Placecast™ by Date Version 2.1, Publication Date 2023.10.15

On October 15, 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	286,635	261,553	1,386	18,397	1,818	4,248	753	466
Academic Building	1,395	1,358	24	12	0	1	0	1
Airport Concourse	228	224	0	1	0	2	1	0
Airport Gate	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	139	139	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amusement Park	57	54	0	0	1	2	0	0
Auto Dealership	25,395	25,065	67	145	52	50	4	14
Bank	3,467	3,278	5	107	10	68	2	1
Bar	23,598	21,541	148	1,406	99	573	31	15
Bus Garage Routes	238	215	0	1	0	17	2	3
Business	6,875	6,301	54	394	28	158	9	2
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	313	292	4	5	2	8	2	1
Child Care Facility	226	194	0	21	0	8	3	0
Coffee Shop	8,042	7,680	21	308	0	27	4	4
Commercial Airport	308	269	0	34	0	2	2	1
Community Center	172	159	1	7	1	2	0	2
Convenience Store	19,095	16,814	93	890	8	1,396	20	10
Convention Center	109	98	8	0	0	3	0	0
Country Club	89	89	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugstore	10,700	8,885	31	1,289	104	264	102	59
Event	62	49	1	0	0	12	0	0
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	189	182	1	6	0	0	1	0
Ferry	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	30	29	0	0	0	0	1	0
Food Court	12	10	0	1	0	0	1	0
Fraternal Organization	2,781	2,745	2	9	9	15	1	1
Gas Station	2,309	2,286	22	1	0	0	0	0
General Aviation Airport	188	187	0	1	0	0	0	0
Grocery Store	16,397	13,977	41	1,971	75	194	108	75
Gym	3,331	3,027	15	302	15	25	8	5
Hospital	1,291	1,187	8	11	10	67	10	9
Hotel	1,723	1,558	10	32	59	41	14	9
Indoor Rec	1,086	952	12	51	14	30	24	14
Institutional Housing	63	63	0	1	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	329	294	1	7	0	27	0	0
Lifestyle Center	184	166	0	2	0	4	11	1
Liquor Store	1,317	1,245	5	19	10	40	0	2
Medical Office	5,732	4,565	41	1,036	170	58	22	9
Medical Office - Cardiology	542	320	16	281	0	2	2	0
Medical Office - Dentist Office	338	245	2	81	0	9	7	2
Medical Office - Dermatology	586	394	16	231	0	0	1	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	195	87	1	123	0	0	1	0
Medical Office - Neurology	131	70	2	69	0	0	1	0
Medical Office - Oncology	439	268	12	210	0	0	3	0
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	63	40	0	20	0	3	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	6,233	4,565	107	2,035	16	18	64	1
Medical Office - Rheumatology	82	39	3	44	0	0	1	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	549	317	9	280	0	1	4	0
Office Building	2,599	2,147	41	260	57	55	35	17
Outdoor Rec	325	328	3	2	0	0	0	0
Outlet Mall	121	120	1	0	0	0	0	0
Park	99	98	1	0	0	0	0	0
Parking Structure	623	504	6	65	2	24	20	5
Pedestrian Plaza	60	55	0	0	4	0	1	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	61,592	58,262	277	2,632	231	138	23	42
Residential Facility	3,154	2,716	29	368	1	22	9	25
Rest Stop	71	71	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retail	30,624	28,818	79	945	526	318	45	35
Shopping Center	1,552	1,344	5	122	15	32	17	17
Shopping Mall	770	711	9	15	16	4	11	4
Sitdown Restaurant	30,930	28,196	124	2,105	224	327	58	38
Spiritual Center	65	65	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	936	903	3	8	0	8	13	1
Streetscape	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Student Center	92	87	0	2	0	3	0	0
Theater	1,721	1,507	5	91	32	49	24	19
Tourist Attraction	605	583	6	4	0	2	3	7
Trail	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Station	2,692	2,175	2	315	26	139	20	15
University Campus	170	170	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Dining	23	19	3	1	0	0	0	0
University Health Center	45	41	0	0	0	0	4	0
University Housing	332	326	4	2	0	0	0	0
University Recreation Center	312	308	2	2	0	0	0	0
Warehouse	369	352	3	14	1	0	3	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 2023.10.15	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.10.15	Previously Cleared
Total	291,643	290,265	2,690	1,378	288,953
Academic Building	1,395	1,371	30	24	1,365
Airport Concourse	228	228	3	0	225
Airport Gate	2	2	0	0	2
Airport Terminal	139	139	1	0	138
Amusement Park	57	57	0	0	57
Auto Dealership	25,395	25,328	418	67	24,977
Bank	3,467	3,462	99	5	3,368
Bar	23,599	23,451	176	148	23,423
Bus Garage Routes	238	238	1	0	237
Business	6,877	6,823	80	54	6,797
Car Wash Facility	44	44	1	0	43
Casino	313	309	1	4	312
Child Care Facility	226	226	1	0	225
Coffee Shop	8,042	8,021	81	21	7,961
Commercial Airport	308	308	2	0	306
Community Center	172	171	1	1	171
Convenience Store	19,095	19,002	101	93	18,994
Convention Center	109	101	1	8	108
Country Club	89	89	0	0	89
Drugstore	10,700	10,669	32	31	10,668
Event	62	61	0	1	62
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	2
Event Facility	189	188	0	1	189
Face	4,853	4,851	0	2	4,853
Ferry	7	7	0	0	7
Fire Department	30	30	0	0	30
Food Court	12	12	0	0	12
Fraternal Organization	2,781	2,779	5	2	2,776
Gas Station	2,309	2,287	8	22	2,301
General Aviation Airport	188	188	1	0	187
Grocery Store	16,397	16,356	29	41	16,368
Gym	3,331	3,316	6	15	3,325
Hospital	1,293	1,285	2	8	1,291
Hotel	1,723	1,713	15	10	1,708
Indoor Rec	1,086	1,074	3	12	1,083
Institutional Housing	63	63	1	0	62
Laundromat	329	328	3	1	326
Lifestyle Center	184	184	1	0	183
Liquor Store	1,317	1,312	5	5	1,312
Medical Office	5,775	5,734	7	41	5,768
Medical Office - Cardiology	562	547	1	15	561
Medical Office - Dentist Office	338	336	4	2	334
Medical Office - Dermatology	595	579	1	16	594
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	211	211	3	0	208
Medical Office - Neurology	139	138	2	1	137
Medical Office - Oncology	458	449	1	9	457
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	65	65	0	0	65
Medical Office - Primary Care	6,233	6,127	25	106	6,208
Medical Office - Rheumatology	91	90	0	1	91
Medical Office - Women's Health	567	560	0	7	567
Neighborhood	1	1	0	0	1
Office Building	2,600	2,559	25	41	2,575
Outdoor Rec	325	322	3	3	322
Outlet Mall	121	120	0	1	121
Park	99	98	0	1	99
Parking Structure	623	617	2	6	621
Pedestrian Plaza	60	60	0	0	60
Quick Serve Restaurant	61,592	61,315	820	277	60,772
Residential Facility	3,154	3,125	40	29	3,114
Rest Stop	71	71	0	0	71
Retail	30,625	30,546	104	79	30,521
Shopping Center	1,552	1,547	14	5	1,538
Shopping Mall	770	761	9	9	761
Sitdown Restaurant	30,930	30,806	468	124	30,462
Spiritual Center	65	65	0	0	65
Stadium	936	933	24	3	912
Streetscape	22	22	0	0	22
Student Center	92	92	4	0	88
Theater	1,721	1,716	6	5	1,715
Tourist Attraction	605	599	6	6	599
Trail	17	17	0	0	17
Transit Hub	31	31	0	0	31
Transit Station	2,693	2,690	2	3	2,691
University Campus	170	170	0	0	170
University Dining	23	20	0	3	23
University Health Center	46	46	0	0	46
University Housing	332	328	5	4	327
University Recreation Center	312	310	5	2	307
Warehouse	370	367	1	3	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 2023.10.15 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.10.15 includes 291,643 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.10.15	Vintage 2023.10.09
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: 20231015_085609