2015 No Pants Light Rail Ride (16073868590)

The No Pants Subway Ride aka Ride The Train Naked Day (or No Trousers on the Tube Ride in the UKSims
It's the annual No Trousers on the Tube Ride this Sunday
''Timeout'' 6 January 2017) is an annual event where people ride

rapid transit Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be ...

or subway while they are not wearing

pants Trousers (British English), slacks, or pants are an item of clothing worn from the waist to anywhere between the knees and the ankles, covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth extending across both legs as in robes, skirts, and ...

. Beginning in New York in 2002, the event spread to as many as sixty cities .

History

No Pants Skytrain Ride 2012 (6663764717)

The annual No Pants Subway Ride event is a day where people ride the subway while they are not wearing

. The event is organized by

Improv Everywhere Improv Everywhere (often abbreviated IE) is a comedic performance art group based in New York City, formed in 2001 by Charlie Todd. Its slogan is "We Cause Scenes". The group carries out pranks, which they call "missions", in public places. The s ...

, and has coordinators in cities around the world. This event takes place each year in early January; the date is announced in early December on Improv Everywhere's site. The first No Pants Subway Ride began with seven riders in 2002 on the New York City Subway. In 2006, 150 people participated in New York City. During that event, eight were handcuffed for

disorderly conduct Disorderly conduct is a crime in most jurisdictions in the United States, the People's Republic of China, and Taiwan. Typically, "disorderly conduct" makes it a crime to be drunk in public, to " disturb the peace", or to loiter in certain are ...

, but the charges were later dismissed. For 2013, sixty cities had coordinators. In January 2016, the event happened for the first time in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

, Russia. The participants were investigated by the police under the offense of the "instigating of mass public disorder", however there are opinions the accusations would not stand ground, since the organizers' goal was to make people laugh.

References

*{{cite web , url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-14/man-woman/36330824_1_organisers-train-subway , title = No Pants Day: Semi-naked commuters ride trains , date = 14 January 2013 , quote = The craze spread to London with a group of Arsenal fans pictured in their underpants ahead of their game against Manchester City at the Emirates. , accessdate = 3 May 2014 , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130428025838/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013%2D01%2D14/man%2Dwoman/36330824_1_organisers%2Dtrain%2Dsubway , url-status = dead , work =

The Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...

, archivedate = 2013-04-28 Community organizing Unofficial observances Railway culture Activities in underwear

History

See also

References

Further reading