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No Pants Subway Ride Streaks Through NYC

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The MTA observed a "no pants, no problem" policy on the subway Sunday.

Subway riders across the five boroughs took part in the 18th annual "No Pants Subway Ride" at 3 p.m.

No Pants Subway Ride
Participants in the 17th Annual "No Pants Subway Ride" travel through a New York City subway station on January 7, 2018 in New York. The "No Pants Subway Ride" is an annual event started in 2002 by Improv Everywhere in New York, the goal of which is for riders ride the subway train dressed in normal winter clothes without pants while keeping a straight face. (Credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

Participants rode the subways dressed in normal winter clothes, but without pants and while trying to keep a straight face about the awkward trip.

The event, organized by the Improv Everywhere comedy collective, started back in 2002.

For more details on the scantily-clad commuter event, click here.

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