The issue has become more visible recently because of the growth in the number of cyclists, the city's continued investment in expanding bike infrastructure and the popularity of social media to help highlight the matter, Whitehead said. With the installation of more bike lanes — including those striped and marked on the street, buffered with extra space between car and bike traffic, or protected by concrete curbs or plastic bollards as barriers — which in some locations have required the removal of traffic lanes, there are more areas to potentially be blocked, he said.