MANILA, Philippines -- The Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has called on local government units (LGU) to immediately implement a fare rollback on tricycles.

In an interview Wednesday, LTFRB chairman Thompson Lantion said that after the fare cut on jeepney, buses, and taxis, tricycles should follow suit.

But Lantion said that tricycles are not under the jurisdiction of the LTFRB but LGUs.

He called on the committee on transportation under each LGU?s Sanggunian Panglunsod (city council) to immediately implement the fare cut.

?Nanawagan kami, dun din sa mga LGU, na sila ay tugunan din ang hamon ng pagkakataon na ibaba ang pamasahe sa pamamagitan ng kanilang Sangguniang Panlungsod [We also call on the LGUs to respond to the challenge of the times to lower the fares through their city councils],? he said.