Google taking suggestions for walkable/bikable routes

One of the handiest tools I regularly use for planning my cycling routes around the city (I'm always looking for a route to work with less traffic) is Google Maps and Street View. It's nice to see what I can expect along the way in terms of bike lanes, gutters, railroad crossings, etc. (though it never shows me where the hostile drivers will be).

The obvious shortcoming of Street View is that, since the images are all captured with a specially-equipped car, it is limited to routes where cars drive. And, as the astute among you may have already learned, bikes and and pedestrians are able to go places where cars cannot.

Though it doesn't appear that the project will be as extensive as Street View for cars, Google has begun taking suggestions for where to gather images with their new Street View Trike. Perhaps this will begin to fill in some of those bike route gaps (like the pedestrian/bike tunnel from Oakland Avenue to Forest Park in St. Louis) that you don't normally discover until you happen upon them.

I'm nominating Forest Park in St. Louis along with the Katy Trail for the Google Street View Trike. Jump in and vote for them as well, or nominate your own favorite walking/cycling route. While you're at it, go to Google Maps and use Street View to preview that walking/cycling commute you know you should try out.