The No Pants Metro Ride went ahead as scheduled on Saturday afternoon, and plenty of local news outlets (and DCist Flickr contributors) were on hand to document the outing, which also took place in ten other cities. Check out Gothamist’s photos here.

About 75-100 participants, and at least as many press/onlookers/voyeurs, met at Dupont Circle before being split up into two groups, heading down to Metro and taking off in both directions. Once on the trains, the pants came off, with directions from organizers Elizabeth Ody and Richard Julian to act as nonchalant as possible.

The gender mix appeared to be about equal among the leg-barers, and there was a surprising range of ages. As for underwear fashion, for the guys, boxer briefs seemed to outnumber regular boxers, while the ladies displayed a good mix of styles. No thongs were spotted, and no arrests were reported.

One observer said that it was difficult to make out the reaction of “normal” passengers, many of whom seemed simply bemused by all the fuss rather than the sudden pantslessness. WTOP quoted “other Metro riders” who described the group’s action as “indecent exposure” and questioned if it were some type of rebellion, and the Washington Post quoted Improv Everywhere founder Charlie Todd as saying local D.C. media were “jerky” for having alerted the authorities to the event. We swear we weren’t trying to be jerks, Mr. Todd!

The closest thing we’re running to a NSFW photo is after the jump, which the photographer cleverly titled “Suspicious Package”. Heh.

Photos and contributions by JamesCalder