District of Columbia Parking Violations for January 2019

January 2019 parking citation locations in Washington D.C., issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. Data is geocoded to street segment centroids and includes summarized ticket counts based on time, week, year, and violation category.

Use Cases

• Analyze parking violation frequency by time of day and week of year to optimize enforcement patrols.
• Map geocoded citation locations to street segment centroids for spatial analysis of high-violation zones.
• Identify patterns in the category of violation to inform traffic policy and congestion prevention efforts.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level for spatial analysis.
• Includes summarized ticket counts across multiple temporal dimensions.
• Published under a Creative Commons Attribution (cc-by) license.

Limitations

• Sample size and row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Data is limited to a single month (January 2019), restricting longitudinal trend analysis.
• Columns and specific features per record are not detailed in the input.

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).

Time Range

January 2019.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, but the underlying data covers January 2019.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States.