December 2019 District of Columbia Parking Violation Citations

Parking citation locations in the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. Data is geocoded to street segment centroids and summarized by time of day, week, year, and violation category. Original data was extracted from the Department of Motor Vehicle's eTIMS system.

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 distributions across violation categories to understand common infraction types.
• Correlate citation data with traffic control and congestion prevention initiatives mentioned in the source description.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to street segment centroids, enabling spatial analysis.
• Citations are summarized by multiple temporal dimensions: time of day, week of year, and year.
• Includes violations from multiple authorized agencies, providing a consolidated enforcement view.

Limitations

• Sample size and row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical significance.
• Limited to a single month (December 2019), restricting longitudinal trend analysis.
• Data is aggregated and summarized, losing individual ticket-level details.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles 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

December 2019.

Freshness

Data last updated in March 2026, but the underlying records are from December 2019.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States.