Parking Violation Locations in Washington D.C. for January 2018

Parking citation locations in the District of Columbia, summarized by time of day, week of year, year, and violation category. Data was geocoded to street segment centroids by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer and originates from the eTIMS meter work order management system.

Use Cases

• Analyze parking violation frequency by time of day and week of year to optimize enforcement patrol schedules.
• Map geocoded citation locations to street segment centroids for spatial analysis of enforcement hotspots.
• Study trends in different categories of violation to inform urban planning and traffic control policy.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, providing precise spatial coordinates for analysis.
• Includes summarized ticket counts based on multiple temporal dimensions (time of day, week, year).
• Sourced from the authoritative District Department of Motor Vehicles' eTIMS system.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific column names are unavailable, limiting preview of data structure.
• Dataset size and row count are unknown, making it difficult to assess scale.
• Covers only a single month (January 2018), providing a limited temporal snapshot.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Extracted from eTIMS, loaded into DC GIS, and geocoded to street segment centroids by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer.

Time Range

January 2018

Freshness

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Geography

District of Columbia, United States