Timeline

1973
Jim Gagnon starts out in business as an owner/operator of a single ten passenger mini-bus. With his 1972 Ford Chateau Club Wagon, Jim provides a parking shuttle service at Queensborough Community College.
1974-1975
In the fall of 1974 Jim is subcontracted by Charles E. May, to operate a route bringing students from Queens to the Bronx High School of Science. By the end of the school year, May defaults on his contract and Jim assumes control of May's routes from Queens to The Bronx. The ridership of the routes totaled approximately 125 students, 125 of which Jim knew by name.
1975 - 1976
As a political favor for a parent, Senator Pavadan persuades the MTA to establish a new bus route from Queens to the school, the X32. The X32 made limited stops in Queens and ran express in The Bronx directly to the school. Seemingly designed to compete directly with Jim's service, ridership plummeted from approximately 225 to just over 75.
1976 - 1977
During the summer, Jim evaluates his position and comes to the conclusion that in order to compete with the City changes would need to be made. These changes included elimination of door to door service, and making things more efficient overall. This efficiency would come in the shape of a school bus. So in the fall of 1976, Jim put 40 seat conventional yellow school buses into service on his routes. These changes along with hard work, proved to be enough to give the city a run for its money.
1978 - 1980

For the rest of the seventies, Jim slowly enlarged the service fighting for several more riders each year.
1980 - 1990
Somewhere in the early eighties, the price of a ride on the X32 began to increase, this prompted more riders to switch to Jim's service.
1990 - 2000
 At some point in the mid-nineties the service experienced a 25% drop in ridership for a reason still to be determined. This sudden loss in ridership again prompted Jim to reevaluate the services' state of affairs. After mulling it over for a while, Jim came to the conclusion that good service just was not good enough. So in 1996 after school service was added, to provide riders the opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities. Jim took the merit scholarship, which he started in 1990 for $5000 and increased it to $10,000, and in 1997 Jim began providing additional funding to the school library so that it could operate late into the afternoon.
2001 On September 11, 2001 due to the terrorist attacks, all mass transportation was shut down. In the face of mass chaos, using every vehicle in the fleet, Jim's buses got every student from Queens regardless if they were riders or not, home that afternoon.
2002 At another time of re-evaluation, the decision was made to restructure the service. All sub-contracts were consolidated to one new operator, in an effort to streamline and improve service, safety, and reliability. During this time all maintenance operations were shifted to a single new provider, along with a more rigorous maintenance program that exceeds Department of Transportation requirements.
2003 January 14, 2003, Tuesday, Bronx Science Bus Service appears as the subject of a New York Times article, highlighting how a private transportation service fosters the Queens connection to the school. (Click Here)
2004 Celebrating our 30th Anniversary & 30th year of injury free service, we continue to provide the best for our riders. Utilizing the latest technology (GPS tracking on all buses) on the finest equipment the industry has to offer (Thomas Built Buses) we maintain a high equipment cost per rider ratio, which translates to the best the world has to offer for our riders. Through strict adherence to our business model, we plan to continue improving the service for our riders, and look forward to continue being a part of the Bronx Science experience.