Railway 2.0 » 2010 http://www.railway20.net The Railway World looked from the Web Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:01:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 No Pants Subway Ride 2010 http://www.railway20.net/2010/01/no-pants-subway-ride-2010/ http://www.railway20.net/2010/01/no-pants-subway-ride-2010/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:00:35 +0000 Railway 2.0 http://www.railway20.net/?p=92 Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, the group Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places.

Based in New York City it has executed over 100 missions involving tens of thousands of undercover agents. Among the executions there’s the No Pants Subway Ride day whose first time is dated 2002.

The 2010 edition took place in NY and 43 more cities last 10th of January:

On Sunday, January 10th, 2010 over 5,000 people took off their pants on subways in 44 cities around the world. In New York, our 9th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride had over 3,000 participants, spread out over six meeting points and ten subway lines. Enjoy the video first and then go behind the scenes with our mission report and photos.

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Below the video on YouTube reporting from New York.

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