Placecast™ by Date Version 2.1, Publication Date 2023.11.19

On November 19, 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	335,169	302,158	303	28,431	2,160	1,345	349	434
Academic Building	1,383	1,362	11	10	0	0	0	0
Airport Concourse	238	238	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Gate	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	144	143	0	1	0	0	0	0
Amusement Park	57	55	0	0	0	2	0	0
Auto Dealership	25,916	25,806	38	60	0	5	2	5
Bank	3,612	3,438	3	144	18	6	2	1
Bar	40,932	39,407	33	1,441	7	18	20	8
Bus Garage Routes	243	241	0	0	0	1	0	1
Business	6,918	6,397	6	480	13	12	7	3
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	305	300	0	5	0	0	0	0
Child Care Facility	228	205	0	20	0	0	3	0
Coffee Shop	8,038	8,011	2	24	0	0	0	1
Commercial Airport	309	308	0	0	0	0	1	0
Community Center	169	164	0	5	0	0	0	0
Convenience Store	19,169	18,032	22	1,105	0	4	3	5
Convention Center	96	96	0	0	0	0	0	0
Country Club	88	87	0	1	0	0	0	0
Drugstore	10,757	9,715	6	911	42	53	15	15
Event	64	51	0	0	13	0	0	0
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	206	194	1	11	0	0	0	0
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	2,759	0	21	9	0	2	0
Gas Station	2,302	2,272	5	24	0	0	0	1
General Aviation Airport	189	188	1	0	0	0	0	0
Grocery Store	16,323	14,903	11	1,261	65	35	29	19
Gym	3,267	2,991	3	262	1	9	1	0
Hospital	1,284	1,203	1	13	20	27	9	11
Hotel	1,746	1,698	2	16	0	27	3	0
Indoor Rec	1,089	1,038	1	47	2	1	0	0
Institutional Housing	63	62	0	1	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	326	308	0	18	0	0	0	0
Lifestyle Center	253	119	0	77	7	34	10	6
Liquor Store	1,313	1,273	2	35	0	0	1	2
Medical Office	5,570	4,289	3	1,075	109	85	5	4
Medical Office - Cardiology	475	301	3	171	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dentist Office	332	262	0	70	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	541	382	1	158	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	183	78	2	103	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	121	70	0	50	0	1	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	390	239	3	148	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	61	44	0	17	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,746	4,412	19	1,302	2	8	0	3
Medical Office - Rheumatology	77	43	0	32	1	0	1	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	492	309	2	181	0	0	0	0
Office Building	2,531	2,203	10	267	19	26	0	6
Outdoor Rec	330	327	1	2	0	0	0	0
Outlet Mall	152	62	0	75	2	8	4	1
Park	97	97	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parking Structure	666	589	1	64	2	3	4	3
Pedestrian Plaza	57	52	0	0	0	4	0	1
Quick Serve Restaurant	62,861	61,457	15	1,344	13	1	10	21
Residential Facility	3,263	3,090	5	155	0	4	11	0
Rest Stop	70	70	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retail	31,297	17,748	21	11,373	1,368	594	27	171
Shopping Center	4,785	2,154	2	1,811	299	274	130	115
Shopping Mall	955	489	3	326	60	56	14	7
Sitdown Restaurant	56,682	53,006	59	3,526	32	23	17	19
Spiritual Center	66	66	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	1,000	992	0	0	1	0	7	0
Streetscape	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Student Center	98	96	0	2	0	0	0	0
Theater	1,723	1,561	0	83	49	19	8	3
Tourist Attraction	608	590	1	14	0	2	1	0
Trail	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Station	2,700	2,605	3	81	6	3	1	1
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	337	0	2	0	0	0	0
University Recreation Center	312	309	0	1	0	0	1	1
Warehouse	367	363	1	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 2023.11.19	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.11.19	Previously Cleared
Total	358,337	358,043	939	294	357,398
Academic Building	1,383	1,372	2	11	1,381
Airport Concourse	238	238	2	0	236
Airport Gate	3	3	0	0	3
Airport Terminal	144	144	0	0	144
Amusement Park	57	57	0	0	57
Auto Dealership	25,916	25,878	7	38	25,909
Bank	3,612	3,609	9	3	3,603
Bar	40,946	40,916	192	30	40,754
Bus Garage Routes	243	243	0	0	243
Business	6,930	6,924	25	6	6,905
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0	0	44
Casino	305	305	0	0	305
Child Care Facility	228	228	0	0	228
Coffee Shop	8,038	8,036	1	2	8,037
Commercial Airport	309	309	0	0	309
Community Center	169	169	0	0	169
Convenience Store	19,189	19,172	50	17	19,139
Convention Center	96	96	0	0	96
Country Club	88	88	0	0	88
Drugstore	10,765	10,760	6	5	10,759
Event	64	64	1	0	63
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	2
Event Facility	206	205	1	1	205
Face	22,794	22,755	1	39	22,793
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	0	0	2,791
Gas Station	2,302	2,297	5	5	2,297
General Aviation Airport	189	188	0	1	189
Grocery Store	16,333	16,324	12	9	16,321
Gym	3,290	3,287	1	3	3,289
Hospital	1,286	1,285	4	1	1,282
Hotel	1,746	1,744	8	2	1,738
Indoor Rec	1,091	1,090	0	1	1,091
Institutional Housing	63	63	0	0	63
Laundromat	326	326	0	0	326
Lifestyle Center	253	253	3	0	250
Liquor Store	1,313	1,311	1	2	1,312
Medical Office	5,620	5,619	45	1	5,575
Medical Office - Cardiology	497	497	1	0	496
Medical Office - Dentist Office	332	332	0	0	332
Medical Office - Dermatology	551	551	2	0	549
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	201	201	0	0	201
Medical Office - Neurology	131	131	1	0	130
Medical Office - Oncology	414	414	1	0	413
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	64	64	0	0	64
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,791	5,787	16	4	5,775
Medical Office - Rheumatology	87	87	0	0	87
Medical Office - Women's Health	515	515	2	0	513
Neighborhood	1	1	0	0	1
Office Building	2,533	2,523	13	10	2,520
Outdoor Rec	330	329	0	1	330
Outlet Mall	152	152	2	0	150
Park	97	97	0	0	97
Parking Structure	667	666	9	1	658
Pedestrian Plaza	57	57	0	0	57
Quick Serve Restaurant	62,862	62,847	197	15	62,665
Residential Facility	3,263	3,258	22	5	3,241
Rest Stop	70	70	0	0	70
Retail	31,328	31,312	31	16	31,297
Shopping Center	4,785	4,783	26	2	4,759
Shopping Mall	956	953	14	3	942
Sitdown Restaurant	56,706	56,651	210	55	56,496
Spiritual Center	66	66	0	0	66
Stadium	1,000	1,000	8	0	992
Streetscape	23	23	0	0	23
Student Center	98	98	1	0	97
Theater	1,727	1,727	2	0	1,725
Tourist Attraction	608	607	3	1	605
Trail	17	17	0	0	17
Transit Hub	31	31	0	0	31
Transit Station	2,700	2,697	1	3	2,699
University Campus	170	170	0	0	170
University Dining	21	21	0	0	21
University Health Center	46	46	0	0	46
University Housing	339	339	1	0	338
University Recreation Center	312	312	0	0	312
Warehouse	368	367	0	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	0.25	0.25	-	0.31	0.09	0.08	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	0.23	0.24	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	0.25	0.25	-	0.35	0.13	0.13	0.19	0.19
Bus Garage Routes	0.37	0.37	-	0.28	0.22	0.23	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	0.12	0.11	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	0.25	0.25	-	0.34	0.10	0.11	0.27	0.27
Commercial Airport	0.26	0.26	-	0.29	0.28	0.29	0.30	0.30
Community Center	0.24	0.24	-	0.33	0.15	0.15	0.18	0.18
Convenience Store	0.28	0.28	-	0.34	0.11	0.12	0.16	0.16
Convention Center	0.33	0.33	-	0.39	0.16	0.16	0.25	0.25
Country Club	0.27	0.27	-	0.36	0.11	0.11	0.23	0.23
Drugstore	0.33	0.33	-	0.34	0.22	0.23	0.12	0.12
Event	0.20	0.20	-	0.38	0.16	0.16	0.36	0.36
Event Detection	0.52	0.53	-	0.49	0.35	0.35	0.51	0.42
Event Facility	0.24	0.25	-	0.36	0.17	0.17	0.23	0.23
Ferry	0.36	0.36	-	0.37	0.31	0.33	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	-	0.36	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	0.30	-	0.35	0.17	0.17	0.26	0.26
Grocery Store	0.30	0.30	-	0.33	0.21	0.22	0.11	0.11
Gym	0.24	0.24	-	0.34	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15
Hospital	0.34	0.34	-	0.32	0.28	0.29	0.17	0.17
Hotel	0.29	0.29	-	0.35	0.17	0.18	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	0.32	0.34	-	0.34	0.24	0.26	0.24	0.28
Liquor Store	0.27	0.27	-	0.34	0.07	0.06	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	0.30	0.31	-	0.30	0.16	0.16	0.27	0.27
Medical Office - Dermatology	0.30	0.30	-	0.30	0.20	0.20	0.37	0.37
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	0.30	0.30	-	0.30	0.27	0.27	0.49	0.49
Medical Office - Neurology	0.31	0.32	-	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	0.21	0.22	0.34	0.34
Medical Office - Primary Care	0.31	0.30	-	0.31	0.16	0.17	0.35	0.35
Medical Office - Rheumatology	0.24	0.25	-	0.30	0.28	0.28	0.44	0.44
Medical Office - Women's Health	0.33	0.32	-	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	0.21	0.22	0.15	0.15
Outdoor Rec	0.17	0.17	-	0.35	0.10	0.10	0.28	0.28
Outlet Mall	0.31	0.30	-	0.31	0.17	0.18	0.33	0.35
Park	0.34	0.34	-	0.37	0.16	0.16	0.35	0.35
Parking Structure	0.29	0.29	-	0.35	0.20	0.20	0.21	0.21
Pedestrian Plaza	0.29	0.29	-	0.35	0.27	0.29	0.30	0.30
Quick Serve Restaurant	0.29	0.29	-	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.28	0.28
Residential Facility	0.28	0.28	-	0.36	0.09	0.09	0.19	0.19
Rest Stop	0.18	0.18	-	0.32	0.13	0.14	0.24	0.24
Retail	0.26	0.26	-	0.32	0.13	0.13	0.16	0.16
Shopping Center	0.29	0.30	-	0.31	0.18	0.18	0.24	0.28
Shopping Mall	0.28	0.28	-	0.30	0.24	0.25	0.26	0.27
Sitdown Restaurant	0.25	0.25	-	0.34	0.16	0.16	0.20	0.20
Spiritual Center	0.24	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	0.34	0.34	-	0.35	0.19	0.19	0.41	0.41
Student Center	0.22	0.22	-	0.35	0.19	0.19	0.16	0.16
Theater	0.26	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	0.30	0.30	-	0.35	0.06	0.07	0.32	0.32
University Dining	0.20	0.20	-	0.30	0.13	0.13	0.16	0.16
University Health Center	-	-	-	-	0.18	0.18	-	-
University Housing	0.31	0.31	-	0.34	0.08	0.08	0.29	0.29
University Recreation Center	0.15	0.15	-	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.29	0.29
Warehouse	0.21	0.21	-	0.35	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 2023.11.19 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.11.19 includes 358,337 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.11.19	Vintage 2023.11.12
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: 20231119_084107