Onsite Research: Northpoint Underpass Pt.3

So this is during lunch time onwards:

12:00pm

• not much of a rush hour

12:14pm

• the uncle selling lottery tickets is still there and so is the uncle selling tissue packs.
• Mostly students were having lunch.

12:18 - 12:25pm

• Army officers going for lunch.
• Still no sign of rush hour.

12:35pm

• Getting more people going for lunch.
• Malay auntie selling curry puffs at the underpass talking to her friends passing by.

12:40pm

• Lottery ticket uncle is having his lunch.
• Busking uncle playing songs.
• Children running.
• ITE students going for lunch.
• Yet no sign of rush hour.
• Since it's a friday, families & couples are likely to go out.

12:45pm

• The underpass starts to get crowded.
• Secondary students going for lunch.
• Student also going back home from school.
• Seems like every 5 mins will have a burst of crowd.

12:55pm

• Students racing down the stairs.
• Looks like the traffic is picking up.
• The busker playing the same song.

12:58pm

• Alot of ITE student going home or school.
• Most of the crowd are in a hurry...probably hungry or late for something.
• Student are always in a hurry.

1:02pm

• Sudden burst of people.
• working men and ladies...sometimes students.
• Busker playing the same song again.

1:05pm

• Lady from the kiosk throwing a box across the underpass.
• Students with BBQ stuffs heading up the escalator.
• Teenagers going school or meeting friends.

1:10pm - 1:35pm

• The underpass feels quiet with only a few of people walking through.

1:41pm

• Busker starts a new song.
• Lottery ticket uncle is still there.
• Students from primary school going for lunch.
• Young adults stop by the kiosk to grab 'Newpaper'.
• Malay auntie is still there selling currypuffs.

1:53pm

• The place starts to get busy from people going back from the friday's prayers.
• Students from school.
• Men going back home after he's done his shift.
• Sounds of trolley.

2:00pm

• Currypuff lady finally gets people to buy her currypuffs.
• Mostly those looking for a quickbite.

2:40pm

• currypuff lady packing up after selling all her currypuffs.
• Tissue pack uncle was long gone.
• Traffic was low at the moment.
• Occasionally group of students going home.
• Families finished lunch.
• Teenagers went out since it's friday.

2:50pm

• Busker playing still.
• lesser crowd
• Most are going out.

3:00pm

• Do not have that burst of crowd happening.
• ]Few people coming in and out.
• Busking performing a chinese song.

3:15pm

• Followed the crowd from the MRT station.
• Singing and Strumming of guitar fills the space.

3:30pm

• Low crowd traffic.

3:48pm

• Alot of people going out from the way they dressed.

4:00pm

• Traffic starts picking up.
• Adults made most of the crowd.
• Rushing to get home.

4:30pm

• Can see more people walking past.
• Getting more noisy due to the footsteps.
• Also the playing of the busker is getting louder.
• Now the pace is getting faster.

5:00pm

• Now the underpass is getting full of people.
• It's the time for people from work to head back home.
• Unexpectedly this is the rush hour.