international mission, NO PANTS SUBWAY RIDE (it's their 10th annual edition
of this mission)on Sunday, January 9, 2011!
We encourage everyone to travel pantsless throughout the Metro system
that day.
THE MAIN RIDE will begin in downtown LA and will travel westbound on
the Red Line to Hollywood. Please be at Union Station by 2:00pm. That
should give you enough time to de-pants, mill around the station like
the other commuters, and meet up with friends. Just give yourself a
few minutes to get down to the Red Line platform. We will board the
North Hollywood-bound train that leaves Union Station at 2:34pm and
disembark at Hollywood & Highland. Since Union Station is an origin
point for both the Red and Purple Lines, check the overhead video monitors
on the boarding platform to see if the departing train is a North
Hollywood (Red Line) train or a Wilshire/Western (Purple Line) train.
There are also electronic signs at the front and on the sides of each
train telling you which one it is. It's important to check the signs
because our train may be departing from either side of the platform
(of course, you could also just follow the pantsless horde of people).
Here is the MAIN RIDE schedule:
Departure Time from Union Station - Arrival Time at Hollywood/Highland Station
------------------------- -------- ------------------------- -----------------
2:34pm - 2:55pm
If you have time and the inclination (or you just really enjoy the
state of pantlessness), you can participate in OPTIONAL, preliminary
rides that will be traveling from both ends of the Gold Line in
Pasadena and East LA, from the Red Line in North Hollywood, and from
the Purple Line in Koreatown to Union Station. Ride captains will
begin gathering agents at their respective stations at 1pm, and
they'll have you at Union Station by 2pm for the main event. They will
be there to brief the agents, to answer any questions, and to help
anyone overcome their shyness. You are welcome to start at whichever
station is most convenient to you.
Here is the OPTIONAL RIDE schedule for each station:
Origin Station - Departure Time - Arrival Time at Union Station
-------------- -------------- ------------------------- ----
Red Line North Hollywood Station - 1:25pm - 1:55pm
Gold Line Atlantic Station (East Los Angeles) - 1:25pm - 1:49pm
Gold Line Sierra Madre Villa Station (Pasadena) - 1:24pm - 1:52pm
Purple Line Wilshire/Western Station (Koreatown) - 1:37pm - 1:50pm
At 1pm, meet the ride captains at these locations:
Agents Stripes & Antarctica: the red Metro North Hollywood sign along
the east side of Lankershim
Agent Zero: the bike racks east of the Atlantic station at the NW
corner of Atlantic and Pomona
Agent Blackhart: the 4th floor of the parking structure by the ticket
vending machines at the entrance to the Sierra Madre Villa station
Agents Ooh-Kla & Landshark: the red Metro Wilshire/Western sign on the
NE corner of Wilshire & Western
Ride captains will be leaving promptly to get to Union Station on time
for the main ride.
We'll leave it to your discretion when and where you want to de-pants,
but please be pantsless before stepping onto the boarding platform.
Please buy a ticket ($1.50: one-way, $3.00: round-trip, $6.00: day
pass). The citation for evading fare payment is $250.00, an
unnecessary and expensive risk. We recommend the day pass, especially
if you will be participating in the optional, preliminary rides.
There are no set rules, but we suggest that if anyone asks why we're
not wearing pants, it's best to give a simple answer such as "I forgot
them". And it is of the utmost importance that we act casual, like
it's an ordinary day on the Metro.
You should be fully clothed except for pants. The type of underwear
you want to wear will be left to your discretion, but we just ask you
to exercise a little common sense. The amount of skin you want to
expose is your choice, but know that any citation for indecent
exposure is a risk you take ON YOUR OWN.
Some additional suggestions:
-Agents should be dispersed fairly evenly on each platform so that we are
distributed fairly evenly on the train instead of clumped up in one or two cars.
-Bring some sort of bag in which to carry your pants. It's always good
to have them with you in the unlikely event you have to re-pants.
-In the event that the Red Line train is too full for the MAIN ride,
we'll have some agents stay behind and wait for the next train leaving
Union Station at 2:46pm.
-In the event that you miss any of the trains on the OPTIONAL ride,
they run every 12 minutes, so you should be able to catch up with
everyone at Union Station.
