District of Columbia Parking Violations for May 2016

May 2016 parking citation data from Washington, D.C., geocoded to street segments by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer. The dataset contains summarized ticket counts based on time of day, week, year, and violation category, extracted from the eTIMS meter work order management system.

Use Cases

• Analyze parking violation frequency by time of day and week of year to identify peak enforcement periods.
• Map geocoded citation locations at street segment centroids for spatial analysis of enforcement patterns.
• Study the distribution of violation categories to understand common infractions in May 2016.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, enabling precise spatial analysis.
• Summarized counts are provided across multiple temporal dimensions: time of day, week of year, and year.
• Sourced from the authoritative District Department of Motor Vehicles eTIMS system.

Limitations

• Limited to a single month (May 2016), restricting longitudinal or seasonal analysis.
• Data is aggregated into summarized counts, lacking individual ticket-level details.
• Geographic coverage is restricted solely to the District of Columbia.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies via the District Department of Motor Vehicles eTIMS system.

Collection Method

Extracted from eTIMS, geocoded to street segments by OCTO, and visualized using street segment centroid coordinates.

Time Range

May 2016

Freshness

Last updated metadata in March 2026, but underlying data is from May 2016.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States