Both make sense, but I think you'll find "take a bus" more natural in most situations.
"Take" suggests a choice of transportation. (1) We are planning a trip from New York to Chicago. Should we take a bus or a plane? (2) How do your children go to school? They take a bus.
"Get on" gives a bit more emphasis to the actual act of entering the bus. "Get on the bus," the impatient driver said to the misbehaving children who were already late for school.
In your example, both work, but if my concern was clarity, I'd choose, "Let's take a bus. It will be quicker."
By the way, you'll also hear "take the bus" in English. It's also correct in many situations.