District of Columbia Parking Violations from June 2010

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, year, and violation category, geocoded to street segment centroids.

Use Cases

• Analyze parking violation frequency by time of day and week of year to identify peak enforcement periods.
• Map geocoded citation data to street segment centroids for spatial analysis of traffic enforcement hotspots.
• Study patterns in violation categories to inform urban planning and congestion prevention strategies.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, enabling precise spatial analysis.
• Includes summarized counts by multiple temporal dimensions: time of day, week of year, and year.
• Aggregated from the official District Department of Motor Vehicle's eTIMS meter work order management system.

Limitations

• Data is limited to a single month (June 2010), providing a narrow temporal snapshot.
• Sample data and specific column details are unavailable, limiting immediate understanding of data structure.
• Data is summarized and aggregated, which may obscure details of individual violation records.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and partner agencies like the District Department of Transportation (DDOT).

Collection Method

Extracted from the District Department of Motor Vehicle's eTIMS system, geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO), and visualized using street segment centroid coordinates.

Time Range

June 2010

Freshness

Last updated metadata indicates 2026-03-25, but the underlying data is from June 2010.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States