Placecast™ by Date Version 2.1, Publication Date 2023.09.23

On September 23, 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	235,723	165,850	416	60,141	4,910	3,696	476	257
Academic Building	1,384	1,169	6	110	55	29	8	7
Airport Concourse	218	211	6	1	0	0	0	0
Airport Gate	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	136	134	1	0	1	0	0	0
Amusement Park	54	49	0	3	0	2	0	0
Auto Dealership	25,080	16,934	101	6,711	818	436	53	27
Bank	3,224	2,971	0	131	41	64	10	7
Bar	22,943	13,853	24	8,035	589	394	35	16
Bus Garage Routes	235	235	0	0	0	0	0	0
Business	6,765	4,899	21	1,101	309	334	63	40
Car Wash Facility	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	296	266	0	15	2	11	2	0
Child Care Facility	232	232	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coffee Shop	58	46	1	10	0	1	0	0
Commercial Airport	304	302	0	1	0	1	0	0
Community Center	170	165	0	1	1	3	0	0
Convenience Store	18,919	13,684	28	4,917	166	98	20	9
Convention Center	121	103	0	2	7	9	0	0
Country Club	87	82	0	3	1	0	1	0
Drugstore	10,618	9,334	9	1,212	36	25	0	2
Event	63	50	0	9	4	0	0	0
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	193	145	0	14	6	21	3	4
Ferry	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	30	26	0	1	0	2	1	0
Food Court	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	0
Fraternal Organization	2,440	1,466	1	423	242	269	30	9
Gas Station	2,326	1,678	3	349	76	155	30	36
General Aviation Airport	186	169	0	3	2	5	3	4
Grocery Store	16,385	14,480	23	1,852	15	14	1	0
Gym	3,359	2,365	3	865	77	46	2	1
Hospital	1,293	1,249	4	35	5	0	0	0
Hotel	1,550	1,255	1	203	58	26	7	0
Indoor Rec	979	692	3	137	43	85	13	6
Institutional Housing	62	60	0	2	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	325	304	1	8	7	5	0	0
Lifestyle Center	169	120	0	30	14	5	0	0
Liquor Store	1,297	983	0	263	29	20	2	0
Medical Office	5,651	4,786	0	785	52	24	3	2
Medical Office - Cardiology	558	405	0	146	5	2	0	0
Medical Office - Dentist Office	328	267	0	49	6	6	0	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	584	460	0	105	7	12	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	204	138	0	62	3	1	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	133	101	0	28	2	2	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	453	339	0	113	0	1	0	0
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	62	49	0	12	1	0	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	6,040	4,975	0	934	67	44	2	19
Medical Office - Rheumatology	91	63	1	26	1	0	0	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	549	401	0	141	4	3	0	0
Office Building	2,620	2,035	13	389	110	69	1	3
Outdoor Rec	309	266	0	17	7	14	2	3
Outlet Mall	119	74	0	34	6	5	0	0
Park	100	78	1	15	2	4	0	0
Parking Structure	618	435	0	110	35	35	2	1
Pedestrian Plaza	59	58	0	0	0	0	1	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	26,158	15,422	20	9,987	458	227	33	11
Residential Facility	3,137	2,023	25	914	88	81	7	2
Rest Stop	70	67	0	3	0	0	0	0
Retail	28,560	17,924	81	9,220	823	443	64	13
Shopping Center	1,351	1,146	0	174	20	11	0	0
Shopping Mall	771	370	0	333	47	21	0	0
Sitdown Restaurant	28,221	18,246	32	9,477	285	162	11	9
Spiritual Center	65	58	1	0	0	3	1	2
Stadium	897	544	0	60	65	177	35	16
Streetscape	26	25	1	0	0	0	0	0
Student Center	90	83	0	4	0	0	2	1
Theater	1,713	1,109	0	166	178	234	22	4
Tourist Attraction	610	570	0	5	7	24	2	2
Trail	20	18	0	0	0	1	0	1
Transit Hub	31	29	0	1	1	0	0	0
Transit Station	2,702	2,324	5	345	18	10	0	0
University Campus	171	171	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Dining	24	21	0	1	2	0	0	0
University Health Center	46	46	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Housing	339	305	0	18	3	10	3	0
University Recreation Center	304	293	0	5	0	5	1	0
Warehouse	371	350	0	13	3	5	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 2023.09.23	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.09.23	Previously Cleared
Total	236,859	236,444	48,087	415	188,772
Academic Building	1,384	1,378	913	6	471
Airport Concourse	218	212	6	6	212
Airport Gate	3	3	3	0	0
Airport Terminal	136	135	4	1	132
Amusement Park	54	54	41	0	13
Auto Dealership	25,080	24,979	6,615	101	18,465
Bank	3,224	3,224	2,448	0	776
Bar	22,943	22,920	4,063	23	18,880
Bus Garage Routes	235	235	3	0	232
Business	6,767	6,746	3,256	21	3,511
Car Wash Facility	43	43	1	0	42
Casino	296	296	219	0	77
Child Care Facility	232	232	231	0	1
Coffee Shop	58	57	4	1	54
Commercial Airport	304	304	1	0	303
Community Center	170	170	133	0	37
Convenience Store	18,919	18,891	680	28	18,239
Convention Center	121	121	51	0	70
Country Club	87	87	13	0	74
Drugstore	10,618	10,609	203	9	10,415
Event	63	63	34	0	29
Event Detection	2	2	2	0	0
Event Facility	193	193	101	0	92
Face	1,089	1,089	1,089	0	0
Ferry	7	7	0	0	7
Fire Department	30	30	6	0	24
Food Court	12	12	0	0	12
Fraternal Organization	2,440	2,439	597	1	1,843
Gas Station	2,326	2,323	818	3	1,508
General Aviation Airport	186	186	131	0	55
Grocery Store	16,385	16,362	322	23	16,063
Gym	3,359	3,356	475	3	2,884
Hospital	1,294	1,290	31	4	1,263
Hotel	1,550	1,549	275	1	1,275
Indoor Rec	979	976	220	3	759
Institutional Housing	62	62	1	0	61
Laundromat	325	324	247	1	78
Lifestyle Center	169	169	70	0	99
Liquor Store	1,297	1,297	43	0	1,254
Medical Office	5,693	5,693	104	0	5,589
Medical Office - Cardiology	558	558	15	0	543
Medical Office - Dentist Office	328	328	4	0	324
Medical Office - Dermatology	584	584	31	0	553
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	204	204	4	0	200
Medical Office - Neurology	133	133	7	0	126
Medical Office - Oncology	453	453	25	0	428
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	62	62	3	0	59
Medical Office - Primary Care	6,040	6,040	176	0	5,864
Medical Office - Rheumatology	91	90	5	1	86
Medical Office - Women's Health	549	549	12	0	537
Neighborhood	1	1	1	0	0
Office Building	2,621	2,608	688	13	1,933
Outdoor Rec	309	309	147	0	162
Outlet Mall	119	119	33	0	86
Park	100	99	46	1	54
Parking Structure	618	618	205	0	413
Pedestrian Plaza	59	59	53	0	6
Quick Serve Restaurant	26,158	26,138	4,459	20	21,699
Residential Facility	3,137	3,112	572	25	2,565
Rest Stop	70	70	2	0	68
Retail	28,560	28,479	11,905	81	16,655
Shopping Center	1,351	1,351	882	0	469
Shopping Mall	771	771	164	0	607
Sitdown Restaurant	28,221	28,189	2,189	32	26,032
Spiritual Center	65	64	43	1	22
Stadium	897	897	478	0	419
Streetscape	26	25	25	1	1
Student Center	90	90	18	0	72
Theater	1,713	1,713	1,025	0	688
Tourist Attraction	610	610	556	0	54
Trail	20	20	16	0	4
Transit Hub	31	31	5	0	26
Transit Station	2,702	2,697	10	5	2,692
University Campus	171	171	171	0	0
University Dining	24	24	18	0	6
University Health Center	46	46	44	0	2
University Housing	339	339	275	0	64
University Recreation Center	304	304	286	0	18
Warehouse	371	371	35	0	336

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 2023.09.23 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.09.23 includes 236,859 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.09.23	Vintage 2023.09.17
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: 20230923_074043