District of Columbia Parking Violations for July 2023

Parking citation locations in the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. Data is geocoded to street segment centroids and visualized from the DC GIS. Violations are summarized by time of day, week of year, year, and category.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of parking violations using geocoded street segment centroids to identify enforcement hotspots.
• Model violation frequency based on time of day and week of year to predict peak citation periods.
• Segment aggregated ticket counts by category of violation to assess enforcement focus across different infraction types.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, enabling precise spatial analysis.
• Citations are summarized by multiple temporal dimensions including time of day, week, and year.
• Includes violations from multiple authorized agencies like MPD and DDOT, providing a consolidated enforcement view.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific column names are unavailable, hindering immediate understanding of the data structure.
• The dataset represents only a single month (July 2023), limiting longitudinal trend analysis.
• Data is aggregated to summarized ticket counts, losing individual citation-level detail.

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) and loaded into DC GIS.

Time Range

July 2023

Freshness

Data last updated in March 2026, but the temporal coverage is for July 2023.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States