Placecast™, Publication Date 2023.04.01

On April 1, 2023, Motionworks published an update to its Placecast™ product, adding an incremental week through 2023-03-26.

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	Less Than 5%	Less Than 10%	Less Than 50%	Less Than 100%	Greater Than 100%
Airport Concourse	251	251	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	142	142	0	0	0	0	0
Amusement Park	12	12	0	0	0	0	0
Auto Dealership	723	722	0	0	1	0	0
Bank	728	703	25	0	0	0	0
Bar	15,989	15,664	308	1	1	12	3
Bus Garage Routes	243	243	0	0	0	0	0
Business	1,394	1,200	141	1	3	18	31
Car Wash Facility	41	41	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	66	63	3	0	0	0	0
Coffee Shop	21	21	0	0	0	0	0
Commercial Airport	290	290	0	0	0	0	0
Community Center	24	24	0	0	0	0	0
Convenience Store	17,924	17,200	714	1	2	4	3
Convention Center	21	21	0	0	0	0	0
Country Club	51	51	0	0	0	0	0
Drugstore	10,155	9,797	345	0	5	8	0
Event Facility	52	48	4	0	0	0	0
Ferry	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	23	23	0	0	0	0	0
Food Court	8	8	0	0	0	0	0
Fraternal Organization	1,377	1,376	0	0	0	1	0
Gas Station	1,189	1,101	88	0	0	0	0
General Aviation Airport	55	55	0	0	0	0	0
Grocery Store	13,286	13,146	131	1	3	5	0
Gym	2,583	2,439	138	1	2	2	1
Hospital	446	434	12	0	0	0	0
Hotel	919	906	12	0	0	1	0
Laundromat	59	59	0	0	0	0	0
Lifestyle Center	78	78	0	0	0	0	0
Liquor Store	1,268	1,159	109	0	0	0	0
Medical Office	673	666	6	0	0	1	0
Medical Office - Cardiology	545	539	6	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dentist Office	319	318	1	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	573	572	1	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	195	192	3	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	113	113	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	444	443	1	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	41	36	5	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,957	5,929	20	1	1	6	0
Medical Office - Rheumatology	80	78	1	0	0	1	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	549	547	2	0	0	0	0
Office Building	288	282	5	0	0	1	0
Outdoor Rec	112	99	8	1	1	3	0
Outlet Mall	89	86	3	0	0	0	0
Park	23	23	0	0	0	0	0
Parking Structure	128	83	44	1	0	0	0
Pedestrian Plaza	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	972	939	33	0	0	0	0
Residential Facility	318	187	19	104	6	1	1
Rest Stop	67	67	0	0	0	0	0
Retail	13,373	12,783	578	0	2	7	3
Shopping Center	339	339	0	0	0	0	0
Shopping Mall	445	440	5	0	0	0	0
Sitdown Restaurant	5,753	5,521	225	3	0	4	0
Spiritual Center	15	15	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	107	107	0	0	0	0	0
Theater	513	62	446	1	3	1	0
Tourist Attraction	45	45	0	0	0	0	0
Trail	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
Transit Hub	25	25	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Station	2,770	2,736	34	0	0	0	0
University Dining	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Warehouse	298	297	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	Places	Newly Added Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.04.01	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.04.01	Previously Cleared
Airport Concourse	251	0	0	251
Airport Terminal	142	0	0	142
Amusement Park	12	0	0	12
Auto Dealership	723	0	0	723
Bank	728	0	0	728
Bar	15,985	10	4	15,979
Bus Garage Routes	243	0	0	243
Business	1,389	7	4	1,386
Car Wash Facility	41	0	0	41
Casino	66	0	0	66
Coffee Shop	21	0	0	21
Commercial Airport	290	0	0	290
Community Center	24	0	0	24
Convenience Store	17,921	12	3	17,912
Convention Center	21	0	0	21
Country Club	51	0	0	51
Drugstore	10,148	5	6	10,149
Event Facility	52	0	0	52
Ferry	4	0	0	4
Fire Department	23	0	0	23
Food Court	8	0	0	8
Fraternal Organization	1,376	0	1	1,377
Gas Station	1,189	1	0	1,188
General Aviation Airport	55	0	0	55
Grocery Store	13,286	2	0	13,284
Gym	2,581	0	2	2,583
Hospital	446	0	0	446
Hotel	918	0	1	919
Laundromat	59	0	0	59
Lifestyle Center	78	0	0	78
Liquor Store	1,268	0	0	1,268
Medical Office	673	0	0	673
Medical Office - Cardiology	545	0	0	545
Medical Office - Dentist Office	319	0	0	319
Medical Office - Dermatology	573	0	0	573
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	195	0	0	195
Medical Office - Neurology	113	0	0	113
Medical Office - Oncology	444	0	0	444
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	41	0	0	41
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,954	1	3	5,956
Medical Office - Rheumatology	79	0	1	80
Medical Office - Women's Health	549	0	0	549
Office Building	288	1	0	287
Outdoor Rec	111	0	1	112
Outlet Mall	89	0	0	89
Park	23	0	0	23
Parking Structure	128	0	0	128
Pedestrian Plaza	5	0	0	5
Quick Serve Restaurant	972	0	0	972
Residential Facility	317	1	1	317
Rest Stop	67	0	0	67
Retail	13,367	5	6	13,368
Shopping Center	339	0	0	339
Shopping Mall	445	0	0	445
Sitdown Restaurant	5,751	1	0	5,750
Spiritual Center	15	0	0	15
Stadium	107	0	0	107
Theater	513	0	0	513
Tourist Attraction	45	0	0	45
Trail	1	0	1	2
Transit Hub	25	0	0	25
Transit Station	2,770	0	0	2,770
University Dining	4	0	0	4
Warehouse	298	0	0	298

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 2023.04.01 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.04.01 includes 104,564 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.03.24	Vintage 2023.04.01
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: 20230401_131110