District of Columbia Parking Violations for February 2019

District of Columbia parking citation data from February 2019, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. The dataset contains ticket counts summarized by time of day, week, year, and violation category, with locations 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 violation category distributions across street segments for targeted traffic control planning.
• Model spatial patterns of ticket counts using geocoded street segment centroid coordinates.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, providing precise spatial coordinates for analysis.
• Contains multiple summarized dimensions including time of day, week of year, and violation category.
• Published under a CC-BY license, allowing for flexible reuse and distribution.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific row/column counts are unavailable, limiting assessment of dataset scale and structure.
• Data is limited to a single month (February 2019), restricting longitudinal or seasonal trend analysis.

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, geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO), and visualized using street segment centroids.

Time Range

February 2019

Freshness

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Geography

District of Columbia, United States