Originally Posted by
jackal
The bus map posted on Paris bus shelters (at least where it hasn't been vandalized) is great--but they don't (as far as I could ever figure out) make it in a format they can give out. The only bus maps that you can get in a brochure format are not useful except as general guides, since they're not detailed enough.
All of the detailed information is available on the
RATP site. When I was less familiar with the bus system, I used to go there and use the trip planner for my bus trips and also use the "
plan du quartier" (neighborhood map) to look in detail at a specific area and see which buses ran there and where the bus stops were. It can even give you the actual street addresses of the stops. Otherwise, I agree that the available bus map brochures and even the bus guides can you buy aren't very useful.
Originally Posted by
jackal
I think the OP is in a bit of a hurry to get from CDG to GdeL, and I would guess that RER B to RER A is probably the fastest (by far) way to do so
Assuming they're not on strike, of course, as they will be tomorrow... Time-wise the RER and AF bus are probably about the same, but the AF bus is IMHO a lot more convenient for a transfer from CDG to Gare de Lyon, particularly if one has luggage. Either way will get you there, though, so it's just a matter of preference.