Placecast™ by Date Version 2.1, Publication Date 2023.10.29

On October 29, 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	302,687	253,546	619	39,374	4,028	3,498	1,104	819
Academic Building	1,402	1,376	8	18	0	0	0	0
Airport Concourse	235	235	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Gate	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	142	140	0	2	0	0	0	0
Amusement Park	57	57	0	0	0	0	0	0
Auto Dealership	25,783	25,716	31	22	2	1	3	8
Bank	3,559	3,390	1	142	24	0	1	1
Bar	29,305	21,840	39	5,241	780	753	319	355
Bus Garage Routes	242	226	0	15	0	0	0	1
Business	6,873	6,438	25	405	2	18	1	0
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	306	300	1	5	0	0	0	0
Child Care Facility	228	208	0	19	1	0	0	0
Coffee Shop	8,042	7,437	12	583	0	7	2	1
Commercial Airport	309	307	0	0	0	0	1	1
Community Center	169	164	0	5	0	0	0	0
Convenience Store	19,096	17,443	47	1,598	7	2	5	4
Convention Center	98	97	1	0	0	0	0	0
Country Club	89	89	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugstore	10,721	9,844	10	809	27	20	10	11
Event	63	62	1	0	0	0	0	0
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	205	184	1	16	2	2	0	0
Ferry	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Food Court	12	12	1	1	0	0	0	0
Fraternal Organization	2,784	2,770	3	11	0	0	0	0
Gas Station	2,293	2,075	6	193	9	9	1	0
General Aviation Airport	189	189	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grocery Store	16,355	15,389	25	852	40	29	17	13
Gym	3,300	3,005	37	302	0	0	0	0
Hospital	1,282	1,174	2	32	17	31	10	16
Hotel	1,731	1,692	4	25	4	5	1	0
Indoor Rec	1,087	1,030	5	53	1	2	0	0
Institutional Housing	63	62	0	1	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	329	306	1	21	1	0	0	0
Lifestyle Center	204	138	1	25	4	16	17	3
Liquor Store	1,317	1,249	5	48	0	8	1	6
Medical Office	5,555	4,669	37	843	4	7	6	1
Medical Office - Cardiology	475	295	5	177	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dentist Office	332	255	1	74	0	0	1	1
Medical Office - Dermatology	540	380	3	161	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	183	80	2	101	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	121	78	1	44	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	391	233	8	154	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	63	47	3	15	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,752	4,438	61	1,331	1	2	2	1
Medical Office - Rheumatology	77	46	0	31	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	493	313	8	180	0	0	0	0
Office Building	2,554	2,241	37	230	22	19	2	5
Outdoor Rec	329	327	0	2	0	0	0	0
Outlet Mall	133	47	1	67	7	11	0	0
Park	98	98	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parking Structure	635	496	5	77	13	9	8	27
Pedestrian Plaza	59	57	2	0	0	0	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	62,189	61,098	61	968	18	20	9	15
Residential Facility	3,209	2,992	17	181	7	10	3	1
Rest Stop	71	70	1	0	0	0	0	0
Retail	31,628	17,969	34	11,010	1,799	606	198	37
Shopping Center	2,651	1,812	2	404	97	196	79	61
Shopping Mall	805	393	5	291	21	84	3	10
Sitdown Restaurant	38,896	23,410	46	12,272	1,101	1,491	380	228
Spiritual Center	66	62	0	2	2	0	0	0
Stadium	979	943	1	35	0	0	0	0
Streetscape	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Student Center	96	94	0	2	0	0	0	0
Theater	1,728	1,497	8	211	0	8	4	2
Tourist Attraction	605	573	1	27	1	2	0	1
Trail	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Station	2,699	2,493	1	32	14	130	20	9
University Campus	170	170	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Dining	20	19	0	1	0	0	0	0
University Health Center	45	45	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Housing	337	335	0	2	0	0	0	0
University Recreation Center	312	309	1	2	0	0	0	0
Warehouse	366	363	0	3	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 2023.10.29	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.10.29	Previously Cleared
Total	307,993	307,608	16,727	385	291,266
Academic Building	1,402	1,394	7	8	1,395
Airport Concourse	235	235	6	0	229
Airport Gate	2	2	0	0	2
Airport Terminal	142	142	2	0	140
Amusement Park	57	57	0	0	57
Auto Dealership	25,783	25,752	143	31	25,640
Bank	3,559	3,558	35	1	3,524
Bar	29,306	29,279	5,768	27	23,538
Bus Garage Routes	242	242	1	0	241
Business	6,875	6,860	40	15	6,835
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0	0	44
Casino	306	305	1	1	305
Child Care Facility	228	228	0	0	228
Coffee Shop	8,042	8,030	6	12	8,036
Commercial Airport	309	309	1	0	308
Community Center	169	169	0	0	169
Convenience Store	19,096	19,070	72	26	19,024
Convention Center	98	97	0	1	98
Country Club	89	89	1	0	88
Drugstore	10,721	10,720	24	1	10,697
Event	63	62	2	1	61
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	2
Event Facility	205	204	1	1	204
Face	5,142	5,134	0	8	5,142
Ferry	7	7	0	0	7
Fire Department	30	30	0	0	30
Food Court	12	12	0	0	12
Fraternal Organization	2,784	2,781	4	3	2,780
Gas Station	2,293	2,287	6	6	2,287
General Aviation Airport	189	189	1	0	188
Grocery Store	16,355	16,340	20	15	16,335
Gym	3,300	3,286	5	14	3,295
Hospital	1,284	1,282	3	2	1,281
Hotel	1,731	1,727	6	4	1,725
Indoor Rec	1,087	1,085	5	2	1,082
Institutional Housing	63	63	1	0	62
Laundromat	329	328	0	1	329
Lifestyle Center	204	203	20	1	184
Liquor Store	1,317	1,312	2	5	1,315
Medical Office	5,598	5,571	10	27	5,588
Medical Office - Cardiology	496	496	1	0	495
Medical Office - Dentist Office	332	331	0	1	332
Medical Office - Dermatology	549	548	0	1	549
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	200	200	2	0	198
Medical Office - Neurology	130	130	1	0	129
Medical Office - Oncology	413	412	0	1	413
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	65	64	0	1	65
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,753	5,752	9	1	5,744
Medical Office - Rheumatology	87	87	0	0	87
Medical Office - Women's Health	513	513	1	0	512
Neighborhood	1	1	0	0	1
Office Building	2,555	2,519	17	36	2,538
Outdoor Rec	329	329	1	0	328
Outlet Mall	133	132	9	1	124
Park	98	98	0	0	98
Parking Structure	635	631	18	4	617
Pedestrian Plaza	59	57	0	2	59
Quick Serve Restaurant	62,189	62,129	403	60	61,786
Residential Facility	3,209	3,192	42	17	3,167
Rest Stop	71	70	0	1	71
Retail	31,629	31,619	1,093	10	30,536
Shopping Center	2,651	2,649	1,086	2	1,565
Shopping Mall	805	801	58	4	747
Sitdown Restaurant	38,896	38,875	7,747	21	31,149
Spiritual Center	66	66	2	0	64
Stadium	979	978	16	1	963
Streetscape	22	22	0	0	22
Student Center	96	96	2	0	94
Theater	1,728	1,723	3	5	1,725
Tourist Attraction	605	604	3	1	602
Trail	17	17	0	0	17
Transit Hub	31	31	0	0	31
Transit Station	2,699	2,698	13	1	2,686
University Campus	170	170	0	0	170
University Dining	20	20	0	0	20
University Health Center	46	46	0	0	46
University Housing	337	337	6	0	331
University Recreation Center	312	311	0	1	312
Warehouse	367	367	1	0	366

Scores by Place Type

Place Type	Average Dwell Score - Previous	Average Dwell Score - Latest	Average Footprint Score - Previous	Average Footprint Score - Latest	Average Profile Score - Previous	Average Profile Score - Latest	Average Visit Score - Previous	Average Visit Score - Latest
Academic Building	0.18	0.22	nan	0.32	0.11	0.12	0.23	0.24
Airport Concourse	0.27	0.27	nan	0.31	0.08	0.08	0.23	0.23
Airport Gate	0.39	0.39	nan	0.13	0.25	0.25	0.39	0.39
Airport Terminal	0.29	0.29	nan	0.29	0.08	0.08	0.35	0.35
Amusement Park	0.35	0.35	nan	0.37	0.24	0.24	0.33	0.33
Auto Dealership	0.22	0.24	nan	0.31	0.09	0.09	0.27	0.27
Bank	0.14	0.25	nan	0.34	0.08	0.10	0.16	0.16
Bar	0.11	0.26	nan	0.35	0.09	0.13	0.17	0.18
Bus Garage Routes	0.37	0.37	nan	0.28	0.24	0.24	0.36	0.36
Business	0.13	0.21	nan	0.33	0.08	0.09	0.19	0.18
Car Wash Facility	0.24	0.24	nan	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.29	0.29
Casino	0.14	0.28	nan	0.34	0.18	0.19	0.20	0.21
Child Care Facility	0.13	0.29	nan	0.31	0.10	0.14	0.27	0.26
Coffee Shop	0.23	0.26	nan	0.34	0.10	0.11	0.27	0.27
Commercial Airport	0.26	0.26	nan	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.31	0.30
Community Center	0.15	0.25	nan	0.33	0.11	0.15	0.18	0.18
Convenience Store	0.16	0.28	nan	0.34	0.07	0.11	0.16	0.16
Convention Center	0.33	0.33	nan	0.39	0.17	0.17	0.25	0.25
Country Club	0.11	0.28	nan	0.36	0.09	0.12	0.20	0.23
Drugstore	0.17	0.33	nan	0.34	0.15	0.23	0.12	0.12
Event	0.21	0.21	nan	0.39	0.16	0.16	0.36	0.36
Event Detection	0.32	0.58	nan	0.51	0.35	0.35	0.47	0.47
Event Facility	0.13	0.24	nan	0.36	0.10	0.15	0.23	0.23
Ferry	0.36	0.36	nan	0.37	0.33	0.33	0.29	0.29
Fire Department	0.34	0.34	nan	0.34	0.19	0.18	0.32	0.32
Food Court	0.09	0.21	nan	0.36	0.18	0.29	0.22	0.21
Fraternal Organization	0.21	0.26	nan	0.33	0.12	0.14	0.25	0.25
Gas Station	0.27	0.28	nan	0.35	0.02	0.02	0.29	0.29
General Aviation Airport	0.31	0.31	nan	0.35	0.17	0.17	0.26	0.26
Grocery Store	0.11	0.30	nan	0.33	0.12	0.22	0.11	0.12
Gym	0.07	0.25	nan	0.34	0.08	0.15	0.16	0.15
Hospital	0.11	0.34	nan	0.32	0.17	0.29	0.16	0.17
Hotel	0.21	0.29	nan	0.35	0.17	0.19	0.21	0.22
Indoor Rec	0.09	0.26	nan	0.34	0.12	0.23	0.16	0.16
Institutional Housing	0.13	0.34	nan	0.34	0.06	0.05	0.26	0.29
Laundromat	0.13	0.25	nan	0.34	0.09	0.12	0.17	0.17
Lifestyle Center	0.36	0.36	nan	0.35	0.25	0.26	0.29	0.28
Liquor Store	0.19	0.27	nan	0.34	0.05	0.07	0.16	0.16
Medical Office	0.12	0.30	nan	0.31	0.09	0.15	0.26	0.25
Medical Office - Cardiology	0.15	0.34	nan	0.30	0.16	0.25	0.45	0.44
Medical Office - Dentist Office	0.11	0.31	nan	0.30	0.08	0.16	0.28	0.27
Medical Office - Dermatology	0.13	0.31	nan	0.30	0.14	0.20	0.39	0.38
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	0.14	0.29	nan	0.30	0.16	0.27	0.50	0.50
Medical Office - Neurology	0.13	0.31	nan	0.31	0.16	0.25	0.46	0.45
Medical Office - Oncology	0.13	0.30	nan	0.31	0.16	0.25	0.40	0.39
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	0.13	0.29	nan	0.32	0.15	0.22	0.34	0.34
Medical Office - Primary Care	0.13	0.31	nan	0.31	0.13	0.17	0.37	0.35
Medical Office - Rheumatology	0.13	0.24	nan	0.30	0.12	0.28	0.45	0.44
Medical Office - Women's Health	0.14	0.33	nan	0.29	0.15	0.25	0.45	0.44
Office Building	0.12	0.28	nan	0.35	0.10	0.22	0.16	0.15
Outdoor Rec	0.12	0.17	nan	0.35	0.09	0.10	0.26	0.28
Outlet Mall	0.34	0.31	nan	0.32	0.30	0.17	0.34	0.34
Park	0.34	0.35	nan	0.37	0.16	0.16	0.35	0.36
Parking Structure	0.12	0.28	nan	0.35	0.11	0.20	0.21	0.21
Pedestrian Plaza	0.29	0.29	nan	0.35	0.29	0.29	0.30	0.30
Quick Serve Restaurant	0.27	0.29	nan	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.28	0.28
Residential Facility	0.23	0.29	nan	0.36	0.08	0.09	0.19	0.19
Rest Stop	0.18	0.18	nan	0.32	0.14	0.14	0.25	0.25
Retail	0.13	0.26	nan	0.32	0.10	0.13	0.16	0.16
Shopping Center	0.19	0.30	nan	0.31	0.20	0.16	0.27	0.29
Shopping Mall	0.16	0.28	nan	0.30	0.17	0.24	0.26	0.27
Sitdown Restaurant	0.13	0.25	nan	0.34	0.12	0.16	0.18	0.19
Spiritual Center	0.24	0.24	nan	0.34	0.13	0.13	0.26	0.26
Stadium	0.29	0.29	nan	0.36	0.14	0.14	0.34	0.33
Streetscape	0.32	0.33	nan	0.35	0.19	0.19	0.42	0.42
Student Center	0.21	0.21	nan	0.35	0.19	0.19	0.16	0.16
Theater	0.11	0.26	nan	0.34	0.12	0.23	0.18	0.18
Tourist Attraction	0.14	0.32	nan	0.35	0.14	0.16	0.26	0.27
Trail	0.35	0.35	nan	0.36	0.18	0.18	0.35	0.35
Transit Hub	0.37	0.37	nan	0.38	0.16	0.16	0.39	0.39
Transit Station	0.30	0.31	nan	0.35	0.08	0.06	0.32	0.32
University Dining	0.21	0.21	nan	0.31	0.13	0.13	0.16	0.16
University Health Center	nan	nan	nan	nan	0.18	0.18	nan	nan
University Housing	0.32	0.32	nan	0.34	0.08	0.08	0.29	0.29
University Recreation Center	0.16	0.16	nan	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.29	0.29
Warehouse	0.14	0.21	nan	0.35	0.13	0.18	0.19	0.20

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 2023.10.29 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.10.29 includes 307,993 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.10.29	Vintage 2023.10.21
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: 20231029_035056