Placecast™ Version 2.1 by Date, Publication Date 2024.02.04

On February 4, 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	625,585	513,245	8	99,206	7,719	3,685	1,070	683
Academic Building	2,031	1,743	1	210	38	25	2	13
Airport Concourse	284	284	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Gate	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	162	161	0	1	0	0	0	0
Amusement Park	86	86	0	0	0	0	0	0
Auto Dealership	27,655	27,529	0	79	35	2	8	2
Bank	3,923	3,873	0	20	11	16	1	2
Bar	55,668	50,174	3	5,354	61	37	33	11
Bus Garage Routes	255	255	0	0	0	0	0	0
Business	9,489	9,305	0	68	1	106	3	6
Car Wash Facility	49	49	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	984	842	0	49	75	10	5	3
Child Care Facility	249	220	0	5	5	13	6	0
Coffee Shop	8,830	8,454	0	339	5	24	3	5
Commercial Airport	317	317	0	0	0	0	0	0
Community Center	200	189	0	0	10	1	0	0
Convenience Store	21,281	20,183	0	955	101	20	13	9
Convention Center	167	167	0	0	0	0	0	0
Country Club	96	96	0	0	0	0	0	0
Display	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugstore	11,701	10,638	0	971	60	18	8	6
Event	113	86	0	25	2	0	0	0
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	297	257	1	23	0	6	6	5
Ferry	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Food Court	31	22	0	9	0	0	0	0
Fraternal Organization	2,871	2,870	0	1	0	0	0	0
Gas Station	2,815	2,803	0	1	0	8	1	2
General Aviation Airport	196	196	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grocery Store	17,186	16,281	0	876	6	10	7	6
Gym	3,434	3,404	0	22	1	4	0	3
Hospital	1,415	1,413	0	2	0	0	0	0
Hotel	2,417	2,406	0	6	0	5	0	0
Indoor Rec	2,899	1,959	0	529	125	239	27	20
Institutional Housing	76	76	0	0	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	370	364	0	4	0	1	1	0
Lifestyle Center	377	358	0	0	15	0	2	2
Liquor Store	1,537	1,487	0	2	0	22	19	7
Medical Office	6,240	6,070	0	83	0	77	5	5
Medical Office - Cardiology	480	456	0	12	11	0	0	1
Medical Office - Dentist Office	342	339	0	2	0	0	1	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	574	570	0	4	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	134	133	0	1	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	90	89	0	1	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	406	399	0	7	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	52	52	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	6,513	6,305	0	54	0	147	3	4
Medical Office - Rheumatology	53	53	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	513	506	0	6	0	0	1	0
Office Building	3,511	3,497	0	10	0	0	2	2
Outdoor Rec	399	397	0	2	0	0	0	0
Outlet Mall	244	244	0	0	0	0	0	0
Park	519	519	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parking Structure	997	875	0	94	9	9	3	7
Pedestrian Plaza	64	64	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	119,350	58,642	0	49,943	6,804	2,789	714	458
Residential Facility	5,892	5,376	0	335	172	4	3	5
Rest Stop	92	92	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retail	35,389	30,644	0	4,607	103	4	23	11
Shopping Center	5,242	5,209	0	28	0	1	2	2
Shopping Mall	2,316	2,295	0	21	0	0	0	0
Sitdown Restaurant	248,288	213,509	3	34,403	64	74	167	82
Spiritual Center	82	82	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	974	935	0	18	5	13	1	2
Streetscape	58	58	0	0	0	0	0	0
Student Center	140	139	0	1	0	0	0	0
Theater	1,885	1,865	0	19	0	0	0	1
Tourist Attraction	746	744	0	2	0	0	0	0
Trail	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Station	2,831	2,831	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Campus	172	172	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Dining	39	38	0	1	0	0	0	0
University Health Center	52	52	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Housing	559	557	0	1	0	0	0	1
University Recreation Center	348	350	0	0	0	0	0	0
Warehouse	437	438	0	0	0	0	0	0

*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	0.79	0.79	nan	0.68	0.88	0.88	0.70	0.70
Airport Concourse	0.73	0.73	nan	0.74	0.91	0.91	0.76	0.76
Airport Terminal	0.75	0.75	nan	0.73	0.91	0.91	0.70	0.70
Amusement Park	0.67	0.67	nan	0.63	0.76	0.76	0.68	0.68
Auto Dealership	0.71	0.71	nan	0.69	0.87	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	0.72	nan	0.65	0.86	0.86	0.68	0.68
Bus Garage Routes	0.62	0.62	nan	0.72	0.76	0.76	0.65	0.65
Business	0.76	0.76	nan	0.67	0.91	0.91	0.71	0.71
Car Wash Facility	0.76	0.76	nan	0.66	0.88	0.88	0.72	0.72
Casino	0.67	0.67	nan	0.65	0.86	0.86	0.68	0.68
Child Care Facility	0.72	0.72	nan	0.69	0.94	0.94	0.72	0.72
Coffee Shop	0.70	0.70	nan	0.67	0.86	0.86	0.69	0.69
Commercial Airport	0.74	0.74	nan	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.72	0.72
Community Center	0.75	0.75	nan	0.67	0.85	0.85	0.70	0.70
Convenience Store	0.69	0.69	nan	0.66	0.89	0.89	0.71	0.71
Convention Center	0.68	0.68	nan	0.61	0.85	0.85	0.69	0.69
Country Club	0.75	0.75	nan	0.65	0.90	0.90	0.77	0.77
Drugstore	0.66	0.66	nan	0.66	0.75	0.75	0.68	0.68
Event	0.61	0.61	nan	0.62	0.81	0.81	0.61	0.61
Event Detection	0.47	0.66	nan	0.53	0.65	0.65	0.46	0.49
Event Facility	0.79	0.80	nan	0.64	0.88	0.88	0.73	0.73
Ferry	0.64	0.64	nan	0.62	0.67	0.67	0.71	0.71
Fire Department	0.68	0.68	nan	0.66	0.83	0.83	0.69	0.69
Food Court	0.77	0.77	nan	0.67	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71
Fraternal Organization	0.72	0.72	nan	0.67	0.83	0.83	0.68	0.68
Gas Station	0.71	0.71	nan	0.65	0.98	0.98	0.70	0.70
General Aviation Airport	0.69	0.69	nan	0.65	0.82	0.82	0.69	0.69
Grocery Store	0.70	0.70	nan	0.67	0.77	0.77	0.70	0.70
Gym	0.73	0.73	nan	0.66	0.85	0.85	0.71	0.71
Hospital	0.65	0.65	nan	0.68	0.70	0.70	0.66	0.66
Hotel	0.69	0.69	nan	0.65	0.79	0.79	0.68	0.68
Indoor Rec	0.72	0.73	nan	0.67	0.77	0.77	0.70	0.70
Institutional Housing	0.66	0.66	nan	0.67	0.91	0.91	0.66	0.66
Laundromat	0.73	0.73	nan	0.66	0.93	0.93	0.71	0.71
Lifestyle Center	0.66	0.65	nan	0.66	0.74	0.74	0.72	0.72
Liquor Store	0.71	0.71	nan	0.66	0.95	0.95	0.70	0.70
Medical Office	0.68	0.68	nan	0.69	0.85	0.85	0.67	0.67
Medical Office - Cardiology	0.66	0.66	nan	0.70	0.80	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	0.69	nan	0.70	0.89	0.89	0.79	0.79
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	0.65	0.65	nan	0.70	0.84	0.84	0.78	0.78
Medical Office - Neurology	0.70	0.70	nan	0.69	0.84	0.85	0.79	0.79
Medical Office - Oncology	0.65	0.65	nan	0.69	0.79	0.79	0.81	0.81
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	0.71	0.71	nan	0.68	0.82	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	0.79	0.79
Medical Office - Women's Health	0.68	0.68	nan	0.71	0.81	0.81	0.83	0.83
Neighborhood	0.58	0.58	nan	0.11	0.94	0.94	0.10	0.10
Office Building	0.71	0.71	nan	0.65	0.78	0.78	0.68	0.68
Outdoor Rec	0.70	0.70	nan	0.64	0.87	0.87	0.66	0.66
Outlet Mall	0.70	0.70	nan	0.69	0.84	0.84	0.65	0.65
Park	0.75	0.75	nan	0.66	0.88	0.88	0.69	0.69
Parking Structure	0.71	0.70	nan	0.65	0.79	0.79	0.63	0.63
Pedestrian Plaza	0.75	0.75	nan	0.72	0.76	0.76	0.68	0.68
Quick Serve Restaurant	0.69	0.69	nan	0.66	0.88	0.88	0.68	0.68
Residential Facility	0.69	0.69	nan	0.64	0.91	0.90	0.68	0.68
Rest Stop	0.82	0.82	nan	0.68	0.84	0.84	0.75	0.75
Retail	0.72	0.72	nan	0.68	0.87	0.88	0.71	0.71
Shopping Center	0.71	0.71	nan	0.69	0.82	0.82	0.69	0.69
Shopping Mall	0.72	0.72	nan	0.70	0.75	0.75	0.68	0.68
Sitdown Restaurant	0.72	0.72	nan	0.66	0.83	0.83	0.69	0.69
Spiritual Center	0.76	0.76	nan	0.67	0.86	0.86	0.67	0.67
Stadium	0.70	0.70	nan	0.65	0.85	0.85	0.66	0.66
Streetscape	0.66	0.66	nan	0.64	0.82	0.82	0.61	0.61
Student Center	0.78	0.78	nan	0.66	0.83	0.83	0.71	0.71
Theater	0.74	0.74	nan	0.66	0.73	0.73	0.69	0.69
Tourist Attraction	0.67	0.67	nan	0.65	0.83	0.83	0.64	0.64
Trail	0.65	0.65	nan	0.63	0.83	0.83	0.63	0.63
Transit Hub	0.66	0.66	nan	0.62	0.85	0.85	0.61	0.61
Transit Station	0.70	0.70	nan	0.65	0.93	0.93	0.67	0.67
University Dining	0.81	0.80	nan	0.69	0.90	0.89	0.75	0.75
University Health Center	nan	nan	nan	nan	0.81	0.81	nan	nan
University Housing	0.71	0.71	nan	0.66	0.92	0.92	0.71	0.71
University Recreation Center	0.89	0.89	nan	0.66	0.91	0.91	0.73	0.73
Warehouse	0.81	0.81	nan	0.65	0.84	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 2024.02.04 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2024.02.04 includes 463,389 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2024.02.04	Vintage 2024.01.30
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: 20240204_062053