Parking Violation Locations In Washington D.C. For August 2016

August 2016 parking citation data from Washington D.C. summarizes ticket counts based on time of day, week, and violation category. The District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies issued these violations, which were geocoded to street segment centroids by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer.

Use Cases

• Analyze parking violation frequency by time of day and week of year to optimize enforcement patrol schedules.
• Map geocoded street segment centroids to identify high-density citation zones for urban planning.
• Study patterns across violation categories to understand common infractions in specific districts.
• Use ticket count summaries to assess the impact of Vision Zero traffic safety initiatives.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to street segment centroids, enabling spatial analysis.
• Includes summarized ticket counts across multiple temporal dimensions (time of day, week of year).
• Covers violations from multiple authorized agencies, including MPD and DDOT.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON and KML.

Limitations

• Limited to a single month (August 2016), restricting longitudinal trend analysis.
• Data is aggregated to summarized counts, lacking individual ticket-level details.
• Geographic scope is confined to the District of Columbia.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Violations issued by MPD and partner agencies, geocoded by OCTO to street segments.

Time Range

August 2016.

Freshness

Data is from August 2016; metadata was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States.