Placecast™ by Date, Publication Date 2023.11.05

On November 5, 2023, Motionworks published an update to its Placecast™ by Date product. While the end-user schemas have not changed, the data pipeline process used to generate the cleared places was updated based on internal audits and customer feedback.

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%	Less Than 10%	Less Than 50%	Less Than 100%	Greater Than 100%
Total	318,098	296,936	222	18,669	851	761	363	307
Academic Building	1,394	1,376	9	9	0	0	0	0
Airport Concourse	235	235	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Gate	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	144	142	0	2	0	0	0	0
Amusement Park	57	57	0	0	0	0	0	0
Auto Dealership	25,914	25,844	19	40	9	0	1	1
Bank	3,582	3,456	4	122	0	0	0	0
Bar	31,862	26,801	22	4,068	275	412	138	148
Bus Garage Routes	243	230	0	13	0	0	0	0
Business	6,882	6,522	13	346	0	0	0	1
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	309	300	4	5	0	0	0	0
Child Care Facility	228	218	0	10	0	0	0	0
Coffee Shop	8,037	7,804	1	225	0	5	2	0
Commercial Airport	309	309	0	0	0	0	0	0
Community Center	169	165	0	4	0	0	0	0
Convenience Store	19,107	18,417	23	668	0	0	0	1
Convention Center	97	96	1	0	0	0	0	0
Country Club	89	89	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugstore	10,727	10,038	8	644	9	10	14	4
Event	62	61	1	0	0	0	0	0
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	204	194	0	10	0	0	0	0
Ferry	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Food Court	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0
Fraternal Organization	2,786	2,779	0	7	0	0	0	0
Gas Station	2,294	2,237	1	52	1	3	0	0
General Aviation Airport	189	189	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grocery Store	16,342	15,608	10	631	53	16	16	8
Gym	3,268	3,061	2	200	0	1	2	2
Hospital	1,283	1,271	3	9	0	0	0	0
Hotel	1,738	1,714	2	15	2	5	0	0
Indoor Rec	1,086	1,018	0	56	0	6	0	6
Institutional Housing	63	62	0	1	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	328	313	0	15	0	0	0	0
Lifestyle Center	205	205	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liquor Store	1,316	1,298	1	17	0	0	0	0
Medical Office	5,523	4,877	7	613	7	17	0	2
Medical Office - Cardiology	470	373	1	96	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dentist Office	332	261	1	70	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	538	423	0	114	1	0	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	182	101	0	80	0	0	0	1
Medical Office - Neurology	120	94	0	26	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	384	295	0	89	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	60	50	0	10	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,703	4,859	2	824	11	0	3	4
Medical Office - Rheumatology	77	53	0	24	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	485	365	0	120	0	0	0	0
Office Building	2,527	2,223	14	283	6	1	0	0
Outdoor Rec	330	328	0	2	0	0	0	0
Outlet Mall	135	135	0	0	0	0	0	0
Park	98	97	1	0	0	0	0	0
Parking Structure	659	547	1	82	1	11	13	4
Pedestrian Plaza	57	57	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	62,481	61,296	13	1,162	0	0	6	4
Residential Facility	3,228	2,783	8	427	8	1	3	0
Rest Stop	70	70	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retail	31,650	30,323	17	1,261	34	5	9	6
Shopping Center	2,663	2,626	3	34	0	0	0	0
Shopping Mall	812	810	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sitdown Restaurant	51,366	44,905	22	5,495	430	264	145	105
Spiritual Center	66	66	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	987	955	1	28	0	2	1	0
Streetscape	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Student Center	98	96	0	2	0	0	0	0
Theater	1,723	1,510	1	189	4	0	10	9
Tourist Attraction	606	599	3	4	0	0	0	0
Trail	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Station	2,701	2,240	1	457	0	2	0	1
University Campus	170	170	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Dining	20	19	0	1	0	0	0	0
University Health Center	45	45	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Housing	339	336	1	2	0	0	0	0
University Recreation Center	311	309	0	2	0	0	0	0
Warehouse	367	366	0	1	0	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	Total Places	Newly Cleared Places	Newly Added Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.11.05	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.11.05	Previously Cleared
Total	341,170	340,935	33,562	235	307,608
Academic Building	1,394	1,385	0	9	1,394
Airport Concourse	235	235	0	0	235
Airport Gate	2	2	0	0	2
Airport Terminal	144	144	2	0	142
Amusement Park	57	57	0	0	57
Auto Dealership	25,914	25,895	162	19	25,752
Bank	3,582	3,578	24	4	3,558
Bar	31,874	31,853	2,595	21	29,279
Bus Garage Routes	243	243	1	0	242
Business	6,894	6,881	34	13	6,860
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0	0	44
Casino	309	305	4	4	305
Child Care Facility	228	228	0	0	228
Coffee Shop	8,037	8,036	7	1	8,030
Commercial Airport	309	309	0	0	309
Community Center	169	169	0	0	169
Convenience Store	19,128	19,105	58	23	19,070
Convention Center	97	96	0	1	97
Country Club	89	89	0	0	89
Drugstore	10,736	10,728	16	8	10,720
Event	62	61	0	1	62
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	2
Event Facility	204	204	0	0	204
Face	22,667	22,651	17,533	16	5,134
Ferry	7	7	0	0	7
Fire Department	30	30	0	0	30
Food Court	12	12	0	0	12
Fraternal Organization	2,786	2,786	5	0	2,781
Gas Station	2,294	2,293	7	1	2,287
General Aviation Airport	189	189	0	0	189
Grocery Store	16,352	16,342	12	10	16,340
Gym	3,291	3,289	5	2	3,286
Hospital	1,285	1,282	3	3	1,282
Hotel	1,738	1,736	11	2	1,727
Indoor Rec	1,089	1,089	4	0	1,085
Institutional Housing	63	63	0	0	63
Laundromat	328	328	0	0	328
Lifestyle Center	205	205	2	0	203
Liquor Store	1,316	1,315	4	1	1,312
Medical Office	5,576	5,569	5	7	5,571
Medical Office - Cardiology	496	495	0	1	496
Medical Office - Dentist Office	332	331	1	1	331
Medical Office - Dermatology	549	549	1	0	548
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	201	201	1	0	200
Medical Office - Neurology	130	130	0	0	130
Medical Office - Oncology	413	413	1	0	412
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	64	64	0	0	64
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,764	5,763	12	1	5,752
Medical Office - Rheumatology	87	87	0	0	87
Medical Office - Women's Health	513	513	0	0	513
Neighborhood	1	1	0	0	1
Office Building	2,529	2,515	10	14	2,519
Outdoor Rec	330	330	1	0	329
Outlet Mall	135	135	3	0	132
Park	98	97	0	1	98
Parking Structure	660	659	29	1	631
Pedestrian Plaza	57	57	0	0	57
Quick Serve Restaurant	62,482	62,469	353	13	62,129
Residential Facility	3,228	3,220	36	8	3,192
Rest Stop	70	70	0	0	70
Retail	31,675	31,658	56	17	31,619
Shopping Center	2,663	2,660	14	3	2,649
Shopping Mall	813	812	12	1	801
Sitdown Restaurant	51,391	51,370	12,516	21	38,875
Spiritual Center	66	66	0	0	66
Stadium	987	986	9	1	978
Streetscape	22	22	0	0	22
Student Center	98	98	2	0	96
Theater	1,726	1,725	3	1	1,723
Tourist Attraction	606	603	2	3	604
Trail	17	17	0	0	17
Transit Hub	31	31	0	0	31
Transit Station	2,701	2,700	3	1	2,698
University Campus	170	170	0	0	170
University Dining	20	20	0	0	20
University Health Center	46	46	0	0	46
University Housing	339	338	2	1	337
University Recreation Center	311	311	0	0	311
Warehouse	368	368	1	0	367

Scores by Place Type

Place Type	Average Dwell Score - Previous	Average Dwell Score - Latest	Average Footprint Score - Previous	Average Footprint Score - Latest	Average Profile Score - Previous	Average Profile Score - Latest	Average Visit Score - Previous	Average Visit Score - Latest
Academic Building	0.22	0.22	-	0.32	0.12	0.12	0.24	0.24
Airport Concourse	0.27	0.27	-	0.30	0.08	0.08	0.23	0.23
Airport Gate	0.39	0.39	-	0.13	0.25	0.25	0.39	0.39
Airport Terminal	0.29	0.29	-	0.29	0.08	0.08	0.35	0.35
Amusement Park	0.35	0.35	-	0.37	0.24	0.24	0.33	0.33
Auto Dealership	0.24	0.24	-	0.31	0.09	0.09	0.27	0.27
Bank	0.25	0.25	-	0.34	0.10	0.10	0.16	0.16
Bar	0.26	0.26	-	0.35	0.13	0.13	0.18	0.18
Bus Garage Routes	0.37	0.37	-	0.28	0.24	0.24	0.36	0.36
Business	0.21	0.21	-	0.33	0.09	0.09	0.18	0.18
Car Wash Facility	0.24	0.24	-	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.29	0.29
Casino	0.28	0.28	-	0.34	0.19	0.19	0.21	0.21
Child Care Facility	0.29	0.29	-	0.31	0.14	0.14	0.26	0.26
Coffee Shop	0.26	0.26	-	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.27	0.27
Commercial Airport	0.26	0.26	-	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.30	0.30
Community Center	0.25	0.25	-	0.33	0.15	0.15	0.18	0.18
Convenience Store	0.28	0.28	-	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.16	0.16
Convention Center	0.33	0.33	-	0.39	0.17	0.17	0.25	0.25
Country Club	0.28	0.28	-	0.36	0.12	0.12	0.23	0.23
Drugstore	0.33	0.33	-	0.34	0.23	0.23	0.12	0.12
Event	0.21	0.21	-	0.38	0.16	0.16	0.36	0.36
Event Detection	0.58	0.53	-	0.52	0.35	0.35	0.47	0.47
Event Facility	0.24	0.24	-	0.36	0.15	0.15	0.23	0.23
Ferry	0.36	0.36	-	0.37	0.33	0.33	0.29	0.29
Fire Department	0.34	0.34	-	0.34	0.18	0.18	0.32	0.32
Food Court	0.21	0.21	-	0.36	0.29	0.29	0.21	0.21
Fraternal Organization	0.26	0.26	-	0.33	0.14	0.14	0.25	0.25
Gas Station	0.28	0.28	-	0.35	0.02	0.02	0.29	0.29
General Aviation Airport	0.31	0.31	-	0.35	0.17	0.17	0.26	0.26
Grocery Store	0.30	0.30	-	0.33	0.22	0.22	0.12	0.12
Gym	0.25	0.25	-	0.34	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15
Hospital	0.34	0.34	-	0.32	0.29	0.29	0.17	0.17
Hotel	0.29	0.29	-	0.35	0.19	0.19	0.22	0.22
Indoor Rec	0.26	0.26	-	0.34	0.23	0.23	0.16	0.16
Institutional Housing	0.34	0.34	-	0.34	0.05	0.05	0.29	0.29
Laundromat	0.25	0.25	-	0.34	0.12	0.12	0.17	0.17
Lifestyle Center	0.36	0.36	-	0.35	0.26	0.26	0.28	0.28
Liquor Store	0.27	0.27	-	0.34	0.07	0.06	0.16	0.16
Medical Office	0.30	0.30	-	0.31	0.15	0.15	0.25	0.25
Medical Office - Cardiology	0.34	0.34	-	0.30	0.25	0.25	0.44	0.44
Medical Office - Dentist Office	0.31	0.31	-	0.30	0.16	0.16	0.27	0.27
Medical Office - Dermatology	0.31	0.31	-	0.30	0.20	0.20	0.38	0.38
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	0.29	0.29	-	0.30	0.27	0.27	0.50	0.50
Medical Office - Neurology	0.31	0.32	-	0.31	0.25	0.25	0.45	0.45
Medical Office - Oncology	0.30	0.30	-	0.31	0.25	0.25	0.39	0.39
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	0.29	0.29	-	0.32	0.22	0.22	0.34	0.34
Medical Office - Primary Care	0.31	0.31	-	0.31	0.17	0.17	0.35	0.35
Medical Office - Rheumatology	0.24	0.24	-	0.30	0.28	0.28	0.44	0.44
Medical Office - Women's Health	0.33	0.33	-	0.29	0.25	0.25	0.44	0.44
Neighborhood	-	0.42	-	0.89	-	0.06	-	0.90
Office Building	0.28	0.28	-	0.35	0.22	0.22	0.15	0.15
Outdoor Rec	0.17	0.17	-	0.35	0.10	0.10	0.28	0.28
Outlet Mall	0.31	0.31	-	0.32	0.17	0.17	0.34	0.34
Park	0.35	0.35	-	0.37	0.16	0.16	0.36	0.36
Parking Structure	0.28	0.29	-	0.35	0.20	0.20	0.21	0.21
Pedestrian Plaza	0.29	0.28	-	0.35	0.29	0.29	0.30	0.30
Quick Serve Restaurant	0.29	0.29	-	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.28	0.28
Residential Facility	0.29	0.29	-	0.36	0.09	0.09	0.19	0.19
Rest Stop	0.18	0.18	-	0.32	0.14	0.14	0.25	0.25
Retail	0.26	0.26	-	0.32	0.13	0.13	0.16	0.16
Shopping Center	0.30	0.30	-	0.31	0.16	0.16	0.29	0.29
Shopping Mall	0.28	0.28	-	0.30	0.24	0.24	0.27	0.27
Sitdown Restaurant	0.25	0.25	-	0.34	0.16	0.16	0.19	0.20
Spiritual Center	0.24	0.25	-	0.34	0.13	0.13	0.26	0.26
Stadium	0.29	0.30	-	0.36	0.14	0.14	0.33	0.34
Streetscape	0.33	0.33	-	0.35	0.19	0.19	0.42	0.42
Student Center	0.21	0.21	-	0.35	0.19	0.19	0.16	0.16
Theater	0.26	0.25	-	0.34	0.23	0.23	0.18	0.18
Tourist Attraction	0.32	0.32	-	0.35	0.16	0.16	0.27	0.27
Trail	0.35	0.35	-	0.37	0.18	0.18	0.35	0.35
Transit Hub	0.37	0.37	-	0.38	0.16	0.16	0.39	0.39
Transit Station	0.31	0.31	-	0.35	0.06	0.06	0.32	0.32
University Dining	0.21	0.21	-	0.31	0.13	0.13	0.16	0.16
University Health Center	-	-	-	-	0.18	0.18	-	-
University Housing	0.32	0.32	-	0.35	0.08	0.08	0.29	0.29
University Recreation Center	0.16	0.16	-	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.29	0.29
Warehouse	0.21	0.21	-	0.35	0.18	0.18	0.20	0.20

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 2023.11.05 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.11.05 includes 341,170 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.11.05	Vintage 2023.10.29
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: 20231105_072620