USA Guide
The Great Plains
Getting around
A car is practically obligatory in the Plains, where distances are long, roads straight and seemingly endless, and the population sparse. The main routes (I-94, I-90, I-80, I-70, and I-40) cross from east to west, while north– south travel is often limited to quiet, curving byways. Greyhound buses travel the Interstates, but often bypass the small towns that provide a real sense of the region. Subsidiary bus lines include Jack Rabbit in South Dakota, and the Jefferson Line, which covers at least the urban areas in all the Plains states, and sometimes small towns too. Amtrak trains cross the Plains almost exclusively at night, with South Dakota not covered at all. St Louis, Missouri, has the major airport, while Wichita, Kansas, is a regional hub.