Context

• This is an analysis of the parking violations committed in New York City during between the fiscal years of 2017-2020.
• The information contained in this dataset includes summons numbers, license plate ID/Type, vehicle information, violation codes and their respective descriptions.

Acknowledgment

We wouldn't be here without the help of others. The data is pulled from the NYC Open Data site.

Content

• Plate ID: REGISTERED PLATE ID
• Summons Number: UNIQUE IDENTIFIER OF SUMMONS
• Registration State: STATE OF PLATE REGISTRATION
• Plate Type: TYPE OF PLATE
• Issue Date: ISSUE DATE
• Violation Code: TYPE OF VIOLATION
• Vehicle Body Type: VEHICLE BODY TYPE WRITTEN ON SUMMONS (SEDAN, ETC.)
• Vehicle Make: MAKE OF CAR WRITTEN ON SUMMONS
• Issuing Agency: ISSUING AGENCY CODE
• Street Code1: GEOGRAPHICAL STREET CODE
• Street Code2: GEOGRAPHICAL STREET CODE
• Street Code3: GEOGRAPHICAL STREET CODE
• Vehicle Expiration Date: VEHICLE EXPIRATION DATE ON SUMMONS
• Violation Location: GENERAL VIOLATION LOCATION
• Violation Precinct: PRECINCT OF VIOLATION
• Issuer Precinct: PRECINCT OF ISSUANCE
• Issuer Code: UNIQUE CODE IDENTIFYING ISSUING OFFICER
• Issuer Command: COMMAND OF ISSUING OFFICER
• Issuer Squad: ISSUING OFFICER'S SQUAD
• Violation Time: TIME VIOLATION OCCURRED
• Time First Observed: TIME OF INITIAL VIOLATION OBSERVATION
• Violation County: COUNTY OF VIOLATION
• Violation In Front Of Or Opposite: VIOLATION IN FRONT OF OR OPPOSITE
• House Number: ADDRESS NUMBER OF VIOLATION
• Street Name: STREET NAME OF SUMMONS ISSUED
• Intersecting Street: VIOLATION NEAR INTERSECTING STREET
• Date First Observed: DATE OF INITIAL VIOLATION OBSERVATION
• Law Section: SECTION OF VEHICLE & TRAFFIC LAW
• Sub Division: SUB DIVISION ON SUMMONS IMAGE
• Violation Legal Code: TYPE OF LEGAL CODE
• Days Parking In Effect: DAYS PARKING IN EFFECT
• From Hours In Effect: START TIME POSTED FOR METER AND SIGN VIOLATIONS
• To Hours In Effect: END TIME POSTED FOR METER AND SIGN VIOLATIONS
• Vehicle Color: CAR COLOR WRITTEN ON SUMMONS
• Unregistered Vehicle?: UNREGISTERED VEHICLE INDICATOR
• Vehicle Year: YEAR OF VEHICLE WRITTEN ON SUMMONS
• Meter Number: PARKING METER NUMBER FOR METER VIOLATIONS
• Feet From Curb: NUMBER OF FEET FROM CURB FOR HYDRANT VIOLATION
• Violation Post Code: NUMBER OF FEET FROM CURB FOR HYDRANT VIOLATION
• Violation Description: DESCRIPTION OF VIOLATION
• No Standing or Stopping Violation: SUMMONS INDICTOR FOR NO STANDING OR STOPPING
• Hydrant Violation: SUMMONS INDICTOR FOR NO STANDING OR STOPPING
• Double Park: SUMMONS INDICATOR FOR DOUBLE PARKING VIOLATION

Inspiration

I'm a huge fan of visiting Manhattan...and of course its surrounding areas. Making the journey into New York is pretty simple given that I am only a forty minute train ride from Penn. However, I often wonder whether driving into the city is a better option (Usually isn't). Before even opening the car door, I always ask myself one question, "am I getting a ticket?" What factors increase the chance of finding a ticket on my windshield. Being curious about the violations we all might face parking anywhere within New York's 5 boroughs, I decided to use this dataset to answer the following questions:

1. Who gets the most tickets? What are the most common car types and make years that receive the most tickets. (Is there a correlation between vehicle color and # of violations). Any Repeat offenders? Who is offensive vehicle owner of 2020 (Based on # offenses). Any Repeat offenders? Most offensive vehicle owner of 2020 (Based on # offenses).
2. Where are most tickets issued. (Which borough's receive the most tickets.)
3. When are most tickets issued.