SFMTA Parking Citations and Fines with Location Details

Parking citations and fines issued by the SFMTA, Police, and Sheriff in San Francisco. The dataset includes citation, violation, and location details, indicating the location and amount of citations throughout the city. Data is provided daily by the SFMTA from its citation management system, with a 24-hour lag on DataSF.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of parking violations based on geolocation data mentioned in the description
• Study trends in citation types and fines based on violation code details
• Monitor daily enforcement activity based on the daily update cadence
• Assess the accuracy of geocoding processes based on the described address data limitations

Strengths

• Data is updated daily, providing near-real-time insights
• Includes geolocation data for spatial analysis
• Covers citations from multiple enforcement agencies (SFMTA, Police, Sheriff)

Limitations

• Geolocation may not be accurate due to incomplete address data, as stated in the description
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, limiting suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

SFMTA citation management system

Collection Method

Daily export provided by SFMTA

Freshness

Updated daily with a 24-hour lag; last metadata update was 2026-03-22.

Geography

San Francisco