District of Columbia Parking Violation Locations for January 2026

District of Columbia parking citation data from January 2026, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. Locations are geocoded to street segments and summarized by time of day, week, year, and violation category, extracted from the eTIMS meter work order management system.

Use Cases

• Analyze parking violation frequency by time of day and week of year to identify peak enforcement periods.
• Map geocoded citation locations to street segment centroids for spatial analysis of traffic enforcement hotspots.
• Examine patterns in violation categories to understand common infractions and inform urban planning.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, providing precise spatial coordinates for analysis.
• Citations are summarized by multiple temporal dimensions including time of day, week, and year.
• Data originates from the authoritative District Department of Motor Vehicles eTIMS system.

Limitations

• The dataset is limited to a single month (January 2026), restricting longitudinal trend analysis.
• Specific column names and row counts are unknown, limiting detailed assessment of data structure and scale.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

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

Time Range

January 2026

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, indicating recent data processing.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States