Placecast™ by Date Version 2.1, Publication Date 2023.11.12

On November 12, 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	334,448	281,423	230	44,216	3,472	3,003	1,249	866
Academic Building	1,389	1,271	8	105	0	3	0	2
Airport Concourse	236	233	0	0	0	2	0	1
Airport Gate	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	144	134	0	2	0	8	0	0
Amusement Park	57	55	0	0	0	1	1	0
Auto Dealership	25,916	25,529	7	223	89	22	19	27
Bank	3,603	3,382	0	145	44	20	4	8
Bar	40,759	23,629	19	13,349	1,584	1,464	451	265
Bus Garage Routes	243	224	0	16	0	1	2	0
Business	6,902	6,426	9	388	42	22	8	7
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	305	299	0	5	0	1	0	0
Child Care Facility	228	205	0	20	0	0	0	3
Coffee Shop	8,041	7,839	4	162	0	15	11	10
Commercial Airport	309	308	0	0	0	0	0	1
Community Center	169	164	0	5	0	0	0	0
Convenience Store	19,142	17,460	25	1,543	35	24	34	23
Convention Center	96	91	0	5	0	0	0	0
Country Club	89	87	1	1	0	0	0	0
Drugstore	10,759	9,337	8	1,204	78	62	50	20
Event	63	63	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	206	193	1	11	0	0	0	1
Ferry	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Food Court	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0
Fraternal Organization	2,791	2,735	0	34	6	11	2	3
Gas Station	2,301	2,216	4	45	18	9	5	4
General Aviation Airport	189	189	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grocery Store	16,318	14,414	7	1,616	125	52	53	51
Gym	3,270	3,013	5	246	0	0	1	5
Hospital	1,282	1,152	2	34	5	51	30	8
Hotel	1,738	1,619	0	39	35	33	7	5
Indoor Rec	1,090	1,003	1	72	4	6	3	1
Institutional Housing	64	62	1	1	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	328	302	2	17	1	4	0	2
Lifestyle Center	218	168	0	26	1	13	8	2
Liquor Store	1,315	1,238	3	39	19	0	11	5
Medical Office	5,529	4,618	4	770	74	39	17	7
Medical Office - Cardiology	474	302	0	172	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dentist Office	332	264	0	68	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	539	384	1	154	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	184	79	1	104	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	121	73	1	47	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	389	238	2	148	0	0	0	1
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	61	44	0	17	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,734	4,387	6	1,291	35	7	4	4
Medical Office - Rheumatology	77	43	0	32	0	0	0	2
Medical Office - Women's Health	491	316	1	173	0	0	0	1
Office Building	2,523	2,176	5	268	32	12	19	11
Outdoor Rec	330	328	0	2	0	0	0	0
Outlet Mall	143	65	1	69	0	7	1	0
Park	97	96	0	0	0	0	1	0
Parking Structure	662	580	5	67	0	2	4	4
Pedestrian Plaza	57	52	0	0	0	4	1	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	62,683	59,087	19	3,102	232	66	86	91
Residential Facility	3,244	3,007	3	221	5	4	2	4
Rest Stop	70	70	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retail	32,351	19,798	23	11,493	615	252	130	45
Shopping Center	3,810	2,336	1	1,002	105	282	49	35
Shopping Mall	868	360	2	337	35	98	24	12
Sitdown Restaurant	56,511	50,910	40	4,634	212	359	190	166
Spiritual Center	66	66	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	992	931	0	42	1	15	0	3
Streetscape	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Student Center	97	95	0	2	0	0	0	0
Theater	1,722	1,462	2	183	32	13	12	18
Tourist Attraction	605	597	0	4	2	0	1	1
Trail	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Station	2,703	2,234	4	437	6	16	4	2
University Campus	170	170	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Dining	21	20	0	1	0	0	0	0
University Health Center	45	45	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Housing	339	321	1	12	0	3	2	0
University Recreation Center	312	301	0	7	0	0	2	2
Warehouse	368	361	1	3	0	0	0	3

*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 2023.11.12	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.11.12	Previously Cleared
Total	357,597	357,398	16,662	199	340,935
Academic Building	1,389	1,381	4	8	1,385
Airport Concourse	236	236	1	0	235
Airport Gate	3	3	1	0	2
Airport Terminal	144	144	0	0	144
Amusement Park	57	57	0	0	57
Auto Dealership	25,916	25,909	21	7	25,895
Bank	3,603	3,603	25	0	3,578
Bar	40,771	40,754	8,922	17	31,849
Bus Garage Routes	243	243	0	0	243
Business	6,913	6,905	32	8	6,881
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0	0	44
Casino	305	305	0	0	305
Child Care Facility	228	228	0	0	228
Coffee Shop	8,041	8,037	5	4	8,036
Commercial Airport	309	309	0	0	309
Community Center	169	169	0	0	169
Convenience Store	19,159	19,139	54	20	19,105
Convention Center	96	96	0	0	96
Country Club	89	88	0	1	89
Drugstore	10,766	10,759	14	7	10,752
Event	63	63	2	0	61
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	2
Event Facility	206	205	2	1	204
Face	22,802	22,793	151	9	22,651
Ferry	7	7	0	0	7
Fire Department	30	30	0	0	30
Food Court	12	12	0	0	12
Fraternal Organization	2,791	2,791	2	0	2,789
Gas Station	2,301	2,297	8	4	2,293
General Aviation Airport	189	189	0	0	189
Grocery Store	16,326	16,321	9	5	16,317
Gym	3,293	3,289	4	4	3,289
Hospital	1,284	1,282	2	2	1,282
Hotel	1,738	1,738	2	0	1,736
Indoor Rec	1,092	1,091	2	1	1,090
Institutional Housing	64	63	1	1	63
Laundromat	328	326	0	2	328
Lifestyle Center	218	218	13	0	205
Liquor Store	1,315	1,312	0	3	1,315
Medical Office	5,578	5,575	9	3	5,569
Medical Office - Cardiology	496	496	1	0	495
Medical Office - Dentist Office	332	332	1	0	331
Medical Office - Dermatology	550	549	1	1	549
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	201	201	0	0	201
Medical Office - Neurology	131	130	1	1	130
Medical Office - Oncology	413	413	0	0	413
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	64	64	0	0	64
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,775	5,775	12	0	5,763
Medical Office - Rheumatology	87	87	0	0	87
Medical Office - Women's Health	514	513	1	1	513
Neighborhood	1	1	0	0	1
Office Building	2,525	2,520	10	5	2,515
Outdoor Rec	330	330	0	0	330
Outlet Mall	143	142	8	1	135
Park	97	97	0	0	97
Parking Structure	663	658	4	5	659
Pedestrian Plaza	57	57	0	0	57
Quick Serve Restaurant	62,684	62,665	215	19	62,469
Residential Facility	3,244	3,241	24	3	3,220
Rest Stop	70	70	0	0	70
Retail	32,372	32,362	713	10	31,659
Shopping Center	3,810	3,809	1,150	1	2,660
Shopping Mall	869	867	57	2	812
Sitdown Restaurant	56,533	56,496	5,163	37	51,370
Spiritual Center	66	66	0	0	66
Stadium	992	992	6	0	986
Streetscape	23	23	1	0	22
Student Center	97	97	0	0	97
Theater	1,725	1,725	0	0	1,725
Tourist Attraction	605	605	2	0	603
Trail	17	17	0	0	17
Transit Hub	31	31	0	0	31
Transit Station	2,703	2,699	3	4	2,700
University Campus	170	170	0	0	170
University Dining	21	21	1	0	20
University Health Center	46	46	0	0	46
University Housing	339	338	1	1	338
University Recreation Center	312	312	0	0	312
Warehouse	369	368	1	1	368

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	0.22	0.22	-	0.32	0.12	0.12	0.24	0.24
Airport Concourse	0.27	0.25	-	0.31	0.08	0.09	0.23	0.23
Airport Gate	0.39	0.39	-	0.13	0.25	0.25	0.39	0.39
Airport Terminal	0.29	0.29	-	0.29	0.08	0.08	0.35	0.35
Amusement Park	0.35	0.35	-	0.37	0.24	0.23	0.33	0.33
Auto Dealership	0.24	0.24	-	0.31	0.09	0.09	0.27	0.27
Bank	0.25	0.25	-	0.34	0.10	0.10	0.16	0.16
Bar	0.26	0.25	-	0.35	0.13	0.13	0.18	0.19
Bus Garage Routes	0.37	0.37	-	0.28	0.24	0.22	0.36	0.36
Business	0.21	0.21	-	0.33	0.09	0.09	0.18	0.18
Car Wash Facility	0.24	0.24	-	0.34	0.11	0.12	0.29	0.29
Casino	0.28	0.28	-	0.34	0.19	0.19	0.21	0.21
Child Care Facility	0.29	0.29	-	0.31	0.14	0.14	0.26	0.26
Coffee Shop	0.26	0.25	-	0.34	0.11	0.10	0.27	0.27
Commercial Airport	0.26	0.26	-	0.29	0.29	0.28	0.30	0.30
Community Center	0.25	0.24	-	0.33	0.15	0.15	0.18	0.18
Convenience Store	0.28	0.28	-	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.16	0.16
Convention Center	0.33	0.33	-	0.39	0.17	0.16	0.25	0.25
Country Club	0.28	0.27	-	0.36	0.12	0.11	0.23	0.23
Drugstore	0.33	0.33	-	0.34	0.23	0.22	0.12	0.12
Event	0.21	0.20	-	0.38	0.16	0.16	0.36	0.36
Event Detection	0.53	0.52	-	0.51	0.35	0.35	0.47	0.51
Event Facility	0.24	0.24	-	0.36	0.15	0.17	0.23	0.23
Ferry	0.36	0.36	-	0.37	0.33	0.31	0.29	0.29
Fire Department	0.34	0.34	-	0.34	0.18	0.18	0.32	0.32
Food Court	0.21	0.21	-	0.35	0.29	0.29	0.21	0.21
Fraternal Organization	0.26	0.26	-	0.33	0.14	0.14	0.25	0.25
Gas Station	0.28	0.28	-	0.35	0.02	0.02	0.29	0.29
General Aviation Airport	0.31	0.31	-	0.35	0.17	0.17	0.26	0.26
Grocery Store	0.30	0.30	-	0.33	0.22	0.21	0.12	0.11
Gym	0.25	0.24	-	0.34	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15
Hospital	0.34	0.34	-	0.32	0.29	0.28	0.17	0.17
Hotel	0.29	0.29	-	0.35	0.19	0.17	0.22	0.22
Indoor Rec	0.26	0.26	-	0.34	0.23	0.23	0.16	0.16
Institutional Housing	0.34	0.34	-	0.33	0.05	0.05	0.29	0.29
Laundromat	0.25	0.25	-	0.34	0.12	0.12	0.17	0.17
Lifestyle Center	0.36	0.33	-	0.34	0.26	0.25	0.28	0.27
Liquor Store	0.27	0.27	-	0.34	0.06	0.07	0.16	0.16
Medical Office	0.30	0.30	-	0.31	0.15	0.15	0.25	0.25
Medical Office - Cardiology	0.34	0.34	-	0.30	0.25	0.25	0.44	0.44
Medical Office - Dentist Office	0.31	0.30	-	0.30	0.16	0.16	0.27	0.27
Medical Office - Dermatology	0.31	0.30	-	0.30	0.20	0.20	0.38	0.37
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	0.29	0.30	-	0.30	0.27	0.27	0.50	0.49
Medical Office - Neurology	0.32	0.31	-	0.31	0.25	0.25	0.45	0.45
Medical Office - Oncology	0.30	0.30	-	0.31	0.25	0.25	0.39	0.39
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	0.29	0.29	-	0.32	0.22	0.21	0.34	0.34
Medical Office - Primary Care	0.31	0.31	-	0.31	0.17	0.16	0.35	0.35
Medical Office - Rheumatology	0.24	0.24	-	0.30	0.28	0.28	0.44	0.44
Medical Office - Women's Health	0.33	0.33	-	0.29	0.25	0.25	0.44	0.44
Neighborhood	0.42	0.42	-	0.88	0.06	0.06	0.90	0.90
Office Building	0.28	0.28	-	0.35	0.22	0.21	0.15	0.15
Outdoor Rec	0.17	0.17	-	0.35	0.10	0.10	0.28	0.28
Outlet Mall	0.31	0.31	-	0.32	0.17	0.17	0.34	0.34
Park	0.35	0.34	-	0.37	0.16	0.16	0.36	0.35
Parking Structure	0.29	0.29	-	0.35	0.20	0.20	0.21	0.21
Pedestrian Plaza	0.28	0.29	-	0.35	0.29	0.27	0.30	0.30
Quick Serve Restaurant	0.29	0.29	-	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.28	0.28
Residential Facility	0.29	0.28	-	0.36	0.09	0.09	0.19	0.19
Rest Stop	0.18	0.18	-	0.32	0.14	0.13	0.25	0.24
Retail	0.26	0.26	-	0.32	0.13	0.13	0.16	0.16
Shopping Center	0.30	0.30	-	0.31	0.16	0.17	0.29	0.28
Shopping Mall	0.28	0.28	-	0.30	0.24	0.24	0.27	0.27
Sitdown Restaurant	0.25	0.25	-	0.34	0.16	0.16	0.20	0.20
Spiritual Center	0.25	0.24	-	0.34	0.13	0.13	0.26	0.26
Stadium	0.30	0.30	-	0.36	0.14	0.14	0.34	0.34
Streetscape	0.33	0.34	-	0.35	0.19	0.19	0.42	0.41
Student Center	0.21	0.22	-	0.35	0.19	0.19	0.16	0.16
Theater	0.25	0.26	-	0.34	0.23	0.23	0.18	0.18
Tourist Attraction	0.32	0.32	-	0.35	0.16	0.16	0.27	0.27
Trail	0.35	0.35	-	0.36	0.18	0.18	0.35	0.35
Transit Hub	0.37	0.37	-	0.38	0.16	0.16	0.39	0.39
Transit Station	0.31	0.30	-	0.35	0.06	0.06	0.32	0.32
University Dining	0.21	0.20	-	0.30	0.13	0.13	0.16	0.16
University Health Center	-	-	-	-	0.18	0.18	-	-
University Housing	0.32	0.31	-	0.35	0.08	0.08	0.29	0.29
University Recreation Center	0.16	0.15	-	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.29	0.29
Warehouse	0.21	0.21	-	0.34	0.18	0.18	0.20	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 2023.11.12 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.11.12 includes 357,597 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.11.12	Vintage 2023.11.05
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: 20231112_012607