Pioneer Transportation Corp
Lobbying client
Pioneer Transportation Corp is a New York City school bus contractor that has served the city for more than 50 years, transporting over 40,000 students daily from facilities on Staten Island and in the Bronx. Its city contracts total $1.7 billion since 2005, none currently active. With 15 filings since 2024, the company lobbied through The Elk Street Group on Intro 291, the Council's legislation to increase fines and tighten enforcement for bus idling.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $90,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $1,725,584,598 awarded since 2005
- Paid to date
- $1,592,718,654
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $1,725,584,598 · 9 contracts
- Chairman / CEO
- Neil Strahl
Represented by lobbyist firms
- The Elk Street Group, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Transportation issues related to school buses/busing in NYC
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Transportation issues related to the school bus industry in NYC
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - transportation issues related to school buses/busing in NYC
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- Ext of School Year GE K-12 Pupil Transportation Department of Education · MA104020069600834 · ended 2025 $853,952,941
- Ext of School Year SE K-12 Pupil Transportation Department of Education · MA104020069600062 · ended 2025 $586,107,571
- Ext of School Year GE K-12 Pupil Transportation Department of Education · MA104020149472444 · ended 2025 $162,619,518
- Ext of BA for SE Winter Bus & Escort Department of Education · MA104020149473782 · ended 2025 $58,301,201
- Ext of BA for SE Winter Bus & Escort Department of Education · MA104020149473575 · ended 2025 $49,528,089
- Ext of Summer SE K-12 Pupil Transportation Department of Education · MA104020069601162 · ended 2024 $6,700,860
- Ext of BA for SE Summer Bus & Escort Department of Education · MA104020159570138 · ended 2024 $5,437,959
- Emergency General Educaton Transportation Department of Education · MA104020149474394 · ended 2014 $1,512,870
- Emergency Special Education Transportaion Department of Education · MA104020149474384 · ended 2014 $1,423,590