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About Home Front Transit

Prepared for the work ahead.

Home Front Transit is a veteran-owned transportation business and an assumed name of Disgruntled Outpost LLC, the underlying legal entity. HFT is currently owner-led while operations and future staffing are being developed.

Home Front Transit circular seal

Owner-led model

Founder & Owner

Francisco Gonzalez Jr. — Founder, Managing Member & Chief Executive Officer.

Francisco Gonzalez Jr. is a U.S. Army veteran whose personal professional background includes school-bus driving, commercial passenger transportation, and CDL Class B professional driving. This background informs HFT’s planning but does not represent HFT corporate operating history.

Home Front Transit is owner-led while operations and future staffing are being developed.

Company mission

Mission First. Safety Always.

The company’s veteran-owned identity is grounded in responsibility, service, and preparation before operations.

The mission is principles-based: prepare carefully, communicate plainly, respect access, and build a transportation company that earns trust through the work behind the service. That means keeping passenger safety, accessibility awareness, and accountable planning visible from the beginning.

Operations in development

Preparing for operations.

Home Front Transit is developing the systems, resources, and approvals needed for future operations. These are areas of ongoing preparation and should not be interpreted as completed operating readiness or current service availability.

Home Front Transit preparing-for-operations graphic showing six areas of ongoing planning: regulatory and authority readiness, fleet and vehicle planning, accessibility planning, driver qualification and compliance, safety and operational procedures, and procurement and organizational readiness.
These are areas of ongoing preparation and should not be interpreted as completed operating readiness or current service availability. The visual supplements the authoritative readiness information below.

Regulatory & operating-authority planning

Planning for applicable registrations, approvals, and operating requirements.

Fleet & vehicle planning

Evaluating future vehicle needs, specifications, and acquisition pathways.

Accessibility-capable transportation planning

Considering future vehicle and service requirements for accessible student transportation.

Driver qualification & compliance systems

Developing future qualification, documentation, and compliance processes.

Safety & operational procedures

Organizing planning frameworks for safe, consistent future operations.

Procurement & organizational readiness

Planning future business systems and procurement pathways for organizational needs.

Read more about HFT's safety and compliance planning.

Legal identity

One business. One legal entity.

Home Front Transit is an assumed name of Disgruntled Outpost LLC, the underlying legal entity. It is not a separate LLC.

For certification, registrations, procurement context, and authority distinctions, visit Business & Procurement.

Context for the next step

New York, considered carefully.

The planned geography is New York City student transportation and intrastate New York State charter transportation, with no planned interstate operations initially. The service direction stays focused on those New York needs.

Keep the conversation grounded

Explore what Home Front Transit is preparing.

Read the planned services or share an early business question. Please keep sensitive student, medical, IEP, Social Security, and payment information out of the conversation.

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