Placecast™ by Date Version 2.1, Publication Date 2023.09.17

On September 17, 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	189,532	164,773	384	21,558	1,696	952	106	86
Academic Building	471	455	0	16	0	0	0	0
Airport Concourse	214	212	2	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	132	132	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amusement Park	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0
Auto Dealership	18,851	18,434	0	55	66	200	53	43
Bank	777	736	1	40	0	0	0	0
Bar	19,349	12,060	30	6,777	323	142	15	5
Bus Garage Routes	232	232	0	0	0	0	0	0
Business	3,514	3,310	4	202	0	0	0	0
Car Wash Facility	43	42	1	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	47	0	6	0	1	0	0
Commercial Airport	303	303	0	0	0	0	0	0
Community Center	37	36	0	1	0	0	0	0
Convenience Store	18,298	17,778	60	462	1	0	0	0
Convention Center	70	70	0	0	0	0	0	0
Country Club	74	74	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugstore	10,427	10,190	12	223	0	2	0	0
Event	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	92	87	0	5	0	0	0	0
Ferry	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0
Food Court	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	0
Fraternal Organization	1,433	1,384	0	49	0	0	0	0
Gas Station	1,512	1,509	4	0	0	0	0	0
General Aviation Airport	55	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grocery Store	16,085	14,558	20	1,503	2	1	1	0
Gym	2,888	2,704	4	180	0	0	0	0
Hospital	1,263	1,247	1	15	0	0	0	0
Hotel	1,278	1,249	5	23	1	0	0	0
Indoor Rec	741	707	0	34	0	0	0	0
Institutional Housing	61	59	0	2	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	78	78	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lifestyle Center	100	89	1	10	0	0	0	0
Liquor Store	1,254	1,240	0	13	0	0	0	1
Medical Office	5,549	5,275	2	273	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Cardiology	543	434	0	109	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dentist Office	325	316	1	8	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	553	518	0	35	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	200	171	0	29	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	126	102	0	24	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	428	341	0	87	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	59	47	0	12	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,867	5,480	3	384	0	1	0	0
Medical Office - Rheumatology	86	70	0	16	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	537	432	0	105	0	0	0	0
Office Building	1,933	1,917	1	13	1	1	0	0
Outdoor Rec	162	155	0	7	0	0	0	0
Outlet Mall	86	86	0	0	0	0	0	0
Park	54	54	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parking Structure	413	358	0	54	0	0	1	0
Pedestrian Plaza	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	21,806	21,187	107	437	46	26	1	2
Residential Facility	2,590	2,354	25	211	0	3	0	0
Rest Stop	68	68	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retail	16,665	8,192	11	7,009	1,006	407	21	27
Shopping Center	470	470	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shopping Mall	609	603	2	3	1	0	0	0
Sitdown Restaurant	26,141	22,583	84	3,056	245	153	14	7
Spiritual Center	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	420	373	1	26	4	15	0	1
Streetscape	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Student Center	72	70	0	2	0	0	0	0
Theater	688	663	0	25	0	0	0	0
Tourist Attraction	54	52	0	2	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	2,693	2,692	1	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	337	334	1	2	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 2023.09.17	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.09.17	Previously Cleared
Total	189,578	189,194	25,517	384	164,061
Academic Building	471	471	3	0	468
Airport Concourse	214	212	3	2	211
Airport Terminal	132	132	1	0	131
Amusement Park	13	13	0	0	13
Auto Dealership	18,851	18,851	18,130	0	721
Bank	777	776	3	1	774
Bar	19,349	19,319	150	30	19,199
Bus Garage Routes	232	232	0	0	232
Business	3,516	3,512	29	4	3,487
Car Wash Facility	43	42	0	1	43
Casino	77	77	0	0	77
Child Care Facility	1	1	0	0	1
Coffee Shop	54	54	0	0	54
Commercial Airport	303	303	2	0	301
Community Center	37	37	0	0	37
Convenience Store	18,298	18,238	49	60	18,249
Convention Center	70	70	2	0	68
Country Club	74	74	0	0	74
Drugstore	10,427	10,415	25	12	10,402
Event	29	29	1	0	28
Event Facility	92	92	0	0	92
Ferry	7	7	0	0	7
Fire Department	24	24	0	0	24
Food Court	12	12	0	0	12
Fraternal Organization	1,433	1,433	5	0	1,428
Gas Station	1,512	1,508	1	4	1,511
General Aviation Airport	55	55	0	0	55
Grocery Store	16,085	16,065	28	20	16,057
Gym	2,888	2,884	3	4	2,885
Hospital	1,264	1,263	1	1	1,263
Hotel	1,278	1,273	1	5	1,277
Indoor Rec	741	741	3	0	738
Institutional Housing	61	61	2	0	59
Laundromat	78	78	1	0	77
Lifestyle Center	100	99	2	1	98
Liquor Store	1,254	1,254	2	0	1,252
Medical Office	5,591	5,589	46	2	5,545
Medical Office - Cardiology	543	543	9	0	534
Medical Office - Dentist Office	325	324	4	1	321
Medical Office - Dermatology	553	553	9	0	544
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	200	200	6	0	194
Medical Office - Neurology	126	126	1	0	125
Medical Office - Oncology	428	428	9	0	419
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	59	59	0	0	59
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,867	5,864	57	3	5,810
Medical Office - Rheumatology	86	86	1	0	85
Medical Office - Women's Health	537	537	3	0	534
Office Building	1,934	1,933	10	1	1,924
Outdoor Rec	162	162	1	0	161
Outlet Mall	86	86	0	0	86
Park	54	54	1	0	53
Parking Structure	413	413	3	0	410
Pedestrian Plaza	6	6	0	0	6
Quick Serve Restaurant	21,806	21,699	500	107	21,306
Residential Facility	2,590	2,565	7	25	2,583
Rest Stop	68	68	0	0	68
Retail	16,665	16,654	3,017	11	13,648
Shopping Center	470	470	6	0	464
Shopping Mall	609	607	2	2	607
Sitdown Restaurant	26,141	26,057	3,368	84	22,773
Spiritual Center	22	22	1	0	21
Stadium	420	419	4	1	416
Streetscape	1	1	0	0	1
Student Center	72	72	0	0	72
Theater	688	688	1	0	687
Tourist Attraction	54	54	0	0	54
Trail	4	4	0	0	4
Transit Hub	26	26	0	0	26
Transit Station	2,693	2,692	2	1	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	337	336	2	1	335

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 2023.09.17 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.09.17 includes 189,578 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.09.17	Vintage 2023.09.09
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: 20230917_013330