Placecast™ by Date Version 2.1, Publication Date 2024.02.18

On February 18, 2024, 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	699,166	537,443	136	138,704	8,682	9,034	2,717	2,472
Academic Building	2,098	1,988	0	84	9	10	8	0
Airport Concourse	284	279	0	0	1	0	2	2
Airport Gate	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	161	118	0	42	1	0	0	0
Amusement Park	53	7	1	24	6	11	3	1
Auto Dealership	27,934	27,524	0	289	56	32	16	17
Bank	3,926	3,745	1	113	14	44	3	6
Bar	81,656	56,064	14	17,201	1,558	4,574	1,597	652
Bus Garage Routes	255	231	0	1	0	19	2	2
Business	9,648	7,138	1	1,975	209	262	44	19
Car Wash Facility	49	49	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	852	596	1	152	21	72	6	4
Child Care Facility	249	249	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coffee Shop	9,099	8,469	0	596	1	10	7	16
Commercial Airport	318	239	0	76	0	1	2	0
Community Center	205	189	0	14	0	2	0	0
Convenience Store	21,295	18,092	1	3,018	69	57	26	32
Convention Center	112	49	0	33	17	13	0	0
Country Club	98	93	1	4	0	0	0	0
Display	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugstore	11,703	10,328	1	1,203	125	8	26	12
Event	61	25	0	33	1	1	1	0
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	228	97	2	54	18	44	11	2
Ferry	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0
Food Court	39	21	3	11	3	1	0	0
Fraternal Organization	2,881	2,826	0	44	0	7	3	1
Gas Station	2,821	2,821	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Aviation Airport	196	196	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grocery Store	17,218	15,161	1	1,664	209	102	49	33
Gym	3,444	3,159	1	206	36	32	3	7
Hospital	1,425	1,371	3	19	7	17	9	2
Hotel	25,955	24,624	0	519	191	144	100	377
Indoor Rec	2,926	2,754	0	121	25	20	3	3
Institutional Housing	78	78	0	0	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	371	364	0	0	0	6	0	1
Lifestyle Center	253	136	0	94	8	8	5	2
Liquor Store	1,536	1,451	1	39	0	32	3	10
Lobby	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Office	6,256	6,115	4	108	0	1	16	12
Medical Office - Cardiology	489	444	2	30	0	11	1	1
Medical Office - Dentist Office	342	340	0	2	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	576	564	0	12	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	136	129	0	7	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	90	83	0	7	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	416	366	2	36	0	11	0	1
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	53	50	0	3	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	6,569	5,876	8	305	367	0	9	4
Medical Office - Rheumatology	54	53	0	1	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	522	487	2	33	0	0	0	0
Office Building	3,562	2,973	1	549	13	10	10	6
Outdoor Rec	394	353	0	31	4	0	3	3
Outlet Mall	145	30	0	90	12	9	2	2
Park	496	446	0	43	0	0	2	5
Parking Structure	1,072	990	1	56	5	17	3	0
Pedestrian Plaza	63	62	0	1	0	0	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	128,121	111,483	2	15,754	449	106	151	177
Residential Facility	5,923	4,728	0	1,018	17	148	8	8
Rest Stop	92	90	0	0	0	0	0	2
Retail	35,705	28,958	6	6,537	63	49	48	48
Shopping Center	4,488	2,434	0	1,936	13	18	31	56
Shopping Mall	1,436	516	0	832	36	38	9	5
Sitdown Restaurant	265,780	175,253	75	82,100	4,637	2,467	394	855
Spiritual Center	82	82	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	685	209	0	160	124	164	12	16
Streetscape	57	53	0	3	0	1	0	0
Student Center	141	109	0	32	0	0	0	0
Theater	1,048	136	1	339	238	314	12	8
Tourist Attraction	876	502	0	128	63	68	63	52
Trail	10	6	0	0	0	2	2	0
Transit Hub	37	31	0	5	0	1	0	0
Transit Station	2,835	2,063	0	763	1	3	1	4
University Campus	172	172	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Dining	25	14	0	1	5	5	0	0
University Health Center	27	17	0	2	3	5	0	0
University Housing	287	126	0	100	25	28	5	3
University Recreation Center	178	85	0	48	21	22	1	2
Warehouse	443	427	0	3	1	7	5	1

*Immaterial changes are differences of less than ten visits per hour or if a place was new or modified.

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	0.78	0.78	nan	0.68	0.91	0.92	0.71	0.71
Airport Concourse	0.73	0.73	nan	0.74	0.90	0.91	0.76	0.76
Airport Terminal	0.74	0.74	nan	0.73	0.91	0.91	0.69	0.69
Amusement Park	0.66	0.69	nan	0.64	0.75	0.77	0.65	0.69
Auto Dealership	0.71	0.71	nan	0.69	0.88	0.87	0.70	0.70
Bank	0.72	0.72	nan	0.67	0.89	0.89	0.70	0.70
Bar	0.72	0.73	nan	0.66	0.88	0.89	0.68	0.69
Bus Garage Routes	0.63	0.62	nan	0.72	0.84	0.76	0.64	0.65
Business	0.76	0.76	nan	0.67	0.94	0.94	0.71	0.71
Car Wash Facility	0.76	0.76	nan	0.66	0.88	0.88	0.72	0.72
Casino	0.69	0.69	nan	0.65	0.87	0.87	0.69	0.69
Child Care Facility	0.72	0.72	nan	0.69	0.94	0.94	0.72	0.72
Coffee Shop	0.71	0.71	nan	0.66	0.86	0.86	0.69	0.69
Commercial Airport	0.74	0.74	nan	0.72	0.74	0.72	0.72	0.72
Community Center	0.75	0.77	nan	0.67	0.89	0.89	0.72	0.72
Convenience Store	0.69	0.69	nan	0.66	0.90	0.90	0.71	0.71
Convention Center	0.80	0.79	nan	0.62	0.87	0.87	0.73	0.72
Country Club	0.88	0.89	nan	0.68	0.91	0.91	0.80	0.76
Drugstore	0.66	0.66	nan	0.66	0.82	0.81	0.69	0.69
Event	0.67	0.61	nan	0.62	0.81	0.82	0.61	0.61
Event Detection	0.41	0.64	nan	0.39	0.65	0.65	0.49	0.59
Event Facility	0.81	0.80	nan	0.66	0.88	0.90	0.72	0.73
Ferry	0.64	0.64	nan	0.62	0.70	0.68	0.71	0.71
Fire Department	0.67	0.67	nan	0.65	0.88	0.86	0.67	0.67
Food Court	0.74	0.77	nan	0.67	0.72	0.73	0.72	0.70
Fraternal Organization	0.73	0.73	nan	0.67	0.84	0.84	0.68	0.68
Gas Station	0.71	0.71	nan	0.65	0.98	0.98	0.70	0.70
General Aviation Airport	0.74	0.74	nan	0.65	0.85	0.85	0.71	0.71
Grocery Store	0.70	0.70	nan	0.67	0.80	0.78	0.70	0.70
Gym	0.73	0.73	nan	0.66	0.86	0.85	0.71	0.71
Hospital	0.69	0.69	nan	0.69	0.80	0.77	0.68	0.69
Hotel	0.73	0.71	nan	0.65	0.85	0.84	0.70	0.70
Indoor Rec	0.76	0.76	nan	0.67	0.84	0.84	0.72	0.72
Institutional Housing	0.66	0.66	nan	0.67	0.91	0.91	0.66	0.66
Laundromat	0.74	0.74	nan	0.66	0.93	0.93	0.71	0.71
Lifestyle Center	0.75	0.78	nan	0.66	0.76	0.75	0.73	0.73
Liquor Store	0.71	0.71	nan	0.66	0.97	0.97	0.70	0.70
Medical Office	0.72	0.72	nan	0.70	0.88	0.87	0.67	0.68
Medical Office - Cardiology	0.66	0.66	nan	0.70	0.81	0.80	0.82	0.82
Medical Office - Dentist Office	0.73	0.73	nan	0.71	0.94	0.94	0.70	0.70
Medical Office - Dermatology	0.69	0.70	nan	0.70	0.90	0.89	0.78	0.79
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	0.65	0.65	nan	0.70	0.85	0.84	0.77	0.77
Medical Office - Neurology	0.70	0.70	nan	0.69	0.85	0.84	0.79	0.79
Medical Office - Oncology	0.65	0.65	nan	0.69	0.79	0.78	0.81	0.81
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	0.70	0.71	nan	0.68	0.83	0.82	0.79	0.79
Medical Office - Primary Care	0.71	0.71	nan	0.69	0.90	0.90	0.72	0.72
Medical Office - Rheumatology	0.61	0.61	nan	0.70	0.82	0.82	0.78	0.78
Medical Office - Women's Health	0.68	0.69	nan	0.71	0.81	0.81	0.83	0.83
Neighborhood	0.58	0.58	nan	0.11	0.95	0.95	0.10	0.10
Office Building	0.77	0.77	nan	0.65	0.88	0.88	0.71	0.71
Outdoor Rec	0.74	0.74	nan	0.64	0.90	0.88	0.67	0.67
Outlet Mall	0.70	0.71	nan	0.69	0.84	0.82	0.64	0.65
Park	0.74	0.75	nan	0.67	0.89	0.89	0.69	0.69
Parking Structure	0.72	0.72	nan	0.64	0.89	0.89	0.66	0.66
Pedestrian Plaza	0.85	0.85	nan	0.72	0.81	0.79	0.78	0.79
Quick Serve Restaurant	0.70	0.70	nan	0.66	0.88	0.88	0.68	0.68
Residential Facility	0.76	0.76	nan	0.64	0.92	0.92	0.71	0.71
Rest Stop	0.81	0.82	nan	0.68	0.86	0.84	0.75	0.75
Retail	0.72	0.72	nan	0.68	0.91	0.91	0.71	0.71
Shopping Center	0.80	0.81	nan	0.68	0.83	0.82	0.71	0.71
Shopping Mall	0.70	0.70	nan	0.69	0.87	0.89	0.68	0.69
Sitdown Restaurant	0.72	0.72	nan	0.66	0.85	0.84	0.69	0.69
Spiritual Center	0.84	0.84	nan	0.67	0.87	0.87	0.70	0.70
Stadium	0.73	0.74	nan	0.64	0.90	0.89	0.68	0.68
Streetscape	0.66	0.66	nan	0.64	0.84	0.82	0.61	0.61
Student Center	0.81	0.81	nan	0.66	0.89	0.89	0.74	0.74
Theater	0.75	0.74	nan	0.66	0.90	0.91	0.70	0.71
Tourist Attraction	0.67	0.69	nan	0.64	0.84	0.84	0.64	0.64
Trail	0.61	0.67	nan	0.62	0.87	0.78	0.62	0.63
Transit Hub	0.66	0.66	nan	0.62	0.86	0.85	0.62	0.62
Transit Station	0.72	0.72	nan	0.65	0.93	0.93	0.68	0.68
University Dining	0.80	0.75	nan	0.67	0.91	0.90	0.82	0.83
University Health Center	0.66	0.67	nan	0.88	0.91	0.90	0.73	0.71
University Housing	0.71	0.71	nan	0.66	0.92	0.92	0.72	0.71
University Recreation Center	0.87	0.88	nan	0.65	0.91	0.92	0.77	0.76
Warehouse	0.81	0.81	nan	0.65	0.88	0.84	0.72	0.72

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 2024.02.18 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2024.02.18 includes 460,852 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2024.02.18	Vintage 2024.02.11
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: 20240218_132207