District of Columbia Parking Violations from March 2018

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 locations to street segments for spatial analysis of traffic enforcement hotspots.
• Study patterns in violation categories to assess the focus of municipal parking policy.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to street segment centroids, enabling spatial visualization and analysis.
• Includes summarized counts by multiple temporal dimensions (time of day, week, year).
• Sourced from the authoritative District Department of Motor Vehicle's eTIMS system.

Limitations

• Data is limited to a single month (March 2018), restricting longitudinal trend analysis.
• Specific column names and row counts are unavailable, limiting pre-download assessment of structure and scale.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia, extracted from the District Department of Motor Vehicle's eTIMS system.

Collection Method

Data was geocoded to the street segment level by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO).

Time Range

March 2018

Freshness

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Geography

District of Columbia, United States