District of Columbia Parking Violations for March 2016

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 summarized by time of day, week, year, and violation category.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of parking violations using geocoded street segment centroid coordinates.
• Examine temporal trends in enforcement by aggregating ticket counts based on time of day and week of year.
• Study the distribution of different violation categories across the District's geography.

Strengths

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

Limitations

• Sample data and specific column definitions are unavailable, hindering initial assessment of data structure.
• The dataset covers only a single month (March 2016), limiting longitudinal analysis.
• Data is summarized at the street segment level, not at the individual citation level.

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, then geocoded to street segments by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO).

Time Range

March 2016

Freshness

Data was last updated in March 2026, but the underlying records are from March 2016.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States.