District of Columbia Parking Violations from November 2018

Parking citation locations in the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. The data contains ticket counts summarized by time of day, week of year, 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 ticket counts by violation category to prioritize traffic control officer deployment.
• Use geocoded street segment centroids to correlate violation density with urban infrastructure features.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level for spatial analysis.
• Includes multiple data formats like CSV and GEOJSON for different analytical tools.
• Published under a CC-BY license for flexible reuse.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific row/column counts are unavailable for assessing dataset scale.
• Data is limited to a single month (November 2018), restricting longitudinal trend analysis.
• Summarized ticket counts may lack individual citation details for granular modeling.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies via the DC GIS.

Collection Method

Originally extracted from the District Department of Motor Vehicle's eTIMS system, then geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer.

Time Range

November 2018.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, but the underlying data covers November 2018.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States.