District of Columbia Parking Violations from September 2018

September 2018 parking citation data for the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. Violation locations are summarized ticket counts based on 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 identify peak enforcement periods.
• Map geocoded citation locations at street segment centroids to visualize spatial hotspots for traffic enforcement.
• Investigate patterns in summarized ticket counts across different categories of violation for policy review.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, providing precise spatial coordinates for analysis.
• Citations are summarized by multiple temporal dimensions: time of day, week of year, and year.
• Includes violations issued by multiple authorized agencies, such as MPD and DDOT.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific column names are unavailable, limiting understanding of the data structure.
• The dataset covers only a single month (September 2018), providing a narrow temporal snapshot.
• Data is aggregated as summarized ticket counts, which may obscure individual citation details.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Data geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) to street segment centroids.

Time Range

September 2018.

Freshness

Data last updated in March 2026, but the underlying records are from September 2018.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States.