District of Columbia Parking Violations for September 2015

Parking citation locations in the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. Data is summarized ticket counts based on time of day, week of year, year, and category of violation, geocoded to street segment centroids.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of parking violations using geocoded street segment centroids to identify enforcement hotspots.
• Model temporal trends in ticket counts based on time of day and week of year data for resource planning.
• Categorize and compare violation frequency by category of violation to understand common infractions.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, providing precise spatial coordinates for analysis.
• Summarized ticket counts include temporal dimensions like time of day, week of year, and 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 (September 2015), restricting longitudinal trend analysis.
• Summarized counts may aggregate individual ticket details, potentially losing granular transaction data.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies, via the District Department of Motor Vehicle's eTIMS system.

Collection Method

Extracted from eTIMS meter work order management system, geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO), and visualized using street segment centroid coordinates.

Time Range

September 2015.

Freshness

Last updated metadata indicates 2026, but the underlying data is from 2015, representing a historical snapshot.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States.