District of Columbia Parking Violations for March 2025

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 segment centroids for spatial analysis of enforcement hotspots.
• Study patterns in the category of violation to understand common infractions across the District.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, providing precise spatial coordinates for analysis.
• Includes summarized counts across multiple temporal dimensions: time of day, week of year, and year.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY license, allowing for broad reuse and sharing.

Limitations

• The dataset is limited to a single month (March 2025), offering a narrow temporal snapshot.
• Data is aggregated as summarized ticket counts, limiting access to raw, individual citation records.
• Sample data and specific column definitions are unavailable, hindering immediate understanding of the data structure.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Data was geocoded to street segments by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) and visualized using street segment centroid coordinates.

Time Range

March 2025

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, indicating maintenance after the data's collection period.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States