Possibly true for the interstates (Eisenhower's nostalgia for his WWI era cross-country army convoy trip), at least as they now exist. Maybe we'd have more private toll-roads, or semi-private (such as the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the prototype for the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System) toll roads; or maybe not. In any case our current landscape would undoubtedly have been differently formed, and there'd be a lot fewer state bureaucracies related to transportation.
Many railroads (in the US of A) may have been state chartered and sanctioned, but generally were built and operated by profit-seeking enterprises (such as the Pennsylvania Railroad), negotiating land-sale or lease for right-of-way. The most notable exception is the Transcontinental Railroad, which took an act of Congress to get it started, and another one to end its construction phase. The government didn't build the railroads, they just regulated many of them to death. The (US Federal) government only runs Amtrak, whose primary purpose is intercity passenger, and that's only seen a surge in recent times because air-travel has gotten a bit more onerous.
The early internet protocols may have started as a DARPA project, but the Internet you connect to isn't a single thing, it is a private provider with private packet passing agreements with other private providers. The name resolution system is probably the biggest most visible remnant of government "creation", and one that arguably shouldn't be left with it.
Many railroads (in the US of A) may have been state chartered and sanctioned, but generally were built and operated by profit-seeking enterprises (such as the Pennsylvania Railroad), negotiating land-sale or lease for right-of-way. The most notable exception is the Transcontinental Railroad, which took an act of Congress to get it started, and another one to end its construction phase. The government didn't build the railroads, they just regulated many of them to death. The (US Federal) government only runs Amtrak, whose primary purpose is intercity passenger, and that's only seen a surge in recent times because air-travel has gotten a bit more onerous.
The early internet protocols may have started as a DARPA project, but the Internet you connect to isn't a single thing, it is a private provider with private packet passing agreements with other private providers. The name resolution system is probably the biggest most visible remnant of government "creation", and one that arguably shouldn't be left with it.