District of Columbia Parking Violation Locations from September 2020

District of Columbia parking citation data from September 2020, 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 optimize enforcement patrol schedules.
• Map geocoded citation locations to street segment centroids for spatial analysis of enforcement hotspots.
• Study patterns in violation category types to identify common infractions across different city districts.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, providing precise spatial coordinates for analysis.
• Includes summarized ticket counts across multiple temporal dimensions: time of day, week of year, and year.
• Covers violations from multiple enforcement agencies, including MPD and DDOT traffic control officers.

Limitations

• Dataset is limited to a single month (September 2020), offering no longitudinal or seasonal comparison.
• Sample data and specific column structure are unavailable, complicating preliminary assessment of data fields.
• Data is summarized (ticket counts), which may obscure details of individual violation records.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Originally extracted from eTIMS meter work order management system, then geocoded to street segments by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO).

Time Range

September 2020

Freshness

Data reflects September 2020, but metadata was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States