Kansas is one such city where it is a must that you have your sightseeing tour due to the various attractions and the different kinds of sights and sounds that you can see in the city. Other than the normal city transit systems, Kansas City also has a lot of rental tour bus hiring companies which allow you to rent out chartered busses for the purpose of private tours.

In fact, since Kansas City is so rich in its cultural heritage and history, a lot of the tour agencies give special themed tours around the cities specific heritage spots such that you can get a different taste of what this city is about. For this purpose, there are some popular tourist agencies in this city which provide with bus tours for all in the Kansas City. Some of the most popular bus tours which are there in this city include:

- Boulevard Brewery Tour - This gives you the tour of the history of the beer industry in this city with great offers.

- Kansas City Gangster Tour - This has the characteristic open top bus which will take you around the city's underworld landmarks and homes which were supposedly used by them during this city's past.

These are only a few among the many bus tours which are there in this city and one must try them out. Visitors can easily get the details of these when they are at their hotels along with other tours organized by private bus and tourism agencies.

Public transportation in Kansas City is very reliable as they have buses to almost all the parts of the town at specified times. You can get a regional map that shows you all the bus routes in the area. The buses give affordable transportation which has no hassles. The buses are very convenient and they use dedicated lines so that you can get to your destination on time.

Kansas City transport authority

http://www.kcata.org

Kansas department of transportation

http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/pubtrans/index.asp

The system has a real time display where you can get to know the schedule of all the buses. The buses operate all week and you can get them early in the morning or late at night. In the early mornings there is a bus every fifteen minutes. During the rush hour you can get a bus every 8 minutes and from midday till 7pm you get one after every 15 minutes. After seven pm and on Sundays you will get a bus every 30 minutes and on Saturday after 15 minutes.

Kansas City transportation group

http://www.kctg.com

Getting around Kansas City

http://www.marc.org/rideshare/getaround.htm

The buses offer their services along the main street corridor from the river market in the North through down town past Union Station to the country plaza which connects numerous jobs. The public transport is very affordable and it will only cost you $1.50 which is collected on board and the fee can be transferred to the rest of the metro system.