District of Columbia Parking Violations for January 2021

January 2021 parking citation data from the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. Locations are geocoded to street segments and summarized by time of day, week, and violation category. Data originates from the eTIMS meter work order management system.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of parking violations using geocoded street segment coordinates for urban planning.
• Model violation frequency based on time of day and week of year to optimize traffic enforcement schedules.
• Segment summarized ticket counts by category of violation to identify common infraction types.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, providing precise spatial coordinates.
• Violations are summarized by multiple temporal dimensions including time of day and week of year.
• Includes data from multiple enforcement agencies such as MPD and DDOT.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific column names are unavailable, limiting understanding of the data structure.
• The dataset covers only a single month (January 2021), providing a narrow temporal snapshot.
• Row count and file size are unknown, making it difficult to assess the dataset's scale.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia, extracted from the District Department of Motor Vehicle's eTIMS system.

Collection Method

Geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) to street segment centroids.

Time Range

January 2021.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, though the underlying data is from January 2021.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States.