The Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Wednesday distributed license plates for all the remaining tricycle franchise holders in Quezon City.
LTO chief Vigor Mendoza II said the distribution of the license plates for tricycle operators and drivers’ association (TODA) marked the end of the backlog problem for all the city’s tricycle franchise holders.
In coordination with Mayor Joy Belmonte, Mendoza led the distribution of 150 license plates to the TODA members, who had been waiting for their license plates for years.
A total of 2,915 license plates were actually produced by the LTO for distribution, and all of these were later turned over to the tricycle franchise holders.
“This is the first time in the history of the LTO that it distributed the license plates directly to the owners. And we express our gratitude to the Quezon City government led by Mayor Belmonte for helping us in this objective,” Mendoza said.
Mendoza said the LTO is hoping to replicate this development in other communities nationwide per the orders of President Marcos and Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista under the ‘Bagong Pilipinas’ governance agenda.
The LTO chief noted that since their office already addressed the backlog of license plates for tricycle franchise holders in Quezon City, this means those who have no license plates are operating illegally. He vowed to continuously coordinate with the city government in going after colorum tricycles.
In July 2022, there was a backlog of over 12 million license plates for motorcycles and four-wheeled vehicles. The backlog started as early as 2014 and this number increased every year.