Placecast™ by Date Version 2.1, Publication Date 2023.11.25

On November 25, 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	349,013	316,985	187	27,269	1,428	2,187	685	283
Academic Building	1,372	1,352	11	9	0	0	0	0
Airport Concourse	238	211	0	23	0	2	1	1
Airport Gate	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	147	124	0	22	0	0	0	1
Amusement Park	57	57	0	0	0	0	0	0
Auto Dealership	25,886	25,789	14	52	25	0	1	5
Bank	3,619	3,464	4	124	27	0	0	0
Bar	47,571	32,369	19	12,002	942	1,625	460	156
Bus Garage Routes	243	243	0	0	0	0	0	0
Business	6,951	6,350	3	564	23	9	1	1
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	306	302	0	4	0	0	0	0
Child Care Facility	228	215	0	13	0	0	0	0
Coffee Shop	8,042	7,923	4	112	0	0	0	3
Commercial Airport	310	280	1	25	1	3	0	0
Community Center	169	164	0	5	0	0	0	0
Convenience Store	19,190	18,421	7	747	8	4	3	2
Convention Center	97	83	2	8	0	3	1	0
Country Club	88	87	0	1	0	0	0	0
Drugstore	10,765	10,095	6	633	17	3	7	4
Event	64	50	0	0	0	14	0	0
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	210	183	0	24	0	3	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	2,803	2,796	0	7	0	0	0	0
Gas Station	2,299	2,297	2	0	0	0	0	0
General Aviation Airport	188	188	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grocery Store	16,316	15,610	8	645	33	9	9	2
Gym	3,266	3,056	1	209	0	0	0	0
Hospital	1,287	1,215	4	14	0	44	4	6
Hotel	1,753	1,633	1	100	0	16	0	3
Indoor Rec	1,111	1,042	0	48	3	7	0	11
Institutional Housing	64	63	0	1	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	326	311	0	15	0	0	0	0
Lifestyle Center	254	254	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liquor Store	1,312	1,292	1	19	0	0	0	0
Lobby	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Office	5,577	4,927	4	633	10	0	2	1
Medical Office - Cardiology	473	360	0	113	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dentist Office	332	262	0	70	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	540	420	0	120	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	181	98	0	83	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	121	89	0	32	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	387	284	2	101	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	61	49	1	11	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,739	4,804	8	906	19	0	1	1
Medical Office - Rheumatology	77	53	0	24	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	491	351	3	137	0	0	0	0
Office Building	2,532	2,272	3	233	15	7	0	2
Outdoor Rec	329	327	0	2	0	0	0	0
Outlet Mall	153	153	0	0	0	0	0	0
Park	444	426	0	11	6	0	0	1
Parking Structure	674	583	3	87	1	0	0	0
Pedestrian Plaza	57	56	1	0	0	0	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	62,998	61,817	21	1,094	33	19	4	10
Residential Facility	3,297	2,925	6	359	4	0	2	3
Rest Stop	70	70	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retail	31,293	30,184	14	1,058	22	5	7	8
Shopping Center	4,801	4,592	6	184	14	1	4	0
Shopping Mall	965	963	0	1	0	0	0	1
Sitdown Restaurant	63,257	56,311	23	6,098	205	388	177	55
Spiritual Center	66	66	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	1,005	1,004	1	0	0	0	0	0
Streetscape	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Student Center	98	96	0	2	0	0	0	0
Theater	1,725	1,617	1	93	0	11	1	2
Tourist Attraction	611	589	0	19	0	0	0	3
Trail	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Station	2,705	2,308	1	365	20	11	0	0
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	332	1	2	0	3	0	1
University Recreation Center	312	311	0	1	0	0	0	0
Warehouse	366	364	0	2	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 2023.11.25	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.11.25	Previously Cleared
Total	375,769	375,460	17,740	309	358,029
Academic Building	1,372	1,361	0	11	1,372
Airport Concourse	238	238	1	0	237
Airport Gate	3	3	0	0	3
Airport Terminal	147	147	3	0	144
Amusement Park	57	57	0	0	57
Auto Dealership	25,886	25,872	8	14	25,878
Bank	3,619	3,615	10	4	3,609
Bar	47,587	47,568	6,671	19	40,916
Bus Garage Routes	243	243	0	0	243
Business	6,963	6,960	39	3	6,924
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0	0	44
Casino	306	306	1	0	305
Child Care Facility	228	228	0	0	228
Coffee Shop	8,042	8,038	6	4	8,036
Commercial Airport	310	309	1	1	309
Community Center	169	169	0	0	169
Convenience Store	19,215	19,208	43	7	19,172
Convention Center	97	95	1	2	96
Country Club	88	88	0	0	88
Drugstore	10,774	10,769	14	5	10,760
Event	64	64	0	0	64
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	2
Event Facility	210	210	5	0	205
Face	26,335	26,197	3,593	138	22,742
Ferry	7	7	0	0	7
Fire Department	30	30	0	0	30
Food Court	12	12	0	0	12
Fraternal Organization	2,803	2,803	12	0	2,791
Gas Station	2,299	2,297	2	2	2,297
General Aviation Airport	188	188	0	0	188
Grocery Store	16,328	16,321	4	7	16,324
Gym	3,289	3,288	2	1	3,287
Hospital	1,289	1,285	4	4	1,285
Hotel	1,753	1,752	9	1	1,744
Indoor Rec	1,113	1,113	23	0	1,090
Institutional Housing	64	64	1	0	63
Laundromat	326	326	0	0	326
Lifestyle Center	254	254	1	0	253
Liquor Store	1,312	1,311	1	1	1,311
Lobby	1	1	1	0	0
Medical Office	5,629	5,626	10	3	5,619
Medical Office - Cardiology	498	498	1	0	497
Medical Office - Dentist Office	332	332	0	0	332
Medical Office - Dermatology	551	551	0	0	551
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	201	201	0	0	201
Medical Office - Neurology	131	131	0	0	131
Medical Office - Oncology	414	414	0	0	414
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	64	64	0	0	64
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,799	5,798	12	1	5,787
Medical Office - Rheumatology	87	87	0	0	87
Medical Office - Women's Health	516	516	1	0	515
Neighborhood	1	1	0	0	1
Office Building	2,534	2,531	11	3	2,523
Outdoor Rec	329	329	0	0	329
Outlet Mall	153	153	1	0	152
Park	444	444	347	0	97
Parking Structure	675	672	9	3	666
Pedestrian Plaza	57	56	0	1	57
Quick Serve Restaurant	62,999	62,978	152	21	62,847
Residential Facility	3,297	3,291	39	6	3,258
Rest Stop	70	70	0	0	70
Retail	31,329	31,315	17	14	31,312
Shopping Center	4,801	4,795	18	6	4,783
Shopping Mall	966	966	13	0	953
Sitdown Restaurant	63,285	63,262	6,634	23	56,651
Spiritual Center	66	66	0	0	66
Stadium	1,005	1,004	5	1	1,000
Streetscape	23	23	0	0	23
Student Center	98	98	0	0	98
Theater	1,729	1,728	2	1	1,727
Tourist Attraction	611	611	4	0	607
Trail	17	17	0	0	17
Transit Hub	31	31	0	0	31
Transit Station	2,705	2,704	8	1	2,697
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	338	0	1	339
University Recreation Center	312	312	0	0	312
Warehouse	367	367	0	0	367

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	nan	0.32	0.12	0.12	0.24	0.24
Airport Concourse	0.25	0.27	nan	0.30	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	0.30	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	0.24	0.24	nan	0.31	0.09	0.09	0.27	0.27
Bank	0.25	0.25	nan	0.34	0.10	0.10	0.16	0.16
Bar	0.25	0.25	nan	0.35	0.13	0.12	0.19	0.19
Bus Garage Routes	0.37	0.37	nan	0.28	0.23	0.24	0.36	0.36
Business	0.21	0.21	nan	0.33	0.09	0.09	0.18	0.18
Car Wash Facility	0.24	0.24	nan	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.29	0.29
Casino	0.28	0.28	nan	0.34	0.19	0.19	0.21	0.21
Child Care Facility	0.29	0.29	nan	0.31	0.14	0.14	0.26	0.26
Coffee Shop	0.25	0.25	nan	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.27	0.27
Commercial Airport	0.26	0.26	nan	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.30	0.30
Community Center	0.24	0.24	nan	0.33	0.15	0.15	0.18	0.18
Convenience Store	0.28	0.28	nan	0.34	0.12	0.12	0.16	0.16
Convention Center	0.33	0.33	nan	0.39	0.16	0.16	0.25	0.25
Country Club	0.27	0.27	nan	0.36	0.11	0.11	0.23	0.23
Drugstore	0.33	0.33	nan	0.34	0.23	0.23	0.12	0.12
Event	0.20	0.20	nan	0.38	0.16	0.16	0.36	0.36
Event Detection	0.53	0.54	nan	0.51	0.35	0.35	0.42	0.57
Event Facility	0.25	0.25	nan	0.36	0.17	0.17	0.23	0.23
Ferry	0.36	0.36	nan	0.37	0.33	0.33	0.29	0.29
Fire Department	0.34	0.33	nan	0.34	0.18	0.18	0.32	0.32
Food Court	0.21	0.21	nan	0.36	0.29	0.29	0.21	0.21
Fraternal Organization	0.26	0.26	nan	0.33	0.14	0.14	0.25	0.25
Gas Station	0.28	0.28	nan	0.35	0.02	0.02	0.29	0.29
General Aviation Airport	0.30	0.30	nan	0.35	0.17	0.17	0.26	0.26
Grocery Store	0.30	0.30	nan	0.33	0.22	0.22	0.11	0.11
Gym	0.24	0.24	nan	0.34	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15
Hospital	0.34	0.34	nan	0.32	0.29	0.29	0.17	0.17
Hotel	0.29	0.29	nan	0.35	0.18	0.18	0.22	0.22
Indoor Rec	0.26	0.26	nan	0.34	0.23	0.23	0.16	0.17
Institutional Housing	0.34	0.34	nan	0.34	0.05	0.05	0.29	0.29
Laundromat	0.25	0.25	nan	0.34	0.12	0.12	0.17	0.17
Lifestyle Center	0.34	0.34	nan	0.34	0.26	0.26	0.28	0.28
Liquor Store	0.27	0.27	nan	0.34	0.06	0.07	0.16	0.16
Medical Office	0.30	0.30	nan	0.31	0.15	0.15	0.25	0.25
Medical Office - Cardiology	0.34	0.34	nan	0.30	0.25	0.25	0.44	0.44
Medical Office - Dentist Office	0.31	0.31	nan	0.30	0.16	0.16	0.27	0.27
Medical Office - Dermatology	0.30	0.31	nan	0.30	0.20	0.20	0.37	0.37
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	0.30	0.30	nan	0.30	0.27	0.27	0.49	0.49
Medical Office - Neurology	0.32	0.32	nan	0.31	0.25	0.25	0.45	0.45
Medical Office - Oncology	0.30	0.30	nan	0.31	0.25	0.25	0.39	0.39
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	0.29	0.29	nan	0.32	0.22	0.22	0.34	0.34
Medical Office - Primary Care	0.30	0.30	nan	0.31	0.17	0.17	0.35	0.35
Medical Office - Rheumatology	0.25	0.24	nan	0.30	0.28	0.28	0.44	0.44
Medical Office - Women's Health	0.32	0.32	nan	0.29	0.25	0.25	0.44	0.44
Neighborhood	0.42	0.42	nan	0.88	0.06	0.06	0.90	0.90
Office Building	0.28	0.28	nan	0.35	0.22	0.22	0.15	0.15
Outdoor Rec	0.17	0.17	nan	0.35	0.10	0.10	0.28	0.28
Outlet Mall	0.30	0.30	nan	0.32	0.18	0.18	0.35	0.35
Park	0.34	0.15	nan	0.38	0.16	0.11	0.35	0.28
Parking Structure	0.29	0.29	nan	0.35	0.20	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	0.29	0.29	nan	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.28	0.28
Residential Facility	0.28	0.28	nan	0.36	0.09	0.09	0.19	0.19
Rest Stop	0.18	0.18	nan	0.32	0.14	0.14	0.24	0.24
Retail	0.26	0.26	nan	0.32	0.13	0.13	0.16	0.16
Shopping Center	0.30	0.30	nan	0.31	0.18	0.18	0.28	0.28
Shopping Mall	0.28	0.28	nan	0.30	0.25	0.25	0.27	0.27
Sitdown Restaurant	0.25	0.25	nan	0.34	0.16	0.16	0.20	0.21
Spiritual Center	0.24	0.25	nan	0.33	0.13	0.13	0.26	0.26
Stadium	0.30	0.30	nan	0.36	0.14	0.14	0.34	0.34
Streetscape	0.34	0.34	nan	0.35	0.19	0.19	0.41	0.41
Student Center	0.22	0.22	nan	0.35	0.19	0.19	0.16	0.16
Theater	0.26	0.26	nan	0.34	0.23	0.23	0.18	0.18
Tourist Attraction	0.32	0.32	nan	0.35	0.16	0.16	0.27	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	0.30	nan	0.35	0.07	0.07	0.32	0.32
University Dining	0.20	0.20	nan	0.30	0.13	0.13	0.16	0.16
University Health Center	nan	nan	nan	nan	0.18	0.18	nan	nan
University Housing	0.31	0.32	nan	0.35	0.08	0.08	0.29	0.29
University Recreation Center	0.15	0.15	nan	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.29	0.29
Warehouse	0.21	0.21	nan	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 2023.11.25 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.11.25 includes 375,769 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.11.25	Vintage 2023.11.19
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: 20231125_023632