Parking Violation Locations in Washington DC for August 2015

Parking citation locations in the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. The data contains 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 identify peak enforcement periods.
• Map geocoded citation locations to street segment centroids for spatial analysis of high-violation zones.
• Study patterns in violation category data to understand common infractions for targeted policy.
• Use summarized ticket counts to assess the impact of traffic control officer enforcement at intersections.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, providing precise spatial coordinates.
• Contains summarized ticket counts across multiple temporal dimensions (time of day, week, year).
• Sourced from official District agencies including the Metropolitan Police Department and Department of Motor Vehicles.
• Available in multiple formats including CSV and GeoJSON for flexible analysis.

Limitations

• The dataset is limited to a single month (August 2015), offering a narrow temporal snapshot.
• Data is aggregated into summarized counts, limiting analysis of individual citation details.
• Spatial precision is limited to street segment centroids rather than exact violation addresses.

Provenance

Source

District Department of Motor Vehicle's eTIMS meter work order management system.

Collection Method

Extracted from eTIMS, geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) to street segments.

Time Range

August 2015

Freshness

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Geography

District of Columbia, United States