December 2023 DC Parking Violations with Geospatial Coordinates

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, year, and violation category, and has been geocoded to street segment centroids.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of parking violations using geocoded street segment coordinates for urban planning.
• Model temporal trends in ticket counts based on time of day and week of year data.
• Identify high-frequency violation categories to inform traffic enforcement resource allocation.
• Cross-reference violation locations with other geospatial datasets using street segment centroids.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to street segment centroids, enabling spatial analysis.
• Includes temporal dimensions such as time of day, week of year, and year for trend analysis.
• Covers multiple enforcement agencies including MPD and DDOT.
• Available in multiple formats including CSV and GeoJSON for different analytical needs.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column names, and sample data are unavailable, limiting initial assessment.
• Data is limited to a single month (December 2023), restricting longitudinal analysis.
• Summarized ticket counts may obscure individual citation details.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies, via the DC Department of Motor Vehicles eTIMS system.

Collection Method

Extracted from eTIMS meter work order management system, geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer to street segment level.

Time Range

December 2023.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, but the data itself covers December 2023.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States.