SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- For some time now, downtown San Francisco’s Market Street has been off limits to private vehicles and rideshare vehicles.  But now, there’s renewed talk about opening it back up again.  Since the beginning of 2020, Market Street in downtown San Francisco has been home to public transit, taxis and commercial vehicles. But now, there’s a push among Market Street businesses to allow private vehicles and rideshare companies to return to Market. Jennifer Bielstein is the executive director of American Conservatory Theater. ACT's Strand Theater is located on Market. "We would love to have Market Street reopen to cars," Bielstein said. SF once again named ‘healthiest’ in America: study Property developer Joy Ou agrees, the so-called car-free Market Street is making it more difficult for people to return to the area and for businesses to rebound post COVID-19.  "If you have to get dropped off on the back side of the theater, you have to walk around the block," Ou said. "These are areas right now it's becoming difficult and unsafe because there is not enough of people, traffic, so we need to bring them back." In February, Ou was part of a group that met with Mayor Daniel Lurie to encourage him to embrace not only cars on Market but also improve public safety and create tax incentives as part of an overall plan to revitalize Mid-Market. However, Christopher White with the San Francisco Bike Coalition says putting cars back on Market Street is not the answer. "We need to make it a better place for people to come and walk to sit to linger. We don't need to reintroduce cars," White said. "Prior to cars being removed from Market Street, it was not safe for people riding bikes or riding scooters, but it was also not safe for people walking, people taking transit." KRON4 reached out to the mayor’s office for comment, but they said they had nothing to offer at this time. ...read more read less