Older Persons Transportation Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Older Persons Transportation Act - Provides that in providing assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act the Secretary of Transportation shall give preference to applications made by State and local public bodies and agencies thereof which agree to adopt and maintain specially reduced rates, not exceeding 50 percent of regular rates, for pesrsons who are aged sixty-five or over, on all days, in the operation of the facilities and equipment to be financed under the application. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and loans to private nonprofit corporations and associations for the specific purpose of assisting them in providing transportation services for handicapped persons and persons aged sixty-five and over for whom mass transportation services planned, designed, and carried out by State and local agencies are unavailable, insufficient, or inappropriate. Provides that a common carrier whose rates or fares are established by a board, commission, or other agency of the United States may not, in interstate commerce during nonpeak periods of travel, charge any person aged sixty-five or over more than 50 percent of the fare published in its tariff for the general public t…