Command_Bus Varsity_Bus_Company

u.s. energy secretary john s. herrington driving command cng bus in 1988.

command bus traces history pioneer bus corporation, established in 1954 3 small school bus , charter bus operators. until 1960, when obtained franchise current b100, operated school, charter, , racetrack buses. several express buses implemented in 1972. command bus company incorporated october 22, 1979 late mr. william cooper (1895-1985) resume bus service following long strike @ pioneer, went out of express , local bus business when strike started.

like corporate owners green bus lines, triboro coach, , jamaica central railways, late mr. jerome cooper (1928-2015) chairman of board of both varsity transit , command bus company. co-housed varsity transit, operations of command moved new nycdot facility @ spring creek depot, 12755 flatlands avenue in brooklyn (this garage leased mta bus following transfer of command bus company routes mta bus in 2005), built , owned new york city department of transportation before being sold mta bus in 2009).

in 1988, 2 command buses fitted brooklyn union gas company engines operated on compressed natural gas (cng). mid-1990s, many of buses operated command ran on cng.