Axios Arapahoe County
October 26, 2026
1 big thing: Scoot-scoot for $1 🛴💨
Did you spot an impossibly handsome man riding an electric scooter through Greenwood Village in an ill-fitting helmet recently?
- Me too. That jerk blew past me at 15 mph.
🛴 The big picture: Like that good-looking rider, I tried Denver South's $1-per-ride electric scooter pilot program, which debuted this month in Arapahoe and Douglas counties.
- And you can, too.
State of play: Colorado's first regional scooter corridor links previously separate Spin scooter networks along parts of I-25 — including Centennial, and Greenwood Village.
- The fleet of 210 scooters covers roughly 8.7 square miles, connecting riders to light rail, jobs, venues and businesses.
Denver South — a regional economic development organization — and five metro districts expect to spend roughly $500,000 through next September.
- They're hoping for 76,650 trips throughout the pilot.
How it works: I downloaded Spin's app, entered my information and credit card number.
- I found a ride on the app's map, scanned the QR code near the handlebars and was ready to roll.
Confession: I'd never ridden an electric scooter.
- This YouTube video helped.
- ➡️ I traveled from Lincoln Avenue and Oswego Street — in Douglas County — to Fiddler's Green.
- I started at 10–12 mph and slowly gained confidence.
✈️ Dear readers, if you've never done this, 12 mph feels like the Concorde.
Pro tip: Plan your route. Spin's app shows where you can go, but constantly stopping and starting to check your phone gets old.
Reality check: Navigating Inverness is more confusing than Buffalo Bill's blacked-out basement in "The Silence of the Lambs."
🤬 My scooter also lost power several times near parks and golf courses, where riding's off-limits. That prompted some unexpected pushing and four-letter words.
- Did you spot the day's second-most-handsome rider dragging a powerless scooter near Arapahoe Road?
- I was a mile behind him, juice-less on a hill.
I eventually made it to Fiddler's Green before enjoying (enduring) the return trip.
- At one point, I said "vroom-vroom."
By the numbers: 14.7 miles, 138 minutes.
- $1.05 — $1 ride, 5-cent tax.
😘 The bottom line: It took some time to regain feeling in my jostled hands, but I did it for you.
2. Strange ballot buds? 🫏 🐘
What do our gubernatorial candidates think about the big-time ballot issues?
- You've got questions. I've got answers.
🤓 My Axios amigo John Frank put together this handy list.
💔 State of play: Democrat Phil Weiser and Republican Victor Marx split on several measures — from social issues and constitutional protections to taxes.
🤝 In an unlikely pairing, outgoing Democratic Gov. Polis finds himself on the same side as Marx on some issues.
- They oppose Amendment 87 that'd replace Colorado's flat 4.4% income tax with a graduated system and raise up to $2.7 billion annually.
- Both want to cap Colorado's income tax rate with Proposition 136.
- They're backing Amendment 85, which would require plain-language ballot questions.
- And Amendment 86 would prohibit congressional redistricting mid-decade.
The other side: Weiser opposes the redistricting measure and hasn't taken a position on the plain-language proposal.
- He says a pending lawsuit prevents him from weighing in on Amendment 87.
The bottom line: Whoever wins inherits your decisions.
3. Ghoulies gone wild 👻👻
My dad celebrates his 80th birthday on Halloween.
- Which means my wife and I will party with him before racing home to make sure our neighborhood's little gremlins don't find an empty doorstep.
🎃 Heads up, gremmies, gremmy parents and grand-gremmies:
- Sunset's arriving around 5:56pm.
HMU at 6:15ish.
- The lights will be on.
- 🐕 And my goldens are friendly.
⏰ Oh, and ... remember daylight saving time starts Sunday.
- Yuck.
4. The Merge: ⚡️+💧=🚫
5. Grave expectations 🪦
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