District of Columbia Parking Violations from May 2021

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 optimize enforcement patrol schedules.
• Map geocoded citation locations to street segment centroids for spatial analysis of high-violation corridors.
• Identify patterns in the category of violation to inform targeted public awareness campaigns.
• Assess enforcement activity by agency, such as DDOT traffic control officers, for inter-agency coordination review.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, enabling precise spatial analysis.
• Includes summarized counts by multiple temporal dimensions: time of day, week of year, and year.
• Covers violations from multiple authorized agencies, including MPD and DDOT.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON and KML.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific column structure are unavailable, complicating initial data exploration.
• Dataset is limited to a single month (May 2021), restricting longitudinal trend analysis.
• Data is summarized to counts, so individual ticket-level details are not present.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

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

Time Range

May 2021

Freshness

Last updated metadata in March 2026, but underlying data is from May 2021.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States