PACT-Ottawa launches feedback survey for TruckSTOP campaign

OTTAWA, Ont. -- PACT-Ottawa is launching a feedback survey to determine the effectiveness of its TruckSTOP campaign, an awareness initiative that provides truck drivers and frequent travellers with information to help identify suspected cases of human trafficking and alert law enforcement.

The campaign has been active in Ontario since April, and materials have been distributed via truck stops and truck shows. PACT-Ottawa officials say they hope to distribute TruckSTOP materials across the country in the near future.

“Survey results will be invaluable in evaluating the success of the campaign and determining any required modifications to campaign materials,” officials said in a release.

PACT-Ottawa is asking truck drivers, truck stop employees, and other individuals involved in the transportation industry to complete the survey.

The survey will be open from now until Oct. 31. Individuals who complete the survey will be entered into a draw for gift cards from Chapters, iTunes, and Tim Hortons.

To complete the survey, visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/pact-truckstop. For more information on PACT-Ottawa or the TruckSTOP campaign, go here.

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More Equipment Financed In 2011, Survey Says

Equipment financing activity within the trucking industry rose to $4.17 billion in 2011, a 3.5% gain from $4.03 billion in 2010, the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association reported.

Bill Choi, ELFA’s vice president of research and industry services, said the truck transportation category includes warehousing and storage businesses.

The group’s 2012 survey found that financing for trucks and trailers, which includes equipment used for general purposes and not freight hauling, rose to $10.55 billion in 2011, up 26% from the $8.37 billion reported a year earlier.

For all industries combined, new equipment financing rose 16.5% during 2011, compared with a 3.9% increase reported in 2010, the survey showed.

It was the second straight year of growth, following a 30.3% drop in 2009 and a 2.2% decline in 2008, ELFA said.

The survey is based on re­sponses from 109 ELFA member companies.

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Gasoline Rises 5� in Two Weeks to $3.47, Lundberg Survey Says

Gasoline’s national average price climbed 5 cents in the past two weeks to an average $3.47 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

Mid-grade averaged $3.62, while premium was $3.74, according to the twice-monthly survey of 2,500 stations taken Friday.

Albuquerque, N.M., had the lowest price of cities surveyed, with an average gasoline price of $3.15, while Los Angeles was the highest, at $3.86, Lundberg said.

The Department of Energy will release its weekly survey of diesel and gasoline prices Monday afternoon in Washington.

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