District of Columbia Parking Violation Locations from February 2012

February 2012 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, and violation category, 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 segments for spatial analysis of traffic enforcement hotspots.
• Examine distributions of violation categories to understand common infraction types.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to street segment centroids for spatial analysis.
• Includes summarized ticket counts across multiple temporal dimensions (time of day, week of year).
• Covers parking violations from multiple enforcement agencies in the District of Columbia.

Limitations

• Dataset is limited to a single month (February 2012), providing a narrow temporal snapshot.
• Sample size and row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Data is aggregated and summarized, not at the individual ticket level.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Extracted from eTIMS meter work order management system, loaded into DC GIS, and geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer.

Time Range

February 2012

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, but the underlying data is from February 2012.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States