District of Columbia Parking Violation Locations from August 2020

Parking citation locations in the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. Data includes ticket counts summarized by time of day, week of year, year, and violation category, and has been 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 enforcement hotspots.
• Study patterns in the category of violation to understand common infraction types across the District.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, providing precise spatial coordinates for analysis.
• Includes multiple summarized dimensions such as time of day, week, year, and violation category.
• Published under a Creative Commons Attribution (cc-by) license for flexible reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is limited to a single month (August 2020), offering no longitudinal view of trends.
• Sample data and specific row/column counts are unavailable, limiting assessment of dataset scale and structure.
• Data is aggregated to summarized ticket counts, preventing analysis of individual citation records.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and partner agencies via the District Department of Motor Vehicle's eTIMS system.

Collection Method

Originally extracted from the eTIMS meter work order management system, then loaded into DC GIS and geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO).

Time Range

August 2020

Freshness

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Geography

District of Columbia, United States