Placecast™ by Date Version 2.1, Publication Date 2023.12.02

On December 2, 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	362,362	333,836	326	24,949	917	1,561	543	246
Academic Building	1,364	1,354	3	7	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	148	148	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amusement Park	57	57	0	0	0	0	0	0
Auto Dealership	25,885	25,828	40	5	0	11	0	1
Bank	3,618	3,541	4	59	0	11	2	1
Bar	50,230	34,607	38	13,585	743	854	277	132
Bus Garage Routes	243	243	0	0	0	0	0	0
Business	6,977	6,810	4	144	17	0	1	1
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	306	301	2	3	0	0	0	0
Child Care Facility	228	224	0	4	0	0	0	0
Coffee Shop	8,044	7,963	1	78	0	0	2	0
Commercial Airport	309	308	0	0	0	0	1	0
Community Center	169	166	0	3	0	0	0	0
Convenience Store	19,213	18,753	35	422	1	0	2	2
Convention Center	95	94	1	0	0	0	0	0
Country Club	88	88	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugstore	10,769	10,333	4	379	45	2	3	3
Event	64	64	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	210	203	1	6	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	2,803	2,777	0	15	0	9	0	2
Gas Station	2,300	2,300	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Aviation Airport	188	188	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grocery Store	16,320	16,129	12	163	6	1	8	2
Gym	3,268	3,205	1	62	0	0	0	0
Hospital	1,284	1,283	0	0	0	0	0	1
Hotel	1,754	1,747	2	2	0	2	1	0
Indoor Rec	1,112	1,098	1	13	0	0	0	0
Institutional Housing	64	64	0	0	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	327	327	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lifestyle Center	255	255	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liquor Store	1,317	1,313	1	2	0	0	1	0
Lobby	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Medical Office	5,581	5,289	3	287	0	0	0	2
Medical Office - Cardiology	474	441	0	33	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dentist Office	333	266	0	67	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	540	458	1	81	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	181	127	0	54	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	121	114	0	7	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	386	362	0	24	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	60	59	0	1	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,737	5,190	1	545	0	0	0	1
Medical Office - Rheumatology	77	67	0	10	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	489	442	0	47	0	0	0	0
Office Building	2,541	2,367	4	161	0	4	3	2
Outdoor Rec	330	328	0	2	0	0	0	0
Outlet Mall	153	151	2	0	0	0	0	0
Park	448	447	1	0	0	0	0	0
Parking Structure	686	652	1	21	0	0	0	12
Pedestrian Plaza	56	56	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	63,091	62,029	36	973	18	18	9	8
Residential Facility	3,315	3,162	6	142	3	1	2	1
Rest Stop	70	69	1	0	0	0	0	0
Retail	31,295	30,473	39	768	3	0	8	9
Shopping Center	4,809	4,802	3	3	0	0	1	0
Shopping Mall	976	975	0	1	0	0	0	0
Sitdown Restaurant	73,722	65,906	72	6,737	80	648	214	65
Spiritual Center	66	66	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	1,007	1,005	0	0	1	0	0	1
Streetscape	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0
Student Center	98	97	0	1	0	0	0	0
Theater	1,726	1,694	0	24	0	0	8	0
Tourist Attraction	612	608	2	2	0	0	0	0
Trail	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Station	2,706	2,703	2	1	0	0	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	340	338	1	1	0	0	0	0
University Recreation Center	313	313	0	0	0	0	0	0
Warehouse	366	364	1	1	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 2023.12.02	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.12.02	Previously Cleared
Total	388,999	388,650	13,539	349	375,460
Academic Building	1,364	1,361	3	3	1,361
Airport Concourse	238	238	0	0	238
Airport Gate	3	3	0	0	3
Airport Terminal	148	148	1	0	147
Amusement Park	57	57	0	0	57
Auto Dealership	25,885	25,845	13	40	25,872
Bank	3,618	3,614	3	4	3,615
Bar	50,246	50,209	2,679	37	47,567
Bus Garage Routes	243	243	0	0	243
Business	6,989	6,985	29	4	6,960
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0	0	44
Casino	306	304	0	2	306
Child Care Facility	228	228	0	0	228
Coffee Shop	8,044	8,043	6	1	8,038
Commercial Airport	309	309	0	0	309
Community Center	169	169	0	0	169
Convenience Store	19,238	19,203	30	35	19,208
Convention Center	95	94	0	1	95
Country Club	88	88	0	0	88
Drugstore	10,779	10,775	10	4	10,769
Event	64	64	0	0	64
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	2
Event Facility	210	210	0	0	210
Face	26,200	26,173	3	27	26,197
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	0	0	2,803
Gas Station	2,300	2,300	3	0	2,297
General Aviation Airport	188	188	0	0	188
Grocery Store	16,333	16,321	12	12	16,321
Gym	3,291	3,290	3	1	3,288
Hospital	1,286	1,286	1	0	1,285
Hotel	1,754	1,752	2	2	1,752
Indoor Rec	1,114	1,113	1	1	1,113
Institutional Housing	64	64	0	0	64
Laundromat	327	327	1	0	326
Lifestyle Center	255	255	1	0	254
Liquor Store	1,317	1,316	6	1	1,311
Lobby	1	1	0	0	1
Medical Office	5,634	5,632	8	2	5,626
Medical Office - Cardiology	499	499	1	0	498
Medical Office - Dentist Office	333	333	1	0	332
Medical Office - Dermatology	551	550	0	1	551
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	201	201	0	0	201
Medical Office - Neurology	131	131	0	0	131
Medical Office - Oncology	415	415	1	0	414
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	64	64	0	0	64
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,804	5,803	6	1	5,798
Medical Office - Rheumatology	87	87	0	0	87
Medical Office - Women's Health	517	517	1	0	516
Neighborhood	1	1	0	0	1
Office Building	2,543	2,539	12	4	2,531
Outdoor Rec	330	330	1	0	329
Outlet Mall	153	151	0	2	153
Park	448	447	4	1	444
Parking Structure	687	686	15	1	672
Pedestrian Plaza	56	56	0	0	56
Quick Serve Restaurant	63,092	63,056	113	36	62,979
Residential Facility	3,315	3,309	23	6	3,292
Rest Stop	70	69	0	1	70
Retail	31,331	31,292	16	39	31,315
Shopping Center	4,809	4,806	14	3	4,795
Shopping Mall	977	977	11	0	966
Sitdown Restaurant	73,750	73,679	10,489	71	63,261
Spiritual Center	66	66	0	0	66
Stadium	1,007	1,007	3	0	1,004
Streetscape	28	28	5	0	23
Student Center	98	98	0	0	98
Theater	1,730	1,730	2	0	1,728
Tourist Attraction	612	610	1	2	611
Trail	17	17	0	0	17
Transit Hub	31	31	0	0	31
Transit Station	2,706	2,704	2	2	2,704
University Campus	170	170	0	0	170
University Dining	21	21	0	0	21
University Health Center	46	46	0	0	46
University Housing	340	339	2	1	338
University Recreation Center	313	313	1	0	312
Warehouse	367	366	0	1	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	0.27	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	0.30	0.30	nan	0.28	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	0.12	0.12	0.19	0.19
Bus Garage Routes	0.37	0.37	nan	0.28	0.24	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	0.54	0.51	nan	0.50	0.35	0.35	0.57	0.50
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	0.33	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	0.17	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	0.07	0.06	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	0.31	0.30	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	0.24	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	0.89	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	0.31	0.18	0.18	0.35	0.35
Park	0.15	0.15	nan	0.38	0.11	0.11	0.28	0.29
Parking Structure	0.29	0.29	nan	0.36	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	0.21	0.21
Spiritual Center	0.25	0.25	nan	0.34	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	0.36	0.19	0.19	0.41	0.42
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	0.37	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	0.32	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	0.34	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 2023.12.02 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.12.02 includes 388,999 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.12.02	Vintage 2023.11.25
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: 20231202_123543