District of Columbia Parking Violations March 2020

March 2020 parking citation data for the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. Locations are geocoded to street segment centroids and summarized by time of day, week, and violation category.

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 segment centroids for spatial analysis of enforcement hotspots.
• Study patterns in the category of violation to inform traffic control and congestion prevention policies.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, enabling precise spatial analysis.
• Citations are summarized by multiple temporal dimensions: time of day, week of year, and year.
• Sourced from the authoritative DC eTIMS meter work order management system.

Limitations

• Data is limited to a single month (March 2020), restricting longitudinal trend analysis.
• Sample size, row count, and specific column features are unknown from the provided input.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and partner agencies via the eTIMS system.

Collection Method

Extracted from the District Department of Motor Vehicle's eTIMS system, geocoded by OCTO to street segments, and visualized using street segment centroid coordinates.

Time Range

March 2020

Freshness

Data reflects March 2020 events; metadata was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States