Parking Violation Locations in Washington D.C. for August 2012

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 category of violation. Records are geocoded to street segment centroids for spatial analysis.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of parking violations using geocoded street segment coordinates for urban planning.
• Model ticket count frequency by time of day and week of year to predict enforcement hotspots.
• Segment violation data by category of violation to assess enforcement priorities across different infraction types.

Strengths

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

Limitations

• Sample data and specific row/column counts are unavailable, limiting assessment of dataset scale.
• Data is limited to a single month (August 2012), restricting longitudinal trend analysis.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies via the eTIMS meter work order management system.

Collection Method

Extracted from eTIMS, loaded into DC GIS, and geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer.

Time Range

August 2012

Freshness

Last updated metadata in March 2026, but underlying data is from August 2012.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States