District of Columbia Parking Violations for October 2013

October 2013 parking citation data from the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. Locations are geocoded to street segment centroids and summarized by time of day, week, and violation category. Data was extracted from the Department of Motor Vehicles' eTIMS system.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of parking violations using geocoded street segment centroids for urban planning.
• Model temporal trends in citation counts based on time of day and week of year features.
• Identify common categories of violations to inform traffic enforcement policy.
• Cross-reference violation locations with Vision Zero safety initiatives using the provided geographic data.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to street segment centroids, providing precise spatial coordinates.
• Citations are summarized by multiple temporal dimensions: time of day, week of year, and year.
• Includes violations from multiple authorized agencies like MPD and DDOT.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON and KML.

Limitations

• Limited to a single month (October 2013), restricting longitudinal analysis.
• Data is summarized counts, not individual ticket records, limiting granular detail.
• Potential geographic bias as coverage is restricted to the District of Columbia.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles' eTIMS meter work order management system.

Collection Method

Extracted from eTIMS, geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) to street segments, and visualized using centroid coordinates.

Time Range

October 2013.

Freshness

Data is historical from 2013, though metadata was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States.