Electric scooters hit the streets of Milwaukee about a week ago, and one Milwaukee man is determined to make fun and interesting use of them.

In what he calls the #TacoScootChallenge, Craig Wiroll of Milwaukee wants to get people to race around Milwaukee hitting up as many taco trucks as they can in 1 hour — via scooter.

Wiroll, 32, battled the pothole filled streets to visit six taco trucks and eat six al pastor tacos — all with a lime wedge (for the flavor and the scooter company).

He recorded his trip and posted it on his YouTube channel on July 30. It's one of several other goofy videos he's posted.

"We just got these new Lime scooters, you know, we're trying to democratize the streets here in Milwaukee, it's very car-centric as you can see," Wiroll said to start the video. "We're trying to find some creative use for these bad boys."

He made stops at:

He traveled 16.2 miles and the scooter rental cost $24.25 for 1 hour and 36 minutes, according to the electric scooter app. He said the extra 36 minutes included his ride home.

While he boarded "Carl" (the nickname he gave the scooter), he conceded, "I've never ridden one of these in my life, so it's kind of dumb I chose to do this with my first venture."

On the video, he said he could have visited more taco trucks, but wanted to make the challenge easy enough so others would want to replicate it.

The idea spawned from his love of tacos, urbanization and alternative transportation, he said. "I call it urban gamification, discovering how to use transit in a fun way."

Wiroll got a master's degree in public administration from the University of Oregon. He lives in Walker's Point.

He hopes the #TacoScootChallenge sparks discourse, so people can learn about alternative forms of transit.

There was a lot of curiosity about the scooters, Wiroll said. While he was scooting around, people would come up and ask him how to ride them, how fast they go, how much they cost.

"People are so curious but also a little skeptical to just jump on it," he said.

He knows the scooters are controversial, but he thinks, "If people just tried it they wouldn't be so grumpy about it."

But Wiroll said he understands some of the apprehension. Between the cars, bikes, roads and sidewalks, he said, "I felt a little out of place at times … sometimes I felt safe in the road, sometimes not at all."

This is not his first time using games on public transportation and urbanization, he said. On Portland's light rail, he played hide-and-seek with his friends. In San Francisco, they would do scavenger hunts.

"I really do think this is the future of urban transit, because there is no reason for us to all be in single person vehicles," he said.

Wiroll's #TacoScootChallenge rules are, in his words:

Timer starts the second your hand touches the first taco. Why? He doesn't know, but joked, "that's the way my grandfather did it."

You have 60 minutes to find as many carts and eat as many tacos as possible. One taco per cart, minimum.

Have fun — if you don't, subtract 15 tacos from your total.

Be Safe. Wear protection.

Contact Keith Schubert at (414) 839-4211 or kschubert@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @keithsch94