Placecast™ by Date Version 2.0, Publication Date 2023.08.25

On August 28, 2023, Motionworks published an update to its Placecast™ by Date product. This represents an incremental update of data for the new week. No additional changes to methodologies were introduced this week

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
Academic Building	3	3	0
Airport Concourse	257	257	0
Airport Terminal	145	145	0
Amusement Park	12	12	0
Auto Dealership	729	729	0
Bank	728	728	0
Bar	16,293	16,292	1
Bus Garage Routes	243	243	0
Business	1,398	1,398	0
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0
Casino	68	68	0
Child Care Facility	1	1	0
Coffee Shop	23	23	0
Commercial Airport	291	291	0
Community Center	30	30	0
Convenience Store	18,018	18,018	0
Convention Center	74	74	0
Country Club	52	52	0
Drugstore	10,274	10,272	2
Event Facility	69	69	0
Ferry	5	5	0
Fire Department	23	23	0
Food Court	14	14	0
Fraternal Organization	1,403	1,403	0
Gas Station	1,431	1,430	1
General Aviation Airport	57	57	0
Grocery Store	13,623	13,621	2
Gym	2,634	2,634	0
Hospital	406	400	6
Hotel	1,147	1,147	0
Indoor Rec	47	47	0
Laundromat	72	72	0
Lifestyle Center	82	82	0
Liquor Store	1,198	1,198	0
Medical Office	2,292	2,286	6
Medical Office - Cardiology	505	501	4
Medical Office - Dentist Office	325	325	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	510	506	4
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	196	194	2
Medical Office - Neurology	108	108	0
Medical Office - Oncology	380	378	2
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	54	54	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,623	5,529	94
Medical Office - Rheumatology	81	81	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	509	508	1
Office Building	294	293	1
Outdoor Rec	143	143	0
Outlet Mall	88	88	0
Park	29	29	0
Parking Structure	286	286	0
Pedestrian Plaza	7	7	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	970	970	0
Residential Facility	387	387	0
Rest Stop	67	67	0
Retail	13,446	13,446	0
Shopping Center	310	310	0
Shopping Mall	463	463	0
Sitdown Restaurant	6,279	6,277	2
Spiritual Center	15	15	0
Stadium	191	191	0
Theater	625	625	0
Tourist Attraction	52	52	0
Trail	2	2	0
Transit Hub	26	26	0
Transit Station	2,741	2,741	0
University Dining	4	4	0
Warehouse	302	302	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 2023.08.25
Academic Building	3	3
Airport Concourse	257	257
Airport Terminal	145	145
Amusement Park	12	12
Auto Dealership	729	729
Bank	728	728
Bar	16,292	16,292
Bus Garage Routes	243	243
Business	1,398	1,398
Car Wash Facility	44	44
Casino	68	68
Child Care Facility	1	1
Coffee Shop	23	23
Commercial Airport	291	291
Community Center	30	30
Convenience Store	18,018	18,018
Convention Center	74	74
Country Club	52	52
Drugstore	10,272	10,272
Event Facility	69	69
Ferry	5	5
Fire Department	23	23
Food Court	14	14
Fraternal Organization	1,403	1,403
Gas Station	1,430	1,430
General Aviation Airport	57	57
Grocery Store	13,621	13,621
Gym	2,634	2,634
Hospital	400	400
Hotel	1,147	1,147
Indoor Rec	47	47
Laundromat	72	72
Lifestyle Center	82	82
Liquor Store	1,198	1,198
Medical Office	2,286	2,286
Medical Office - Cardiology	501	501
Medical Office - Dentist Office	325	325
Medical Office - Dermatology	506	506
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	194	194
Medical Office - Neurology	108	108
Medical Office - Oncology	378	378
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	54	54
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,529	5,529
Medical Office - Rheumatology	81	81
Medical Office - Women's Health	508	508
Office Building	293	293
Outdoor Rec	143	143
Outlet Mall	88	88
Park	29	29
Parking Structure	286	286
Pedestrian Plaza	7	7
Quick Serve Restaurant	970	970
Residential Facility	387	387
Rest Stop	67	67
Retail	13,446	13,446
Shopping Center	310	310
Shopping Mall	463	463
Sitdown Restaurant	6,277	6,277
Spiritual Center	15	15
Stadium	191	191
Theater	625	625
Tourist Attraction	52	52
Trail	2	2
Transit Hub	26	26
Transit Station	2,741	2,741
University Dining	4	4
Warehouse	302	302

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 2023.08.25 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.08.25 includes 108,076 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.08.25	Vintage 2023.08.20
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: 20230825_154517