District of Columbia Parking Violations from January 2010

January 2010 parking citation locations in Washington D.C., geocoded to street segment centroids. The data contains summarized ticket counts based on time of day, week, year, and violation category, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. It was extracted from the DC Department of Motor Vehicles' eTIMS system and processed by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer.

Use Cases

• Analyze parking violation frequency by time of day and week of year to optimize enforcement patrol schedules.
• Map geocoded citation locations at street segment centroids to identify high-violation corridors for urban planning.
• Study the distribution of violation categories to understand common infractions and inform policy.
• Use the summarized ticket counts to model seasonal or temporal patterns in parking enforcement.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, providing precise spatial coordinates for analysis.
• Includes summarized counts across multiple temporal dimensions: time of day, week of year, and year.
• Covers violations from multiple authorized agencies, including MPD and DDOT.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON and KML for mapping.

Limitations

• Dataset is limited to a single month (January 2010), offering no longitudinal view.
• Data is summarized (ticket counts), not individual violation records, limiting granular analysis.
• The age of the data (2010) may not reflect current parking patterns or enforcement policies.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles' eTIMS meter work order management system.

Collection Method

Extracted from eTIMS, geocoded to street segments by the DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO), and visualized using street segment centroid coordinates.

Time Range

January 2010

Freshness

Data last updated in the catalog on 2026-03-25, but the underlying data is from 2010.

Geography

District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), United States.