New Orleans Traffic Camera Citations Since 2008

Citations issued from traffic safety cameras throughout New Orleans since April 2008. The dataset includes records of violations such as speeding and red-light infractions. It is provided by data.nola.gov and was last updated in February 2022.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal patterns of Vio_Type_Code and Vio_Evnt_Speed by hour of Vio_DateTime.
• Map violation hotspots by aggregating citation counts per location or site_id.
• Profile violator demographics by analyzing Recipient_City, Recipient_State, and Recipient_Zip_Code distributions.
• Correlate Vio_Type_Code with Vio_Evnt_Speed to study typical speeds for different violation types.

Strengths

• Data covers a long temporal range starting from April 2008.
• Provides multiple key features per citation including location, violation type, and speed.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count prevents assessment of statistical significance.
• Data freshness is unclear as the last update was over two years ago.

Provenance

Source

data.nola.gov

Collection Method

Citations issued from automated traffic safety cameras.

Time Range

Since April 2008

Freshness

Last updated 2022-02-06; update frequency unknown.

Geography

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA