Parking Violation Locations in Washington D.C. for July 2021

Parking citation locations in the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. Data includes summarized ticket counts based on time of day, week of year, year, and category of violation. The dataset was geocoded to street segment centroids for spatial analysis.

Use Cases

• Analyze patterns in ticket counts 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.
• Investigate the distribution of parking violations across different categories of violation to prioritize policy changes.
• Use the summarized year and category data to assess long-term trends in traffic enforcement effectiveness.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to street segment centroids, enabling spatial analysis and mapping.
• Includes summarized counts across multiple temporal dimensions: time of day, week of year, and year.
• Covers parking violations from multiple authorized agencies, including MPD and DDOT.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific row/column counts are unavailable, limiting preliminary assessment of dataset scale.
• Data is limited to a single month (July 2021), restricting analysis of seasonal or multi-year trends.
• Information is presented as summarized ticket counts, which may lack granular details of individual citations.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Originally extracted from eTIMS meter work order management system, then geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO).

Time Range

July 2021

Freshness

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Geography

District of Columbia, United States.