District of Columbia Parking Violations for September 2022

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

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of parking violations using geocoded street segment centroids for urban planning.
• Model ticket count trends based on time of day and week of year to optimize enforcement resource allocation.
• Investigate frequency distributions across different categories of violation to identify common infractions.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to street segment centroids, enabling spatial analysis.
• Includes summarized ticket counts across multiple temporal dimensions: time of day, week of year, and year.
• Covers violations issued by multiple authorized agencies, including MPD and DDOT.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific column names are unavailable, limiting understanding of the data structure.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, making it difficult to assess scale.
• Data is limited to a single month (September 2022), restricting longitudinal analysis.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) 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 2022.

Freshness

Last updated metadata indicates March 2026, but the underlying data is from September 2022.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States.