Placecast™ by Date, Publication Date 2023.05.02

On May 2, 2023, Motionworks published an update to its Placecast™ product, adding an incremental week through 2023-04-23.

Changes by Place Type

With each new release of Placecast by Date, Motionworks reviews changes at each place type and reports whether the place had a material change in an hourly visit estimate. These changes are reported in the table below and visualized in this PDF.

Place Type	Total Places	Immaterial Change	Removed for Auditing	Less Than 5%	Greater Than 100%
Airport Concourse	252	252	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	142	142	0	0	0
Amusement Park	12	12	0	0	0
Auto Dealership	725	725	0	0	0
Bank	728	727	1	0	0
Bar	16,041	16,040	1	0	0
Bus Garage Routes	243	243	0	0	0
Business	1,344	1,343	1	0	0
Car Wash Facility	42	42	0	0	0
Casino	65	65	0	0	0
Coffee Shop	21	21	0	0	0
Commercial Airport	290	289	0	1	0
Community Center	24	24	0	0	0
Convenience Store	18,133	18,119	14	0	0
Convention Center	22	22	0	0	0
Country Club	51	51	0	0	0
Drugstore	10,146	10,146	0	0	0
Event Facility	52	52	0	0	0
Ferry	5	5	0	0	0
Fire Department	23	23	0	0	0
Food Court	9	9	0	0	0
Fraternal Organization	1,383	1,383	0	0	0
Gas Station	1,227	1,226	1	0	0
General Aviation Airport	55	55	0	0	0
Grocery Store	13,371	13,369	2	0	0
Gym	2,604	2,603	1	0	0
Hospital	453	453	0	0	0
Hotel	1,128	1,128	0	0	0
Laundromat	62	62	0	0	0
Lifestyle Center	81	81	0	0	0
Liquor Store	1,203	1,202	1	0	0
Medical Office	2,290	2,279	15	0	0
Medical Office - Cardiology	546	546	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dentist Office	318	318	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	577	577	0	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	196	196	0	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	114	114	0	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	445	445	0	0	0
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	43	43	0	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,968	5,968	0	0	0
Medical Office - Rheumatology	80	80	0	0	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	550	550	0	0	0
Office Building	291	290	1	0	0
Outdoor Rec	113	113	0	0	0
Outlet Mall	88	88	0	0	0
Park	23	23	0	0	0
Parking Structure	145	144	1	0	0
Pedestrian Plaza	4	4	0	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	972	972	0	0	0
Residential Facility	369	369	0	0	0
Rest Stop	67	67	0	0	0
Retail	13,382	13,380	2	0	0
Shopping Center	339	339	0	0	0
Shopping Mall	448	448	0	0	0
Sitdown Restaurant	5,783	5,782	1	0	0
Spiritual Center	15	15	0	0	0
Stadium	150	102	48	0	0
Theater	569	569	0	0	0
Tourist Attraction	45	45	0	0	0
Transit Hub	25	25	0	0	0
Transit Station	2,725	2,722	0	0	3
University Dining	4	4	0	0	0
Warehouse	299	299	0	0	0

*Immaterial changes are differences of less than ten visits per hour or if a place was new or modified.

Cleared Places by Place Type

Place Type	Places	Newly Added Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.05.02	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.05.02	Previously Cleared
Airport Concourse	252	0	0	252
Airport Terminal	142	1	0	141
Amusement Park	12	0	0	12
Auto Dealership	725	1	0	724
Bank	727	1	1	727
Bar	16,040	28	1	16,013
Bus Garage Routes	243	0	0	243
Business	1,343	0	1	1,344
Car Wash Facility	42	0	0	42
Casino	65	0	0	65
Coffee Shop	21	0	0	21
Commercial Airport	290	0	0	290
Community Center	24	0	0	24
Convenience Store	18,119	224	14	17,909
Convention Center	22	0	0	22
Country Club	51	0	0	51
Drugstore	10,146	24	0	10,122
Event Facility	52	0	0	52
Ferry	5	0	0	5
Fire Department	23	0	0	23
Food Court	9	0	0	9
Fraternal Organization	1,383	0	0	1,383
Gas Station	1,226	4	1	1,223
General Aviation Airport	55	0	0	55
Grocery Store	13,369	19	2	13,352
Gym	2,603	3	1	2,601
Hospital	453	6	0	447
Hotel	1,128	2	0	1,126
Laundromat	62	0	0	62
Lifestyle Center	81	1	0	80
Liquor Store	1,202	3	1	1,200
Medical Office	2,279	13	11	2,277
Medical Office - Cardiology	546	0	0	546
Medical Office - Dentist Office	318	0	0	318
Medical Office - Dermatology	577	0	0	577
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	196	0	0	196
Medical Office - Neurology	114	0	0	114
Medical Office - Oncology	445	0	0	445
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	43	0	0	43
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,968	6	0	5,962
Medical Office - Rheumatology	80	0	0	80
Medical Office - Women's Health	550	0	0	550
Office Building	290	3	1	288
Outdoor Rec	113	0	0	113
Outlet Mall	88	0	0	88
Park	23	0	0	23
Parking Structure	144	6	1	139
Pedestrian Plaza	4	0	0	4
Quick Serve Restaurant	972	1	0	971
Residential Facility	369	0	0	369
Rest Stop	67	0	0	67
Retail	13,380	12	2	13,370
Shopping Center	339	0	0	339
Shopping Mall	448	1	0	447
Sitdown Restaurant	5,782	8	1	5,775
Spiritual Center	15	0	0	15
Stadium	102	0	48	150
Theater	569	0	0	569
Tourist Attraction	45	0	0	45
Transit Hub	25	0	0	25
Transit Station	2,725	5	0	2,720
University Dining	4	0	0	4
Warehouse	299	0	0	299

Future Roadmap

As Motionworks continues to expand its data sources, visits and occupancy at stations in transit systems listed in the table below will see changes in future releases of Placecast by Date.

Transit System	Reason for Change
BART	Additional first-party data observations
City and County of San Francisco (Muni)	Rescaling based on additional station places
City of Charlotte North Carolina (Lynx)	Rescaling based on additional station places
County of Miami-Dade	Additional first-party data observations
Denton County Transportation Authority	Additional first-party data observations
King County (WA) Department of Metro Transit	Rescaling based on additional station places
Maryland Transit Administration	Additional first-party data observations
Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District	Additional first-party data observations
Portland TriMet	Additional first-party data observations
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System	Rescaling based on additional station places
Twin Cities (MN) Metro Transit	Rescaling based on additional station places

Quality Assurance Summary

The Quality Assurance table for Vintage 2023.05.02 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.05.02 includes 106,834 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.05.02	Vintage 2023.04.18
error_arrivals_age_impossible	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_arrivals_age_nonsensical	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_arrivals_negative	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_arrivals_summation	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_duplicate	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_dwell_arrival	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_dwell_departure	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_dwell_min_null	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_dwell_negative	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_dwell_resident	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_dwell_transfer	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_dwell_visitor	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_dwell_worker	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_missing	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_occupancy_age_impossible	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_occupancy_age_nonsensical	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_occupancy_negative	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_occupancy_summation	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_processes	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_zero_total_arrivals	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_zero_total_occupancy	0 (0%)	0 (0%)

Check Type Definitions

Check Type	Definition
error_arrivals_age_impossible	Child visits are greater than total visits
error_arrivals_age_nonsensical	Visits where children travel alone.
error_arrivals_negative	Any visits value less than zero.
error_arrivals_summation	Segmented visits summation does not sum to the total visits
error_duplicate	Duplicate records
error_dwell_arrival	Arriving passenger visits with no arrival dwell
error_dwell_departure	Departing passenger visits with no departure dwell
error_dwell_min_null	Record missing dwell threshold
error_dwell_negative	Dwell time is less than zero
error_dwell_resident	Resident visits with no resident dwell
error_dwell_transfer	Transferring passenger visits with no transfer dwell
error_dwell_visitor	Guest visits with no guest dwell
error_dwell_worker	Worker visits with no worker dwell
error_missing	The place is missing entirely from reporting
error_occupancy_age_impossible	Child occupancy is greater than total occupancy
error_occupancy_age_nonsensical	Occupancy where children are left alone
error_occupancy_negative	Any occupancy is less than zero
error_occupancy_summation	Segmented occupancy summation does not sum to total occupancy
error_processes	Two or more place processes for the same place
error_zero_total_arrivals	Segmented visits are greater than zero, but total visits are zero
error_zero_total_occupancy	Segmented occupancy is greater than zero, but total occupancy is zero

Release: 20230502_233520