Parking Violation Locations in Washington DC

Parking citation locations in the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. Data includes ticket counts summarized by 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 segments for spatial analysis of high-violation corridors.
• Identify trends in violation categories to assess the impact of traffic control enforcement.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to street segment centroids, enabling precise spatial analysis.
• Includes multiple data formats such as CSV and GeoJSON for flexible use.
• Published under a CC-BY license, allowing for broad reuse and sharing.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific column names are unavailable, limiting understanding of data structure.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, making it difficult to assess scale.
• Data is specific to October 2022, representing a single month's snapshot.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) to the street segment level.

Time Range

October 2022

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, though the underlying data is from October 2022.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States