District of Columbia Parking Violations October 2021

Parking citation locations in the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. Data is geocoded to street segments and visualized using centroid coordinates, with violations summarized by time of day, week, year, and category.

Use Cases

• Analyze parking violation frequency by time of day and week of year to identify peak enforcement periods.
• Map geocoded citation data to street segment centroids for spatial analysis of traffic enforcement hotspots.
• Examine patterns in the category of violation to understand common infractions across different city areas.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, providing precise spatial coordinates for analysis.
• Violations are summarized by multiple temporal dimensions including time of day, week of year, and year.
• Sourced from official District agencies including the Metropolitan Police Department and Department of Transportation.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and sample data are unavailable, limiting preliminary assessment of data structure.
• Data is limited to a single month (October 2021), restricting longitudinal or seasonal trend analysis.
• Original data extracted from a meter work order management system may contain processing or summarization artifacts.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies.

Collection Method

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

Time Range

October 2021.

Freshness

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Geography

District of Columbia, United States.