District of Columbia Parking Violations for September 2024

September 2024 parking citation locations in the District of Columbia, issued by the Metropolitan Police Department and partner agencies. Violations are summarized by time of day, week of year, year, and violation category, with data geocoded to street segment centroids.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of parking violations by street segment centroid coordinates to identify high-enforcement zones.
• Model violation frequency based on time of day and week of year to predict peak enforcement periods.
• Segment summarized ticket counts by category of violation to assess enforcement focus areas.
• Use geocoded citation data for urban planning analyses of traffic congestion and enforcement efficacy.

Strengths

• Data is geocoded to the street segment level, providing precise spatial coordinates.
• Violations are summarized by multiple temporal dimensions: time of day, week of year, and year.
• Covers parking violations issued by multiple authoritative agencies, including MPD and DDOT.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and sample data are unavailable, limiting initial assessment of dataset scale and structure.
• Data is limited to a single month (September 2024), restricting longitudinal or seasonal trend analysis.
• As summarized ticket counts, the dataset may lack granular details from individual citation records.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Data was geocoded to street segments by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) and visualized using street segment centroid coordinates.

Time Range

September 2024.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, with data from September 2024.

Geography

District of Columbia, United States.