Public transport is fine if you live in a civilized society. You don’t have to drive as much and often it is faster.
However, we don’t live in a civilized society.
“Public transport is fine if you live in a civilized society”
That might be more correct if it were “Public transport is fine if you live in a centralized society” ie hives.
I agree that we do not live in a civilized society in the absolute sense of the word.