THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) said on Saturday that it would implement a "no plate, no travel" policy for tricycles in Quezon City starting July 1.

LTO chief Vigor Mendoza II said the decision was made after the agency eliminated a backlog in the production of tricycle license plates amounting to 3,000 last month.

Mendoza added that Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista ordered the distribution of the license plates in the soonest possible time.

"With all the license plates already distributed to all tricycles being used in public transport in Quezon City, your LTO will presume that tricycles with no license plates but are being used in transporting passengers in Quezon City are colorum, or operating illegally," Mendoza said.