Description

Whole Foods has an exit from their garage that is presumably for delivery trucks to make use of. There is a small sign facing the street that says "Do Not Enter" and inside there is a sign stating "This Is Not An Exit".

Regardless, during evening rush hour, when traffic is backed up on Putnam, drivers will regularly cut through the Whole Foods garage and parking lot to cut over to Blackstone St and Western Ave. Often they will cross into oncoming traffic to take this turn and surprise people on foot/bicycle.

At all times of the day, customers will also use this as an exit, which has particularly bad visibilty and cause problems for pedestrians in all directions and vehicles coming from the direction of River St.

There is a grate that can be brought down over the exit. It seems that this should be closed except for when WF has delivery vehicles requiring the exit.