Placecast™ by Date Version 2.1, Publication Date 2023.10.02

On October 2, 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	281,438	232,122	535	45,944	1,797	867	123	73
Academic Building	1,382	1,358	16	8	0	0	0	0
Airport Concourse	214	213	1	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Gate	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	136	136	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amusement Park	55	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
Auto Dealership	24,986	24,826	154	6	0	0	0	0
Bank	3,238	3,140	19	79	0	0	0	0
Bar	23,058	17,746	16	5,158	92	41	4	4
Bus Garage Routes	235	235	0	0	0	0	0	0
Business	6,787	6,062	39	668	13	3	4	0
Car Wash Facility	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	304	295	0	7	2	0	0	0
Child Care Facility	232	224	2	6	0	0	0	0
Coffee Shop	7,763	7,733	0	7	4	7	5	7
Commercial Airport	305	279	0	26	0	0	0	0
Community Center	172	157	0	11	2	1	1	0
Convenience Store	18,972	17,868	30	1,067	6	4	0	0
Convention Center	122	113	9	0	0	0	0	0
Country Club	88	82	0	5	1	0	0	0
Drugstore	10,637	10,473	1	162	0	0	1	0
Event	63	61	2	0	0	0	0	0
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	193	172	2	18	0	1	0	0
Ferry	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Food Court	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	0
Fraternal Organization	2,760	1,859	1	583	176	131	6	4
Gas Station	2,343	2,301	7	27	5	3	0	1
General Aviation Airport	186	186	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grocery Store	16,387	16,011	10	364	1	0	1	0
Gym	3,356	3,230	2	124	0	0	0	0
Hospital	1,290	1,280	3	7	0	0	0	0
Hotel	1,670	1,330	3	254	45	37	1	0
Indoor Rec	1,043	851	0	115	26	43	5	3
Institutional Housing	62	61	0	1	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	327	320	0	7	0	0	0	0
Lifestyle Center	185	132	4	32	3	8	6	0
Liquor Store	1,306	1,175	1	106	14	8	2	0
Medical Office	5,712	5,449	1	263	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Cardiology	567	520	1	46	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dentist Office	331	275	0	56	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	593	514	0	79	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	210	157	1	52	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	137	120	0	17	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	461	428	0	33	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	65	63	0	2	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	6,165	5,588	4	572	2	0	0	0
Medical Office - Rheumatology	93	80	0	13	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	561	501	0	60	0	0	0	0
Office Building	2,641	2,380	5	256	0	0	0	0
Outdoor Rec	320	249	7	50	5	5	3	1
Outlet Mall	122	53	4	61	0	4	0	0
Park	99	81	1	15	1	1	0	0
Parking Structure	626	563	3	49	10	1	0	0
Pedestrian Plaza	60	59	1	0	0	0	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	59,703	44,655	21	13,497	1,046	397	54	33
Residential Facility	3,139	2,588	29	517	7	1	0	0
Rest Stop	70	70	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retail	30,497	17,036	21	13,091	225	98	23	11
Shopping Center	1,530	1,139	19	326	21	23	0	2
Shopping Mall	783	527	10	242	2	2	0	0
Sitdown Restaurant	29,579	21,705	14	7,715	86	47	6	7
Spiritual Center	64	64	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	898	886	12	0	0	0	0	0
Streetscape	25	24	1	0	0	0	0	0
Student Center	90	86	3	1	0	0	0	0
Theater	1,721	1,653	3	63	1	0	1	0
Tourist Attraction	612	595	16	1	0	0	0	0
Trail	20	19	1	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	31	30	1	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Station	2,697	2,688	5	4	0	0	0	0
University Campus	171	170	1	0	0	0	0	0
University Dining	24	22	1	1	0	0	0	0
University Health Center	46	46	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Housing	344	323	20	1	0	0	0	0
University Recreation Center	305	297	3	5	0	0	0	0
Warehouse	372	361	3	6	1	1	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 2023.10.02	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.10.02	Previously Cleared
Total	286,421	285,884	49,977	537	236,444
Academic Building	1,382	1,366	4	16	1,378
Airport Concourse	214	213	2	1	212
Airport Gate	3	2	0	1	3
Airport Terminal	136	136	1	0	135
Amusement Park	55	55	1	0	54
Auto Dealership	24,986	24,832	7	154	24,979
Bank	3,238	3,219	14	19	3,224
Bar	23,059	23,043	380	16	22,679
Bus Garage Routes	235	235	0	0	235
Business	6,789	6,750	43	39	6,746
Car Wash Facility	43	43	0	0	43
Casino	304	304	5	0	299
Child Care Facility	232	230	0	2	232
Coffee Shop	7,763	7,763	7,705	0	58
Commercial Airport	305	305	1	0	304
Community Center	172	172	0	0	172
Convenience Store	18,972	18,942	79	30	18,893
Convention Center	122	113	1	9	121
Country Club	88	88	1	0	87
Drugstore	10,637	10,636	28	1	10,609
Event	63	61	0	2	63
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	2
Event Facility	193	191	1	2	192
Face	4,935	4,933	3,846	2	1,089
Ferry	7	7	0	0	7
Fire Department	30	30	0	0	30
Food Court	12	12	0	0	12
Fraternal Organization	2,760	2,759	141	1	2,619
Gas Station	2,343	2,336	20	7	2,323
General Aviation Airport	186	186	0	0	186
Grocery Store	16,387	16,377	25	10	16,362
Gym	3,356	3,354	0	2	3,356
Hospital	1,291	1,288	1	3	1,290
Hotel	1,670	1,667	113	3	1,557
Indoor Rec	1,043	1,043	18	0	1,025
Institutional Housing	62	62	0	0	62
Laundromat	327	327	3	0	324
Lifestyle Center	185	181	16	4	169
Liquor Store	1,306	1,305	9	1	1,297
Medical Office	5,754	5,753	61	1	5,693
Medical Office - Cardiology	567	566	9	1	558
Medical Office - Dentist Office	331	331	3	0	328
Medical Office - Dermatology	593	593	9	0	584
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	210	209	6	1	204
Medical Office - Neurology	137	137	4	0	133
Medical Office - Oncology	461	461	8	0	453
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	65	65	3	0	62
Medical Office - Primary Care	6,165	6,161	125	4	6,040
Medical Office - Rheumatology	93	93	3	0	90
Medical Office - Women's Health	561	561	12	0	549
Neighborhood	1	1	0	0	1
Office Building	2,642	2,637	34	5	2,608
Outdoor Rec	320	313	11	7	309
Outlet Mall	122	118	3	4	119
Park	99	98	0	1	99
Parking Structure	626	623	8	3	618
Pedestrian Plaza	60	59	1	1	59
Quick Serve Restaurant	59,703	59,682	33,564	21	26,139
Residential Facility	3,139	3,110	27	29	3,112
Rest Stop	70	70	0	0	70
Retail	30,497	30,476	2,017	21	28,480
Shopping Center	1,530	1,511	180	19	1,350
Shopping Mall	783	773	12	10	771
Sitdown Restaurant	29,579	29,565	1,395	14	28,184
Spiritual Center	64	64	0	0	64
Stadium	898	886	1	12	897
Streetscape	25	24	0	1	25
Student Center	90	87	0	3	90
Theater	1,721	1,718	7	3	1,714
Tourist Attraction	612	596	2	16	610
Trail	20	19	0	1	20
Transit Hub	31	30	0	1	31
Transit Station	2,697	2,692	0	5	2,697
University Campus	171	170	0	1	171
University Dining	24	23	0	1	24
University Health Center	46	46	0	0	46
University Housing	344	324	5	20	339
University Recreation Center	305	302	1	3	304
Warehouse	372	369	1	3	371

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 2023.10.02 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.10.02 includes 286,421 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.10.02	Vintage 2023.09.23
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: 20231002_213904