District of Columbia parking citation data from September 2014, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. The dataset contains geocoded ticket counts summarized by time of day, week, year, and violation category, originally sourced from the eTIMS meter work order system.
Use Cases
- Analyze parking violation frequency by time of day and week of year to identify peak enforcement periods.
- Map geocoded ticket counts at street segment centroids for spatial analysis of enforcement hotspots.
- Study patterns across categories of violation to understand common infraction types.
- Use summarized ticket counts for temporal trend analysis of parking enforcement activity.
Strengths
- Data is geocoded to the street segment level for precise spatial analysis.
- Includes multiple export formats like CSV, GEOJSON, and KML for flexibility.
- Covers a specific month (September 2014) for focused temporal analysis.
- Published under a permissive cc-by license.
Limitations
- Dataset is limited to a single month, restricting longitudinal analysis.
- Sample data and specific column names are unavailable for detailed inspection.
- Data is from 2014 and may not reflect current parking enforcement patterns.
Provenance
- Source
- District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies.
- Collection Method
- Extracted from the District Department of Motor Vehicle's eTIMS system and geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer.
- Time Range
- September 2014
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- District of Columbia, United States