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TOP PANTSLESS MOMENTS OF THE NO PANTS SUBWAY RIDE

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In 2011, the No Pants Subway Ride began at the Alewife Red Line stop in Cambridge.

    In 2011, the No Pants Subway Ride began at the Alewife Red Line stop in Cambridge.

    Pictured: Pantsless T riders wait for the train at Park Street in 2011.

    Bill Greene / Globe Staff

    TOP PANTSLESS MOMENTS OF THE NO PANTS SUBWAY RIDE

    In cities across America, commuters will show some leg during the annual No Pants Subway Ride.
The event was the brainchild of New York City’s Improv Everywhere in 2002.
The sixth annual Boston ride, hosted by the social arts and events group BostonSOS, will take place on January 13.
Check out some of the best pantsless moments of Boston’s No Pants Subway Ride.

    In cities across America, commuters will shed their pants and bear their underwear for the annual No Pants Subway Ride.

    The event was the brainchild of New York City’s Improv Everywhere in 2002.

    The sixth annual Boston ride, hosted by the social arts and events group BostonSOS, will take place on January 13.

    Check out some of the best pantsless moments of Boston’s No Pants Subway Ride.

    Courtesy ImprovEverywhere.com
    Before boarding the train, T. Paul McCarthy posed minus his pants for passersby at the Park Street station in 2011.

    Before boarding the train, T. Paul McCarthy posed minus his pants for passersby at the Park Street station in 2011.

    Bill Greene / Globe Staff
    In 2011, the No Pants Subway Ride began at the Alewife Red Line stop in Cambridge. 
Pictured: Pantsless T riders wait for the train at Park Street in 2011.

    In 2011, the No Pants Subway Ride began at the Alewife Red Line stop in Cambridge.

    Pictured: Pantsless T riders wait for the train at Park Street in 2011.

    Bill Greene / Globe Staff
    Marques Hollie, center, shed both his shirt and pants during this No Pants Subway Ride in 2011.

    Marques Hollie, center, shed both his shirt and pants during this No Pants Subway Ride in 2011.

    Bill Greene / Globe Staff
    Commuters participated in all the regular T behaviors, like reading on the train, while showing some No Pants Subway Ride solidarity in 2011.

    Commuters participated in all the regular T behaviors, like reading on the train, while showing pantsless solidarity in 2011.

    Bill Greene / Globe Staff
    Hailey Fuqua strutted down the Red Line train’s runway in 2011, much to the surprise of her fellow passengers.

    Hailey Fuqua strutted down a Red Line train’s runway in 2011, much to the surprise of her fellow passengers.

    Bill Greene / Globe Staff
    About 350 people joined the fifth annual No Pants Subway Ride in 2012. Participants gathered in front of the South Station Red Line stop before the event.

    About 350 people joined the fifth annual No Pants Subway Ride in 2012. Participants gathered in front of the South Station Red Line stop before the event.

    David Stewart / Boston.com Staff
    There were photo opportunities to be had, as No Pants Subway Ride participants boarded trains across the city in 2012.

    There were photo opportunities to be had, as No Pants Subway Ride participants boarded trains across the city in 2012.

    David Stewart / Boston.com Staff
    Matthew Winijer, of Medford, read a copy of “Dating for Dummies” at Downtown Crossing while waiting for an Orange Line train during the No Pants Subway Ride in 2012. 
“Awful advice. The worst I’ve ever read,” he said.

    Matthew Winijer, of Medford, read a copy of “Dating for Dummies” at Downtown Crossing while waiting for an Orange Line train during the No Pants Subway Ride in 2012.

    “Awful advice. The worst I’ve ever read,” he said.

    David Stewart / Boston.com Staff
    Jack Politis, of Cambridge, read a copy of John Stuart Mill’s “Utilitarianism” on his iPhone while participating in the No Pants Subway Ride in 2012.

    Jack Politis, of Cambridge, read a copy of John Stuart Mill’s “Utilitarianism” on his iPhone while participating in the No Pants Subway Ride in 2012.

    David Stewart / Boston.com Staff

    Pantless riders could be seen through open T doors on the day of the No Pants Subway Ride.

    BostonSOS
    Bare legs didn’t stop these women from sitting down on the train during the 2012 ride.

    Bare legs didn’t stop these women from sitting down on the train during the 2012 ride.

    David Steward / Boston.com Staff
    A rider closed her eyes as a Red Line train approached the Charles Street/MGH stop during the No Pants Subway Ride in 2012.

    A pantsless rider closed her eyes as a Red Line train approached the Charles Street/MGH stop in 2012.

    David Stewart / Boston.com Staff
    Boston University student Adam Even Engel, of Framingham, was too busy reading to notice a pantsless Clark Kent on the platform during the No Pants Subway Ride in 2012. 
It was Engel’s third year participating in the event.

    Boston University student Adam Even Engel, of Framingham, was too busy reading to notice a pantsless Clark Kent on the platform in 2012.

    It was Engel’s third year participating in the No Pants Subway Ride.

    David Stewart / Boston.com Staff

    Commuters read or chatted without regard to their chilly, bare legs during the No Pants Subway Ride.

    BostonSOS

    White socks, black shoes, no pants.

    BostonSOS
    The pantsless riders left the T stations and took to the streets near Government Center on the day of the No Pants Subway Ride in 2012.

    The pantsless riders left T stations and took to the streets near Government Center on the day of the No Pants Subway Ride in 2012.

    David Stewart / Boston.com Staff
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