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Resolves #63

Deviations from original issue spec:

  • formatOccupancy returns 'LIGHT' | 'MEDIUM' | 'FULL' | null instead of { level, label, icon }. The label and glyphs live in OccupancyPip, so the formatter doesn't call translations. I followed a similar pattern to how bus status is reported.
  • Crowding is hidden on canceled trips, since the occupancy of a bus that isn't coming doesn't help riders.

Things to note/open questions:

  • I am not confident in my translations. I used a combination of Google Translate with trying to find what Google Maps does.
  • See comment below about CSS colors.
  • [See Arabic screenshot below] The 3 dots are currently LTR. Should they be switched to RTL for Arabic?

Summary

Adds a crowding indicator to departure boards (single and multi-stop) that shows real-time vehicle occupancy when OBA provides it. Off by default; enabled via a new Show Crowding Indicators toggle in /admin.

How it works

  • formatBoardDeparture now includes occupancy, bucketed from OBA's occupancyStatus by formatOccupancy:
OBA occupancyStatus Level Display
EMPTY, MANY_SEATS_AVAILABLE LIGHT ●○○ Not Crowded
FEW_SEATS_AVAILABLE, STANDING_ROOM_ONLY MEDIUM ●●○ Crowded
CRUSHED_STANDING_ROOM_ONLY, FULL, NOT_ACCEPTING_PASSENGERS FULL ●●● Full
missing / unknown null nothing rendered
  • OccupancyPip renders the glyphs + translated label (all 5 locales); it's shown under the status line on single-stop boards and inline next to the status phrase on multi-stop boards.
  • The pip is hidden when showCrowding is off, occupancy is null, or the trip is canceled.
  • diffArrivals treats an occupancy change as a row change so the board updates.

Manual Testing

Tested with a mock local server and did smoke tests with a live backend.

  • Board showing 4 routes: light, medium, full, and cancelled and cycled through all 4 languages (mock server)
  • Multiboard showing 4 routes: light, medium, full, and cancelled and cycled through all 4 languages(mock server)
  • Smoke test of what I could find (live server)
  • Can be turned on and off via admin panel and persists
  • Shows as expected when occupancy status data is not present

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added optional crowding indicators to departure and stop boards, showing low, medium, or full occupancy.
    • Added an admin setting to enable or disable crowding indicators.
    • Occupancy changes now update displayed departures automatically.
  • Localization
    • Added occupancy labels in English, Arabic, German, Spanish, and French.
  • Style
    • Added distinct visual styling for each occupancy level.
  • Configuration
    • Crowding indicators are disabled by default and can be enabled from the admin dashboard.

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The pull request adds occupancy normalization, a disabled-by-default showCrowding option, localized labels, visual indicators, board wiring, and tests for formatting and rendering behavior.

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Crowding indicators

Layer / File(s) Summary
Occupancy data and configuration
src/lib/formatters.js, src/lib/formatters.test.js, src/lib/config/defaults.js, src/lib/config/defaults.test.js
Occupancy statuses map to LIGHT, MEDIUM, FULL, or null. Occupancy changes update rendered departure rows. showCrowding is validated and defaults to false.
Occupancy indicator rendering
src/components/board/occupancy-pip.svelte, src/components/board/*row.svelte, src/app.css, messages/*.json, src/components/board/*test.js
OccupancyPip renders valid levels with localized labels and themed tones. Rows hide indicators when crowding is disabled, data is missing, or trips are canceled.
Configuration and board wiring
src/routes/admin/+page.svelte, src/routes/stops/[stopID]/+page.svelte, src/components/board/*.svelte
The admin page controls showCrowding. The stop page passes the option to single-stop and multi-stop boards, which forward it to rows.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant AdminPage
  participant StopPage
  participant Board
  participant DepartureRow
  participant OccupancyPip
  AdminPage->>StopPage: provide showCrowding configuration
  StopPage->>Board: pass showCrowding
  Board->>DepartureRow: pass showCrowding and formatted arrival
  DepartureRow->>OccupancyPip: render recognized occupancy level
  OccupancyPip-->>DepartureRow: localized glyph and label
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Possibly related PRs

  • OneBusAway/waystation#97: Changes the StopRow and StopCard row layout that this pull request extends with showCrowding and OccupancyPip.

Suggested reviewers: aaronbrethorst

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to f7615

The feature behavior is otherwise covered, but the changed formatter documentation should be reformatted to meet the repository’s required style before merge.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: adding an optional crowding indicator feature to departure boards.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR meets the coding requirements in [#63]. formatOccupancy maps all seven OBA values to LIGHT, MEDIUM, or FULL, and returns null for missing or unknown values. formatBoardDeparture car…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changed files support [#63]. They add occupancy mapping, configuration, admin control, board rendering, CSS tones, localization, and automated tests. No unrelated feature, per-route or per-trip ov…
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.theme-departure .occupancy-LIGHT {
--occupancy-tone: var(--ink-dim);
}
.theme-departure .occupancy-MEDIUM {
--occupancy-tone: var(--early);
}
.theme-departure .occupancy-FULL {
--occupancy-tone: var(--late);
}

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Using colors defined for a different area feels like a beige flag for me since for example "late" has nothing to do with "full" but I believe that having a shared color palette would be beneficial. There is also slight precedence with cancel not getting its own dedicated color:

--cancel: var(--brand-late, #ff8b6a);

In an ideal world, I would like INFO, WARNING, CRITICAL (or similar wording) colors defined that both status and occupancy inherit from but that feels like too big of a breaking change for agencies that customized the colors. I also don't know if there is a migration process for things like this.

Alternatives considered:

  1. Define own colors for occupancy status
  • Pros: Not connected to status so variable naming isn't confusing
  • Cons: Color palette drift between status and occupancy (although if don't want shared palette, this is a feature)
  1. Create new abstraction level but leave brand-* status colors are legacy code
  • Pros: Gets the higher level of abstraction that both status and occupancy can inherit from
  • Cons: Legacy code has to be maintained

This is all under the assumption that a shared color palette is beneficial. I would be open to implementing 1 or 2, but they were bigger changes so I just biased towards the simplest implementation for now.

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src/components/board/occupancy-pip.svelte.test.js (1)

3-3: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Use the component path alias.

Replace the relative component import with $components/board/occupancy-pip.svelte.

As per coding guidelines, use the $components and $lib path aliases for imports mapped to src/components and src/lib.

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-import OccupancyPip from './occupancy-pip.svelte';
+import OccupancyPip from '$components/board/occupancy-pip.svelte';
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Use viewport-based sizing for the new admin panel.

gap-y-3, p-3, and size-6 resolve to fixed rem-based values. Use vw-based sizing for this non-kiosk route, unless this panel has a documented exception.

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src/lib/formatters.js (1)

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Wrap the return type annotation.

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