Category Archives: mass transit

mass transit

Free Bouncy Rides

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Free Bouncy Rides is a new project from the group Club Animals has been staging in subway cars and platforms. In the description for the project the group simply states, “This is a free public service.”

Elsewhere on their site they add:

Club Animals (Est. 2008) is a regression from adulthood. Obama said that now is the time to put off childish things, but we could not disagree more. In these times of job loss, government bailouts, and even a potential Depression, Club Animals has turned from adult concerns of money and finances and concentrated our minds on to those of children. Can you think back to a time when you didn’t care how much money you had in your pocket? Can you remember a time when you just wanted to play? Club Animals has embraced childhood, and the time when what was valued most was fun, horseplay, and experimentation without worrying about “reality.”

mass transit

Subway Art Gallery Opening

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50 Improv Everywhere agents created an art gallery opening on the 23rd Street subway platform in Manhattan. They put up 30 placards next to objects in the space (pipes, electrical boxes, signs, advertisements), transforming them into works of art. The gallery included a bar, a coat rack, and a cellist.

The mission took place this past fall, but this morning a couple of Improv Everywhere agents put up fresh copies of the placards in the station (uptown platform for the C/E at 23rd Street). If you live in New York, go check it out before the MTA removes them.

mass transit, mobs

Subway Dance Party in Toronto

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Improv in Toronto, recently staged their 2nd Annual Subway Dance Party. They explain:

Our 2nd Annual Subway Dance Party took place on Saturday, February 21. Around 450 people participated this year, making it atleast 20 times bigger than last years. If you’re unfamiliar with the Subway Dance Party, it’s a very easy concept. Once on the subway, a couple people will begin dancing while listening to music on their mp3 players. At first they get weird looks, and a lot of people laughing at them. Slowly though, more people begin joining in on the dance. Over the next couple stops the dance party gains in size, until the whole subway is in motion, and yet this is all done silently!

mass transit, street art

PosterBoy Update

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Friends We Love posted an interview of New York’s most prolific subway street artist, PosterBoy:

Here’s a video of PosterBoy in action:


Poster Boy In Action from ANIMALmagazine on Vimeo.

And finally a video of PosterBoy taking down an entire billboard that he declares in the video description to be “a sign of what’s to come”:

(video shot by the Public Ad Campaign)

mass transit, mobs

No Pants 2009


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edited by Matt Adams / song by Tyler Walker

On Saturday, January 10th, 2009 nearly 2,500 people took off their pants on subways in 22 cities around the world. In New York’s 8th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride, Improv Everywhere had over 1,200 participants, spread out over four subway lines. Check out the IE site for tons of photos, including one photo from each of the regional rides around the world.

No Pants 2k9

mass transit, mobs, upcoming

Global No Pants Subway Ride


(Today Show Coverage from last year’s No Pants Ride)

Improv Everywhere is encouraging people to organize their own No Pants Subway Rides in cities around the world on January 10, the same day as the annual event in New York. There are already a dozen cities on board. Check out the official site to find your city or start your own ride: Global No Pants Subway Ride