Placecast™ by Date Version 2.1, Publication Date 2023.10.09

On October 9, 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	285,878	239,026	2,050	14,424	572	4,432	10,768	14,627
Academic Building	1,398	1,297	33	16	0	1	2	49
Airport Concourse	225	187	0	0	1	8	4	25
Airport Gate	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	138	112	0	1	0	9	5	11
Amusement Park	57	54	0	0	0	1	0	2
Auto Dealership	25,114	23,577	137	33	7	3	665	692
Bank	3,378	3,001	10	147	2	2	71	145
Bar	23,599	17,925	177	3,634	97	40	680	1,049
Bus Garage Routes	237	210	0	0	2	12	11	2
Business	6,881	5,481	86	833	79	24	126	252
Car Wash Facility	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	317	248	5	11	2	5	30	16
Child Care Facility	233	169	8	39	2	0	8	8
Coffee Shop	8,004	7,536	43	9	2	1	156	257
Commercial Airport	306	284	1	1	0	0	3	17
Community Center	173	155	2	6	0	0	3	7
Convenience Store	19,061	16,669	67	598	24	32	317	1,358
Convention Center	113	102	5	0	0	0	3	3
Country Club	89	85	0	0	0	0	2	2
Drugstore	10,692	8,639	24	326	6	120	751	826
Event	64	53	2	0	0	0	0	9
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	192	169	3	7	1	1	3	8
Ferry	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	30	27	0	0	0	0	3	0
Food Court	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	0
Fraternal Organization	2,780	2,176	4	294	38	18	161	89
Gas Station	2,351	2,159	50	1	0	2	34	105
General Aviation Airport	187	165	0	1	0	1	7	13
Grocery Store	16,430	13,371	62	289	0	247	1,093	1,368
Gym	3,366	2,688	41	264	3	10	187	173
Hospital	1,291	1,058	2	9	0	12	140	70
Hotel	1,723	1,381	15	66	18	9	119	115
Indoor Rec	1,087	858	4	91	14	9	76	35
Institutional Housing	62	55	0	1	0	1	2	3
Laundromat	330	298	4	14	0	0	2	12
Lifestyle Center	185	143	2	10	0	1	14	15
Liquor Store	1,315	1,175	3	33	2	3	17	82
Medical Office	5,756	3,892	31	450	6	645	217	515
Medical Office - Cardiology	571	133	30	170	0	159	75	5
Medical Office - Dentist Office	334	253	0	45	0	4	17	15
Medical Office - Dermatology	601	266	16	107	0	143	57	12
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	212	59	20	44	0	68	19	2
Medical Office - Neurology	138	30	9	24	0	64	11	1
Medical Office - Oncology	463	129	25	125	0	124	56	4
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	65	36	2	21	0	6	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	6,271	2,862	63	816	4	1,674	710	144
Medical Office - Rheumatology	94	28	12	23	0	26	5	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	571	160	22	136	0	177	69	7
Office Building	2,669	2,058	95	242	4	4	91	175
Outdoor Rec	326	258	4	28	2	7	18	9
Outlet Mall	123	104	2	0	0	3	6	8
Park	101	88	2	5	2	1	2	1
Parking Structure	634	453	13	85	2	1	45	35
Pedestrian Plaza	60	53	0	0	0	1	1	5
Quick Serve Restaurant	61,159	55,989	387	122	5	16	1,173	3,467
Residential Facility	3,157	2,807	43	159	7	6	59	78
Rest Stop	71	69	0	0	0	0	2	0
Retail	30,687	25,808	167	774	110	526	2,153	1,156
Shopping Center	1,545	1,293	7	3	0	6	141	95
Shopping Mall	785	569	24	57	0	6	78	51
Sitdown Restaurant	30,573	24,141	111	3,846	56	44	768	1,607
Spiritual Center	65	59	0	1	0	0	2	3
Stadium	919	763	7	52	0	5	15	77
Streetscape	24	18	2	0	0	0	0	4
Student Center	88	67	0	13	0	0	2	6
Theater	1,728	1,378	13	77	6	21	135	98
Tourist Attraction	608	519	9	3	0	2	47	28
Trail	19	14	2	0	0	0	3	0
Transit Hub	31	26	0	0	0	4	0	1
Transit Station	2,699	1,966	125	241	68	116	75	108
University Campus	170	163	0	7	0	0	0	0
University Dining	23	20	0	1	0	0	0	2
University Health Center	46	45	1	0	0	0	0	0
University Housing	338	269	11	2	0	0	3	53
University Recreation Center	310	286	3	2	0	0	0	19
Warehouse	370	324	2	7	0	1	18	18

*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 2023.10.09	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.10.09	Previously Cleared
Total	290,859	289,033	4,975	1,826	285,884
Academic Building	1,398	1,365	32	33	1,366
Airport Concourse	225	225	12	0	213
Airport Gate	2	2	0	0	2
Airport Terminal	138	138	2	0	136
Amusement Park	57	57	2	0	55
Auto Dealership	25,114	24,977	282	137	24,832
Bank	3,378	3,368	159	10	3,219
Bar	23,600	23,423	557	177	23,043
Bus Garage Routes	237	237	2	0	235
Business	6,883	6,797	133	86	6,750
Car Wash Facility	43	43	0	0	43
Casino	317	312	13	5	304
Child Care Facility	233	225	3	8	230
Coffee Shop	8,004	7,961	241	43	7,763
Commercial Airport	306	306	1	0	305
Community Center	173	171	1	2	172
Convenience Store	19,061	18,994	119	67	18,942
Convention Center	113	108	0	5	113
Country Club	89	89	1	0	88
Drugstore	10,692	10,668	56	24	10,636
Event	64	62	3	2	61
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	2
Event Facility	192	189	1	3	191
Face	4,933	4,933	0	0	4,933
Ferry	7	7	0	0	7
Fire Department	30	30	0	0	30
Food Court	12	12	0	0	12
Fraternal Organization	2,780	2,776	21	4	2,759
Gas Station	2,351	2,301	15	50	2,336
General Aviation Airport	187	187	1	0	186
Grocery Store	16,430	16,368	53	62	16,377
Gym	3,366	3,325	12	41	3,354
Hospital	1,292	1,291	4	1	1,288
Hotel	1,723	1,708	56	15	1,667
Indoor Rec	1,087	1,083	44	4	1,043
Institutional Housing	62	62	0	0	62
Laundromat	330	326	3	4	327
Lifestyle Center	185	183	4	2	181
Liquor Store	1,315	1,312	10	3	1,305
Medical Office	5,798	5,768	45	30	5,753
Medical Office - Cardiology	571	561	5	10	566
Medical Office - Dentist Office	334	334	3	0	331
Medical Office - Dermatology	601	594	8	7	593
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	212	208	3	4	209
Medical Office - Neurology	138	137	1	1	137
Medical Office - Oncology	463	457	2	6	461
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	65	65	0	0	65
Medical Office - Primary Care	6,271	6,208	110	63	6,161
Medical Office - Rheumatology	94	91	1	3	93
Medical Office - Women's Health	571	567	10	4	561
Neighborhood	1	1	0	0	1
Office Building	2,670	2,575	33	95	2,637
Outdoor Rec	326	322	13	4	313
Outlet Mall	123	121	5	2	118
Park	101	99	3	2	98
Parking Structure	634	621	11	13	623
Pedestrian Plaza	60	60	1	0	59
Quick Serve Restaurant	61,159	60,772	1,477	387	59,682
Residential Facility	3,157	3,114	47	43	3,110
Rest Stop	71	71	1	0	70
Retail	30,687	30,521	211	166	30,476
Shopping Center	1,545	1,538	34	7	1,511
Shopping Mall	785	761	12	24	773
Sitdown Restaurant	30,573	30,462	1,008	111	29,565
Spiritual Center	65	65	1	0	64
Stadium	919	912	33	7	886
Streetscape	24	22	0	2	24
Student Center	88	88	1	0	87
Theater	1,728	1,715	10	13	1,718
Tourist Attraction	608	599	12	9	596
Trail	19	17	0	2	19
Transit Hub	31	31	1	0	30
Transit Station	2,699	2,691	7	8	2,692
University Campus	170	170	0	0	170
University Dining	23	23	0	0	23
University Health Center	46	46	0	0	46
University Housing	338	327	14	11	324
University Recreation Center	310	307	8	3	302
Warehouse	370	369	1	1	369

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 2023.10.09 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.10.09 includes 290,859 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.10.09	Vintage 2023.10.02
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: 20231009_134058