Is the buggy/pram period really over?

Anyone else here not using their buggy/pram anymore for their toddler? My boy wants to walk everywhere now, the problem is he doesn't really walk that long (only for 5 min at a time, then he either gets scared by something or just wants to cling to either me or his dad or he wants to walk in the opposite direction 🫠. So we end up carrying him everywhere - to his nursery or to the park, etc. It's exhausting, but he refuses to go into his buggy - he hates it. While 2 months ago that was somewhat manageable and we could force him in there with some struggles, now it just doesn't seem realistic, because there will be tantrum + meltdown and we all will feel awful. I am planning on even selling out our buggy, because we haven't used it for a month now. The only problem is I can't imagine going anywhere far away using public transport and without a buggy - that thought just makes me so anxious. I know it's just a period, but I keep seeing all of these older kids happily sitting in their prams and I keep wondering if we are the odd case