Parking Violation Locations in Washington D.C. for May 2020

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, and violation category, originally extracted from the eTIMS meter work order management system. Records are geocoded to street segment centroids for spatial analysis.

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 hot spot analysis of traffic enforcement.
• Study patterns in the category of violation to understand common infractions and enforcement focus areas.
• Use street segment-level data to correlate parking violations with urban planning and congestion prevention initiatives.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, providing precise spatial coordinates for analysis.
• Includes summarized ticket counts across multiple temporal dimensions: time of day, week of year, and year.
• Covers violations from multiple authoritative agencies, including the Metropolitan Police Department and District Department of Transportation.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats, including GeoJSON and KML, for integration with GIS tools.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific column names are unavailable, limiting pre-analysis understanding of the data structure.
• The dataset covers only a single month (May 2020), providing a narrow temporal snapshot rather than longitudinal trends.
• Data is summarized at the street segment centroid level, which may aggregate individual ticket details and limit granularity.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Extracted from eTIMS meter work order management system, geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer to street segments, and visualized using street segment centroid coordinates.

Time Range

May 2020

Freshness

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Geography

District of Columbia, United States