All great human deeds both consume and transform their doers. Consider an athlete, or a scientist, or an artist, or an independent business creator. In the service of their goals they lay down time and energy and many other choices and pleasures; in return, they become most truly themselves. -Lois McMaster Bujold, author (b. 2 Nov 1949)
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I never heard of a trap as a conveyance but I can look at other vehicles that helped people get from one place to another (mostly on wheels).
Sepia Saturday's suggestion of trap and ponies this week...
Alix Winton in his experimental motor car in 1896.
A mixture of passengers on the mail cart in Ireland 1880
An early ambulance operated by St John. The patient was placed in a coffin-like sidecar and the lid was closed for transport. There were however a couple of hatches.
An early food truck in Washington DC 1919
Henry Ford in 1933, thirty years after his first Model A was shipped, sitting in his then vintage Ford Model A next to a very vintage horse and carriage
via Alamy
Filling up an Indian motorcycle - isn't it great they sold Shell and Texaco at the same gas station?
Bristol UK, 1900 and 2020.
I really love then and now photos.