daily parking in downtown

Our office is talking about opening back up in the next few weeks and I'm just wondering what are some options for avoiding the absurd parking fees downtown. We're only going to be in the office 1-2 days per week, sometimes less, so a monthly contract doesn't make sense. I know a lot of the garages around our office are like $20 per day which is insane, even for just a couple of days a week.

I used to work downtown and I remember there being a few $5-6 lots near the downtown transit center, does anyone know if those are still there and the same price?

I'm also wondering about taking the bus but a little nervous as I've heard the bus isn't that great, especially in the evenings. Does anyone take the bus regularly and if so, is it generally safe? I live near west loop @ i-10 so would likely park at the NW transit center and take the bus in from there.

Other than possibly finding people to carpool with or sucking it up and paying a bunch of money to park each time I go downtown, are there any other creative ways to save money on parking?