the buses display the sign 'niterói / charitas' and are operated by the two companies auto viação 1001 and braso lisboa - both lines follow an identical route - detailed bus itineraries for the two bus lines can be seen here and here. 

for travelers who do not want to take the bus at the beginning of the line in ipanema, bus 7003 also stops in copacabana along avenida nossa senhora de copacabana, at the bus stops marked brs3.

alternatively, bus 354 (cidade de deus x praça xv) starts from ipanema near praça general osório and can be taken along nossa senhora de copacabana, to praça xv.