Placecast™ by Date Version 2.1, Publication Date 2023.09.07

On September 7, 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	164,410	67,277	3,038	85,013	5,994	2,148	525	446
Academic Building	468	42	2	382	32	4	2	4
Airport Concourse	218	18	7	184	3	1	0	5
Airport Terminal	129	9	0	120	0	0	0	0
Amusement Park	13	2	0	9	2	0	0	0
Auto Dealership	721	477	0	217	24	3	0	0
Bank	782	405	9	336	23	8	1	0
Bar	19,588	5,720	360	11,886	1,070	348	90	117
Bus Garage Routes	241	0	7	233	1	0	0	0
Business	3,576	1,542	107	1,555	214	112	27	21
Car Wash Facility	42	21	0	20	1	0	0	0
Casino	76	16	0	59	1	0	0	0
Child Care Facility	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coffee Shop	54	30	1	20	0	2	0	1
Commercial Airport	302	19	0	275	7	0	0	1
Community Center	37	16	0	18	2	1	0	0
Convenience Store	18,483	8,223	268	8,979	802	194	12	8
Convention Center	69	25	1	36	5	1	1	0
Country Club	73	22	0	48	2	0	0	1
Drugstore	10,460	490	74	9,044	740	106	3	3
Event	30	8	1	18	0	3	0	0
Event Facility	94	45	2	33	5	5	2	2
Ferry	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Fire Department	24	10	0	14	0	0	0	0
Food Court	11	3	0	6	1	1	0	0
Fraternal Organization	1,430	823	4	547	42	10	2	2
Gas Station	1,536	1,245	24	251	9	3	5	0
General Aviation Airport	55	15	0	34	2	3	0	1
Grocery Store	14,052	2,208	26	11,546	231	39	2	0
Gym	2,888	95	8	2,711	55	15	2	2
Hospital	1,260	69	2	1,159	28	2	0	0
Hotel	1,287	143	7	946	139	41	3	8
Indoor Rec	742	144	3	463	83	32	11	6
Institutional Housing	59	10	0	41	2	6	0	0
Laundromat	78	37	1	38	2	0	0	0
Lifestyle Center	98	13	0	80	4	1	0	0
Liquor Store	1,266	996	17	229	7	12	4	1
Medical Office	5,685	2,197	215	3,046	179	46	2	5
Medical Office - Cardiology	566	186	37	326	16	1	0	1
Medical Office - Dentist Office	329	204	15	101	7	2	0	1
Medical Office - Dermatology	574	291	28	235	15	5	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	217	70	28	114	1	4	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	135	56	10	67	1	1	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	443	149	29	256	5	4	0	0
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	59	27	4	25	2	1	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	6,179	3,039	409	2,495	191	40	2	4
Medical Office - Rheumatology	93	31	9	51	2	0	0	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	570	215	41	294	17	3	1	0
Office Building	1,951	525	30	1,245	101	25	5	20
Outdoor Rec	162	61	0	78	14	6	3	0
Outlet Mall	85	30	0	52	3	0	0	0
Park	52	11	0	32	4	5	0	0
Parking Structure	412	82	14	279	30	7	0	0
Pedestrian Plaza	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	20,930	20,217	16	266	106	227	53	45
Residential Facility	2,808	1,215	204	1,077	110	87	108	10
Rest Stop	68	5	0	60	3	0	0	0
Retail	13,633	4,786	47	8,457	257	83	3	8
Shopping Center	461	51	0	402	8	0	0	0
Shopping Mall	601	54	0	541	6	0	0	0
Sitdown Restaurant	23,730	9,265	945	11,486	1,255	534	145	101
Spiritual Center	21	12	0	8	1	0	0	0
Stadium	423	277	7	59	14	41	6	19
Streetscape	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Student Center	72	8	1	49	8	4	2	0
Theater	685	74	4	569	26	5	1	6
Tourist Attraction	55	18	1	32	4	0	0	0
Trail	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	26	1	0	20	2	0	1	2
Transit Station	2,702	1,066	11	1,459	44	58	24	40
University Dining	6	2	0	2	1	1	0	0
University Health Center	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
University Housing	64	16	0	39	6	2	1	0
University Recreation Center	18	2	0	14	1	0	1	0
Warehouse	336	87	1	232	13	3	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 2023.09.07	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.09.07	Previously Cleared
Total	164,410	161,432	29,200	2,978	135,210
Academic Building	468	466	12	2	456
Airport Concourse	218	211	12	7	206
Airport Terminal	129	129	6	0	123
Amusement Park	13	13	0	0	13
Auto Dealership	721	721	9	0	712
Bank	782	773	3	9	779
Bar	19,588	19,228	1,044	360	18,544
Bus Garage Routes	241	234	0	7	241
Business	3,576	3,471	229	105	3,347
Car Wash Facility	42	42	2	0	40
Casino	76	76	7	0	69
Child Care Facility	1	1	0	0	1
Coffee Shop	54	53	9	1	45
Commercial Airport	302	302	2	0	300
Community Center	37	37	0	0	37
Convenience Store	18,483	18,215	168	268	18,315
Convention Center	69	68	6	1	63
Country Club	73	73	2	0	71
Drugstore	10,460	10,386	82	74	10,378
Event	30	29	3	1	27
Event Facility	94	92	9	2	85
Ferry	4	4	0	0	4
Fire Department	24	24	0	0	24
Food Court	11	11	1	0	10
Fraternal Organization	1,430	1,426	3	4	1,427
Gas Station	1,536	1,512	4	24	1,532
General Aviation Airport	55	55	0	0	55
Grocery Store	14,052	14,026	91	26	13,961
Gym	2,888	2,880	4	8	2,884
Hospital	1,260	1,259	18	1	1,242
Hotel	1,287	1,280	23	7	1,264
Indoor Rec	742	739	15	3	727
Institutional Housing	59	59	6	0	53
Laundromat	78	77	0	1	78
Lifestyle Center	98	98	9	0	89
Liquor Store	1,266	1,249	3	17	1,263
Medical Office	5,685	5,517	31	168	5,654
Medical Office - Cardiology	566	531	2	35	564
Medical Office - Dentist Office	329	319	4	10	325
Medical Office - Dermatology	574	546	2	28	572
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	217	189	0	28	217
Medical Office - Neurology	135	125	2	10	133
Medical Office - Oncology	443	414	0	29	443
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	59	56	1	3	58
Medical Office - Primary Care	6,179	5,770	36	409	6,143
Medical Office - Rheumatology	93	84	0	9	93
Medical Office - Women's Health	570	529	0	41	570
Office Building	1,951	1,922	43	29	1,908
Outdoor Rec	162	162	5	0	157
Outlet Mall	85	85	5	0	80
Park	52	52	2	0	50
Parking Structure	412	398	18	14	394
Pedestrian Plaza	5	5	2	0	3
Quick Serve Restaurant	20,930	20,914	19,968	16	962
Residential Facility	2,808	2,604	86	204	2,722
Rest Stop	68	68	1	0	67
Retail	13,633	13,586	278	47	13,355
Shopping Center	461	461	27	0	434
Shopping Mall	601	601	45	0	556
Sitdown Restaurant	23,730	22,785	6,529	945	17,201
Spiritual Center	21	21	0	0	21
Stadium	423	416	267	7	156
Streetscape	1	1	0	0	1
Student Center	72	71	4	1	68
Theater	685	681	16	4	669
Tourist Attraction	55	54	3	1	52
Trail	4	4	0	0	4
Transit Hub	26	26	1	0	25
Transit Station	2,702	2,691	19	11	2,683
University Dining	6	6	2	0	4
University Health Center	2	2	0	0	2
University Housing	64	64	13	0	51
University Recreation Center	18	18	1	0	17
Warehouse	336	335	5	1	331

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 2023.09.07 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.09.07 includes 164,410 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.09.07	Vintage 2023.08.25
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: 20230907_193624