Parking Violation Locations in Washington D.C. for October 2012

Parking citation locations in the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies in October 2012. Data includes summarized ticket counts based on time of day, week of 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 street segment centroids to visualize spatial patterns of parking citations.
• Examine trends in violation category to understand common infractions and enforcement focus.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to street segment centroids for spatial analysis.
• Includes summarized ticket counts across multiple temporal dimensions (time of day, week of year).
• Covers violations from multiple enforcement agencies, including MPD and DDOT.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific row/column counts are unavailable, limiting assessment of dataset scale.
• Data is limited to a single month (October 2012), restricting longitudinal trend analysis.
• Original data is summarized, potentially losing granular details of individual citations.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Data was geocoded to the street segment level by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO).

Time Range

October 2012.

Freshness

Data is from October 2012, though metadata was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), United States.