Residents are calling the bike lanes along Southern Boulevard in Belmont a traffic nightmare.

Members of Bronx Community Board 6 are urging the city Department of Transportation to reevaluate and change the traffic pattern between Fordham Road and East 182nd Street, saying the redesign has made the area more dangerous instead of safer.

At several bus stops, riders must step directly into the bike lane to board, creating a risk of collisions if cyclists or pedestrians are not paying attention.

“The bike lanes coincide with this,” said Lisa Sanchez, of Community Board 6. “There is no division of where people should cross their bikes, and there’s no division of where people have to get on the bus.”

In some sections, cyclists avoid the bike lane altogether and ride on the sidewalk.

Board members say damaged pavement, raised tiles and orange cones blocking broken areas make the lanes unsafe to use.

The board says the project, implemented as part of the city’s Vision Zero initiative, has failed to improve safety.

“There aren’t any signs to direct traffic for the bikes,” said Magdamary Marcano, of Community Board 6. “When kids get off the bus, there’s nothing that says stop.”

That lack of signage, board members say, makes it difficult and dangerous for children crossing the bike lane on their way to the Bronx Zoo.

The bike lane has also eliminated dozens of parking spaces, leading some drivers to double-park or stop in the lane.

“People are using that lane as a parking spot in front of the school bus,” Marcano said.

The result, the board says, is traffic congestion and an unintentional merge that reduces two traffic lanes into one.

Community Board 6 said it rejected the bike lane proposal three times before it was built nearly six years ago and now believes the problems are worse than originally anticipated.

Board members say they raised similar concerns during meetings in 2019 but were ignored.

“The community board has been following up with the Department of Transportation to ask if this has resolved the issues DOT said it would resolve,” said Rafael Moure-Punnett, of Community Board 6. “It’s been almost six years, and we can’t get an answer.”

While waiting for a response from the city, board members say they hope no one is injured before the area is redesigned to better meet the community’s needs.