No they really didn't. Horses were for cargo, people in a hurry, and rich people. For the most part people walked or more recently used a train or trolley. Now

No they really didn't. Horses were for cargo, people in a hurry, and rich people. For the most part people walked or more recently used a train or trolley. Now we have bicycles and it turns out if you don't spend trillions designing your towns and cities for the benefit of the auto industry you can get where you're going on a bike or train faster than if you do and use a car because you don't have to spread everything out.