Placecast™ by Date Version 2.1, Publication Date 2023.09.09

On September 9, 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	164,521	150,440	506	11,339	293	970	812	184
Academic Building	469	459	1	9	0	0	0	0
Airport Concourse	214	211	3	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	131	131	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amusement Park	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0
Auto Dealership	722	720	1	1	0	0	0	0
Bank	776	733	2	41	0	0	0	0
Bar	19,267	18,499	67	698	1	4	1	0
Bus Garage Routes	234	232	2	0	0	0	0	0
Business	3,503	3,033	19	427	11	10	4	1
Car Wash Facility	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	77	71	0	6	0	0	0	0
Child Care Facility	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coffee Shop	54	48	0	6	0	0	0	0
Commercial Airport	302	301	1	0	0	0	0	0
Community Center	37	36	0	1	0	0	0	0
Convenience Store	18,283	16,970	34	1,190	43	24	13	12
Convention Center	69	68	1	0	0	0	0	0
Country Club	74	70	0	4	0	0	0	0
Drugstore	10,413	10,120	11	281	0	1	0	0
Event	29	28	1	0	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	92	86	0	6	0	0	0	0
Ferry	7	4	0	0	0	3	0	0
Fire Department	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0
Food Court	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	0
Fraternal Organization	1,428	1,424	0	4	0	0	0	0
Gas Station	1,513	1,512	2	0	0	0	0	0
General Aviation Airport	55	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grocery Store	16,063	10,721	6	3,365	126	896	784	165
Gym	2,887	2,712	2	173	0	0	0	0
Hospital	1,262	1,246	0	16	0	0	0	0
Hotel	1,282	1,271	5	6	0	0	0	0
Indoor Rec	740	701	2	37	0	0	0	0
Institutional Housing	59	57	0	2	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	77	77	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lifestyle Center	99	97	2	0	0	0	0	0
Liquor Store	1,253	1,232	1	19	0	0	1	0
Medical Office	5,512	5,062	9	441	1	0	0	0
Medical Office - Cardiology	535	398	1	136	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dentist Office	321	282	0	39	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	546	461	2	83	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	194	144	0	50	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	126	95	1	30	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	419	315	0	104	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	59	49	0	10	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,814	5,112	4	699	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Rheumatology	85	60	0	25	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	534	399	0	135	0	0	0	0
Office Building	1,931	1,888	8	35	0	0	0	0
Outdoor Rec	162	154	1	7	0	0	0	0
Outlet Mall	86	86	0	0	0	0	0	0
Park	53	53	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parking Structure	412	343	2	57	5	4	0	1
Pedestrian Plaza	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	21,477	19,923	171	1,255	102	24	2	0
Residential Facility	2,625	2,210	42	372	1	2	1	0
Rest Stop	68	68	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retail	13,659	12,813	11	836	1	1	4	1
Shopping Center	464	459	0	3	0	0	1	1
Shopping Mall	608	602	0	5	0	0	0	1
Sitdown Restaurant	22,857	22,087	84	681	2	1	1	2
Spiritual Center	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	417	416	1	0	0	0	0	0
Streetscape	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Student Center	72	63	0	9	0	0	0	0
Theater	687	663	0	24	0	0	0	0
Tourist Attraction	55	53	1	1	0	0	0	0
Trail	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Station	2,695	2,691	4	0	0	0	0	0
University Dining	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
University Health Center	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Housing	64	62	0	2	0	0	0	0
University Recreation Center	18	16	0	2	0	0	0	0
Warehouse	336	332	1	3	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 2023.09.09	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.09.09	Previously Cleared
Total	164,567	164,061	3,135	506	161,432
Academic Building	469	468	3	1	466
Airport Concourse	214	211	3	3	211
Airport Terminal	131	131	2	0	129
Amusement Park	13	13	0	0	13
Auto Dealership	722	721	1	1	721
Bank	776	774	3	2	773
Bar	19,267	19,200	39	67	19,228
Bus Garage Routes	234	232	0	2	234
Business	3,505	3,486	34	19	3,471
Car Wash Facility	43	43	1	0	42
Casino	77	77	1	0	76
Child Care Facility	1	1	0	0	1
Coffee Shop	54	54	1	0	53
Commercial Airport	302	301	0	1	302
Community Center	37	37	0	0	37
Convenience Store	18,283	18,249	68	34	18,215
Convention Center	69	68	1	1	68
Country Club	74	74	1	0	73
Drugstore	10,413	10,402	27	11	10,386
Event	29	28	0	1	29
Event Facility	92	92	0	0	92
Ferry	7	7	3	0	4
Fire Department	24	24	0	0	24
Food Court	12	12	1	0	11
Fraternal Organization	1,428	1,428	2	0	1,426
Gas Station	1,513	1,511	1	2	1,512
General Aviation Airport	55	55	0	0	55
Grocery Store	16,063	16,057	2,037	6	14,026
Gym	2,887	2,885	7	2	2,880
Hospital	1,263	1,263	4	0	1,259
Hotel	1,282	1,277	2	5	1,280
Indoor Rec	740	738	1	2	739
Institutional Housing	59	59	0	0	59
Laundromat	77	77	0	0	77
Lifestyle Center	99	97	1	2	98
Liquor Store	1,253	1,252	4	1	1,249
Medical Office	5,554	5,545	37	9	5,517
Medical Office - Cardiology	535	534	4	1	531
Medical Office - Dentist Office	321	321	2	0	319
Medical Office - Dermatology	546	544	0	2	546
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	194	194	5	0	189
Medical Office - Neurology	126	125	1	1	125
Medical Office - Oncology	419	419	5	0	414
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	59	59	3	0	56
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,814	5,810	44	4	5,770
Medical Office - Rheumatology	85	85	1	0	84
Medical Office - Women's Health	534	534	5	0	529
Office Building	1,932	1,924	10	8	1,922
Outdoor Rec	162	161	0	1	162
Outlet Mall	86	86	1	0	85
Park	53	53	1	0	52
Parking Structure	412	410	14	2	398
Pedestrian Plaza	6	6	1	0	5
Quick Serve Restaurant	21,477	21,306	563	171	20,914
Residential Facility	2,625	2,583	21	42	2,604
Rest Stop	68	68	0	0	68
Retail	13,659	13,648	73	11	13,586
Shopping Center	464	464	3	0	461
Shopping Mall	608	608	7	0	601
Sitdown Restaurant	22,857	22,773	72	84	22,785
Spiritual Center	21	21	0	0	21
Stadium	417	416	1	1	416
Streetscape	1	1	0	0	1
Student Center	72	72	1	0	71
Theater	687	687	6	0	681
Tourist Attraction	55	54	1	1	54
Trail	4	4	0	0	4
Transit Hub	26	26	0	0	26
Transit Station	2,695	2,691	4	4	2,691
University Dining	6	6	0	0	6
University Health Center	2	2	0	0	2
University Housing	64	64	0	0	64
University Recreation Center	18	18	0	0	18
Warehouse	336	335	1	1	335

New or Modified Places

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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 2023.09.09 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.09.09 includes 164,567 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.09.09	Vintage 2023.09.07
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: 20230909_214549