Placecast™ by Date Version 2.1, Publication Date 2023.12.18

On December 18, 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	438,067	324,151	1,335	74,232	14,497	10,395	3,664	9,805
Academic Building	1,360	1,203	15	130	0	4	1	7
Airport Concourse	240	236	0	0	1	0	2	1
Airport Gate	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	150	149	0	0	0	0	1	0
Amusement Park	59	19	0	28	2	9	1	0
Auto Dealership	25,912	23,835	39	484	525	415	154	460
Bank	3,623	3,058	13	183	89	130	29	121
Bar	50,514	35,978	149	9,044	2,799	1,062	326	1,158
Bus Garage Routes	243	224	0	0	0	15	1	3
Business	7,112	5,849	28	456	174	279	74	252
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	328	285	1	5	0	31	1	5
Child Care Facility	227	182	3	26	0	12	0	4
Coffee Shop	8,074	7,170	8	228	146	266	44	212
Commercial Airport	309	301	0	2	0	2	3	1
Community Center	183	122	0	41	12	2	5	1
Convenience Store	19,387	15,299	118	2,756	436	229	163	389
Convention Center	94	76	0	12	0	4	1	1
Country Club	89	88	0	1	0	0	0	0
Drugstore	10,781	8,510	15	1,726	136	146	113	135
Event	65	64	0	0	0	0	1	0
Event Detection	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	217	194	1	20	0	2	0	0
Ferry	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	30	28	0	0	0	1	1	0
Food Court	10	8	0	2	0	0	0	0
Fraternal Organization	2,807	2,528	1	23	74	67	45	69
Gas Station	2,308	2,064	1	125	10	41	16	51
General Aviation Airport	188	186	0	1	0	0	0	1
Grocery Store	16,320	13,121	22	2,209	293	242	219	214
Gym	3,272	2,656	15	381	46	55	50	69
Hospital	1,291	1,106	1	30	28	73	27	26
Hotel	1,824	1,395	3	134	53	146	36	57
Indoor Rec	1,119	952	1	78	7	30	13	38
Institutional Housing	62	60	1	1	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	328	280	0	26	0	9	3	10
Lifestyle Center	262	232	1	0	9	18	1	1
Liquor Store	1,321	1,161	5	40	26	49	5	35
Lobby	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Medical Office	5,594	3,958	37	1,087	157	174	49	132
Medical Office - Cardiology	478	190	10	276	0	0	0	2
Medical Office - Dentist Office	333	229	1	76	10	10	3	4
Medical Office - Dermatology	542	303	15	215	0	2	3	4
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	185	59	5	121	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	123	49	2	71	0	0	0	1
Medical Office - Oncology	393	173	13	195	0	5	2	5
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	62	38	4	19	0	0	0	1
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,793	3,423	153	1,944	31	130	32	80
Medical Office - Rheumatology	77	31	2	43	0	0	1	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	501	205	19	271	0	0	2	5
Office Building	2,572	2,001	15	312	37	92	71	44
Outdoor Rec	334	299	0	15	0	7	8	5
Outlet Mall	152	152	0	0	0	0	0	0
Park	476	442	0	29	1	3	1	0
Parking Structure	696	556	7	75	3	33	10	12
Pedestrian Plaza	54	47	2	0	4	0	1	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	63,226	53,987	41	3,927	2,460	871	476	1,464
Residential Facility	3,419	2,882	9	144	162	62	51	110
Rest Stop	70	68	0	0	0	2	0	0
Retail	31,285	26,332	88	3,122	498	179	370	701
Shopping Center	4,823	4,173	3	485	51	41	37	33
Shopping Mall	1,001	868	2	99	8	14	6	4
Sitdown Restaurant	148,146	88,638	448	42,734	6,126	5,281	1,113	3,806
Spiritual Center	70	68	0	0	0	0	2	0
Stadium	1,014	933	1	4	1	30	29	16
Streetscape	30	28	0	0	0	2	0	0
Student Center	99	97	0	2	0	0	0	0
Theater	1,733	1,394	4	199	25	67	28	16
Tourist Attraction	613	536	7	38	3	4	12	13
Trail	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Station	2,706	2,093	3	506	46	29	14	15
University Campus	169	169	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Dining	21	20	0	1	0	0	0	0
University Health Center	45	42	1	0	0	0	2	0
University Housing	338	319	1	12	0	3	1	2
University Recreation Center	315	293	1	1	4	15	0	1
Warehouse	365	333	0	16	4	0	4	8

*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 2023.12.18	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.12.18	Previously Cleared
Total	464,558	463,719	33,901	839	430,657
Academic Building	1,360	1,345	2	15	1,358
Airport Concourse	240	240	1	0	239
Airport Gate	4	4	0	0	4
Airport Terminal	150	150	1	0	149
Amusement Park	59	59	2	0	57
Auto Dealership	25,912	25,874	84	38	25,828
Bank	3,623	3,619	11	4	3,612
Bar	50,530	50,426	240	104	50,290
Bus Garage Routes	243	243	0	0	243
Business	7,129	7,121	45	8	7,084
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0	0	44
Casino	328	327	1	1	327
Child Care Facility	228	228	0	0	228
Coffee Shop	8,074	8,067	25	7	8,049
Commercial Airport	309	309	0	0	309
Community Center	183	183	13	0	170
Convenience Store	19,410	19,367	196	43	19,214
Convention Center	94	94	0	0	94
Country Club	89	89	0	0	89
Drugstore	10,789	10,785	5	4	10,784
Event	65	65	0	0	65
Event Detection	1	1	0	0	1
Event Facility	217	217	2	0	215
Face	26,163	26,048	0	115	26,163
Ferry	7	7	0	0	7
Fire Department	30	30	0	0	30
Food Court	10	10	0	0	10
Fraternal Organization	2,807	2,806	4	1	2,803
Gas Station	2,308	2,307	6	1	2,302
General Aviation Airport	188	188	0	0	188
Grocery Store	16,330	16,321	13	9	16,317
Gym	3,294	3,293	0	1	3,294
Hospital	1,293	1,293	1	0	1,292
Hotel	1,824	1,821	18	3	1,806
Indoor Rec	1,121	1,121	2	0	1,119
Institutional Housing	62	61	0	1	62
Laundromat	328	328	0	0	328
Lifestyle Center	262	262	1	0	261
Liquor Store	1,322	1,321	3	1	1,319
Lobby	1	1	0	0	1
Medical Office	5,640	5,640	6	0	5,634
Medical Office - Cardiology	499	499	0	0	499
Medical Office - Dentist Office	333	333	0	0	333
Medical Office - Dermatology	550	549	0	1	550
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	201	201	0	0	201
Medical Office - Neurology	131	131	0	0	131
Medical Office - Oncology	416	416	1	0	415
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	64	64	0	0	64
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,812	5,812	7	0	5,805
Medical Office - Rheumatology	87	87	0	0	87
Medical Office - Women's Health	518	518	0	0	518
Neighborhood	1	1	0	0	1
Office Building	2,573	2,565	10	8	2,563
Outdoor Rec	334	334	3	0	331
Outlet Mall	152	152	0	0	152
Park	476	476	27	0	449
Parking Structure	696	693	5	3	691
Pedestrian Plaza	54	52	0	2	54
Quick Serve Restaurant	63,227	63,191	111	36	63,116
Residential Facility	3,419	3,416	42	3	3,377
Rest Stop	70	70	1	0	69
Retail	31,314	31,292	31	22	31,283
Shopping Center	4,823	4,820	10	3	4,813
Shopping Mall	1,001	1,000	10	1	991
Sitdown Restaurant	148,165	147,775	32,943	390	115,222
Spiritual Center	70	70	0	0	70
Stadium	1,014	1,013	2	1	1,012
Streetscape	30	30	2	0	28
Student Center	99	99	0	0	99
Theater	1,736	1,736	4	0	1,732
Tourist Attraction	613	606	4	7	609
Trail	17	17	0	0	17
Transit Hub	31	31	0	0	31
Transit Station	2,706	2,703	1	3	2,705
University Campus	169	169	0	0	169
University Dining	21	21	0	0	21
University Health Center	46	45	0	1	46
University Housing	338	337	2	1	336
University Recreation Center	315	314	2	1	313
Warehouse	366	366	1	0	365

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	0.26	nan	0.32	0.11	0.13	0.24	0.25
Airport Concourse	0.25	0.26	nan	0.30	0.09	0.09	0.23	0.23
Airport Gate	0.45	0.45	nan	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.39	0.39
Airport Terminal	0.30	0.30	nan	0.29	0.09	0.09	0.35	0.35
Amusement Park	0.35	0.34	nan	0.37	0.22	0.23	0.34	0.33
Auto Dealership	0.24	0.29	nan	0.31	0.09	0.13	0.27	0.28
Bank	0.25	0.28	nan	0.33	0.09	0.12	0.16	0.16
Bar	0.24	0.28	nan	0.35	0.11	0.14	0.19	0.19
Bus Garage Routes	0.37	0.38	nan	0.28	0.19	0.24	0.36	0.35
Business	0.21	0.24	nan	0.33	0.09	0.11	0.18	0.18
Car Wash Facility	0.24	0.24	nan	0.34	0.12	0.12	0.29	0.29
Casino	0.28	0.27	nan	0.34	0.17	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	0.30	nan	0.34	0.10	0.14	0.27	0.29
Commercial Airport	0.26	0.26	nan	0.29	0.25	0.29	0.30	0.30
Community Center	0.24	0.25	nan	0.33	0.14	0.15	0.19	0.18
Convenience Store	0.28	0.30	nan	0.34	0.11	0.13	0.16	0.15
Convention Center	0.33	0.33	nan	0.39	0.14	0.17	0.25	0.25
Country Club	0.27	0.27	nan	0.36	0.10	0.11	0.23	0.23
Drugstore	0.33	0.34	nan	0.34	0.21	0.22	0.12	0.12
Event	0.20	0.20	nan	0.38	0.16	0.16	0.36	0.36
Event Detection	0.41	0.40	nan	0.43	0.17	0.18	0.45	0.45
Event Facility	0.25	0.25	nan	0.36	0.14	0.17	0.23	0.23
Ferry	0.36	0.36	nan	0.37	0.33	0.32	0.29	0.29
Fire Department	0.33	0.33	nan	0.34	0.19	0.18	0.32	0.31
Food Court	0.22	0.22	nan	0.35	0.26	0.26	0.22	0.22
Fraternal Organization	0.26	0.28	nan	0.33	0.13	0.15	0.25	0.25
Gas Station	0.27	0.30	nan	0.35	0.02	0.02	0.29	0.30
General Aviation Airport	0.30	0.31	nan	0.35	0.16	0.18	0.26	0.26
Grocery Store	0.30	0.30	nan	0.33	0.18	0.22	0.12	0.11
Gym	0.24	0.27	nan	0.34	0.13	0.16	0.15	0.15
Hospital	0.34	0.34	nan	0.32	0.19	0.29	0.18	0.18
Hotel	0.29	0.31	nan	0.35	0.14	0.20	0.22	0.22
Indoor Rec	0.26	0.27	nan	0.34	0.22	0.24	0.17	0.16
Institutional Housing	0.34	0.34	nan	0.33	0.05	0.08	0.29	0.29
Laundromat	0.25	0.25	nan	0.34	0.12	0.12	0.17	0.18
Lifestyle Center	0.32	0.32	nan	0.34	0.23	0.26	0.24	0.28
Liquor Store	0.27	0.29	nan	0.34	0.06	0.07	0.16	0.16
Medical Office	0.29	0.34	nan	0.31	0.12	0.16	0.25	0.26
Medical Office - Cardiology	0.34	0.33	nan	0.30	0.22	0.26	0.44	0.43
Medical Office - Dentist Office	0.30	0.31	nan	0.30	0.14	0.16	0.27	0.27
Medical Office - Dermatology	0.30	0.32	nan	0.30	0.18	0.20	0.37	0.37
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	0.30	0.31	nan	0.30	0.23	0.28	0.49	0.49
Medical Office - Neurology	0.32	0.32	nan	0.31	0.22	0.25	0.45	0.45
Medical Office - Oncology	0.30	0.34	nan	0.31	0.22	0.26	0.39	0.42
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	0.29	0.31	nan	0.32	0.19	0.22	0.34	0.35
Medical Office - Primary Care	0.30	0.33	nan	0.31	0.15	0.17	0.35	0.36
Medical Office - Rheumatology	0.23	0.36	nan	0.30	0.21	0.28	0.44	0.44
Medical Office - Women's Health	0.32	0.34	nan	0.29	0.22	0.26	0.44	0.45
Neighborhood	0.42	0.42	nan	0.88	0.05	0.06	0.90	0.90
Office Building	0.28	0.30	nan	0.35	0.19	0.22	0.16	0.15
Outdoor Rec	0.17	0.30	nan	0.35	0.10	0.12	0.28	0.29
Outlet Mall	0.30	0.30	nan	0.31	0.18	0.18	0.35	0.35
Park	0.15	0.18	nan	0.37	0.09	0.11	0.29	0.30
Parking Structure	0.29	0.29	nan	0.35	0.18	0.22	0.21	0.21
Pedestrian Plaza	0.29	0.29	nan	0.35	0.25	0.28	0.30	0.30
Quick Serve Restaurant	0.29	0.32	nan	0.34	0.11	0.11	0.28	0.29
Residential Facility	0.28	0.32	nan	0.36	0.07	0.10	0.19	0.19
Rest Stop	0.18	0.19	nan	0.32	0.13	0.17	0.25	0.25
Retail	0.26	0.28	nan	0.32	0.12	0.13	0.16	0.16
Shopping Center	0.29	0.29	nan	0.31	0.17	0.18	0.28	0.28
Shopping Mall	0.28	0.28	nan	0.30	0.24	0.25	0.26	0.27
Sitdown Restaurant	0.25	0.28	nan	0.34	0.14	0.18	0.23	0.23
Spiritual Center	0.24	0.24	nan	0.33	0.14	0.14	0.26	0.26
Stadium	0.30	0.32	nan	0.36	0.13	0.14	0.34	0.34
Streetscape	0.34	0.34	nan	0.36	0.18	0.19	0.42	0.42
Student Center	0.22	0.22	nan	0.35	0.17	0.19	0.16	0.16
Theater	0.26	0.24	nan	0.34	0.23	0.21	0.18	0.18
Tourist Attraction	0.32	0.33	nan	0.35	0.16	0.17	0.26	0.27
Trail	0.35	0.35	nan	0.37	0.17	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	0.07	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	0.13	0.18	nan	nan
University Housing	0.31	0.34	nan	0.34	0.07	0.09	0.29	0.30
University Recreation Center	0.15	0.19	nan	0.34	0.10	0.13	0.29	0.30
Warehouse	0.21	0.21	nan	0.34	0.14	0.19	0.21	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 2023.12.18 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.12.18 includes 464,558 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.12.18	Vintage 2023.12.10
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: 20231218_024526