Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis, City Council President Gary LaPelusa, Assemblyman Will Sampson, and Broadway Bus President Emil Massa confirmed that Bayonne’s Broadway Bus is alive and well.
Mayor Davis said, “Various false rumors have appeared online about the status of Bayonne’s Broadway Bus.
“Some people have been posting incorrectly on the Internet that the Broadway Bus is going out of business. All of those claims are false.”
Mayor Davis continued, “Apparently, the closing of the A and C Bus lines in Jersey City has misled some people into thinking that the Broadway Bus is owned by A and C. It is not so. They are separate companies. Some people are adding two plus two and getting twenty-seven. They should get their facts straight.”
City Council President and Third Ward Council Member Gary LaPelusa said, “The Broadway Bus is a vitally important part of our local transportation services.
The Broadway Bus helps get people to our Broadway shopping district, to work, and to school. I am very happy that the Broadway Bus continues to serve Bayonne and is doing well.”
State Assemblyman Will Sampson (31st Legislative District-Bayonne and Jersey City) said, “The continuing health of local bus lines is vitally important to Bayonne, which has a long tradition of bus service on Broadway, Avenue C, and Kennedy Boulevard. I am happy to confirm that the Broadway Bus will continue to operate for the benefit of our residents. In Trenton, I will continue to support local transit.”
Emil Massa, President of Broadway Bus, said, “I was very disturbed to learn that people have been posting false information about the Broadway Bus.
“All they had to do was to ask me about our business. I am proud to say that we continue to provide local bus service to the residents of Bayonne. We look forward to continuing to serve our community now and in the future.”
Banner Image: NJ Transit bus. Image Credit – nybuspics
City of Bayonne
Bayonne is a community that retains many of the elements of a small town. One and two family homes, small apartment buildings, and small business predominate. There is a population of 62,000 people who take pride in their hometown and its history. Bayonne residents and their ancestors moved to the city from many parts of the world. During colonial times and the first century of the American Republic, the Dutch, British, and Africans were the first groups to arrive after the Native Americans. Subsequent waves of immigrants came from all over Europe, especially between the 1880s and the 1920s. In recent decades, sources of immigration have largely been represented from countries in Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeastern Asia. Each group has left its mark on the cultural, religious and political life of the community.