District of Columbia Parking Violations from February 2009

Parking citation locations in the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. Data is geocoded to street segments and visualized using centroid coordinates, with violations summarized by time of day, week, year, and violation category.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of parking violations using geocoded street segment centroids for urban planning
• Model violation frequency based on time of day and week of year to optimize enforcement schedules
• Study trends in violation categories to identify common infraction types

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level for spatial analysis
• Violations are summarized by multiple temporal dimensions (time of day, week of year, year)
• Sourced from the District's official eTIMS meter work order management system

Limitations

• Dataset is limited to a single month (February 2009), providing a narrow temporal snapshot
• Sample data and specific row/column counts are unavailable for assessing scale
• Data may reflect enforcement biases of the specific agencies and time period

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies

Collection Method

Extracted from the District Department of Motor Vehicle's eTIMS system, then geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer

Time Range

February 2009

Freshness

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Geography

District of Columbia, United States