Defending Human Rights and The Representation of Interests:

RUTA Montreal's mission is supported by a legal framework that assures the rights of the transportation collective of handicapped individuals by way of:

-A law that supports the rights of handicapped people to exercise their own educational, professional and social integration

- The laws of the Public Transportation Corporation

-A government aid program for adapted transportation for handicapped people

-Political eligibility of adapted transportation

-Regulations of adapted highway vehicles for handicapped people.

-Charter of Rights and Freedoms

-"To Equal Shares, Lift the Barriers" policy.

-Politics of public transport

Methods of Consultation

The dialogue between different groups representing the interests of handicapped people as well as the collaborations that occur with institutional partners are the most important aspects of RUTA Montreal's mission.

The consultation committee for the transportation of handicapped individuals on the island of Montreal, which consists of the Regroupement des organisms de promotion du Montréal Métropolitain (ROPMM) and the Comité regional des associations pour la déficience intellectuelle (CRADI), is comprised of nearly forty organizations working together for the interests of special needs people and the decisions made by the committee are coordinated by RUTA Montreal. This board of members exists to provide a dialogue between different Montreal-based organizations and its mission is to collect and publish information as well as speak out about important issues.

Collaborating With the Transportation Administration

Due to substantial recommendations made by Montreal-based organizations and knowing the needs of their members, it is within RUTA Montreal's greatest interests to intervene at different levels regarding diverse transportation issues. The groups they work with include:

The Montreal Transportation Commission (regular and adapted)
The City of Montreal (STM)
The Metropolitan Transportation Agency (AMT)
The Ministry of Transportation of Quebec (MTQ)

These interventions are executed in several ways:
-Through institutionalized collaborations with the transporter (ex. The Transport User-Transporter Committee, The Accessibility Committee of Montreal, and The Accessible Taxi Committee..)
-Interventions through public consultations with the City of Montreal, the STM or the MTQ (The pedestrian charter and the transportation plan) the snow-removal operations, the management of emergency procedures, the policies of public transportation.)
-Theme committees (the transportation pass, the improvement committee for taxis etc.)
-Prompt interventions (ex. petitions, letters of recommendation, raising public awareness, claims etc.)