National Ridesharing Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Ridesharing Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish within the Department of Transportation a National Office of Ridesharing to develop a national program to assist State, regional, and local governments and others in developing and implementing ridesharing programs. Directs the Office to coordinate programs authorized under this Act with other Federal ridesharing activities. Sets forth ridesharing services and programs for which funding shall be made available. Prohibits the use of such funding for the construction of high occupancy vehicle facilities and the purchase or operation of public transit vehicles. Directs that the national ridesharing program shall be administered in a flexible manner to ensure participation of State departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, counties, municipalities, providers of ridesharing services, publicly owned operators of mass transportation services, other local transportation planning and implementation agencies, and the private sector. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in making discretionary apportionments to eligible recipients, to give special consideration to those applicants who…