinal trend analysis.
- Geographic scope is confined to the District of Columbia.
Provenance
- Source
- District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies.
- Collection Method
- Extracted from the District Department of Motor Vehicle's eTIMS system, geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer.
- Time Range
- April 2022
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- District of Columbia, United States