It's free. According to the inquiry of official website of Xining Municipal Transportation Bureau, the elderly people take bus IC cards for free on June 165438+ 10/day, 2007, and the elderly people swipe their cards for free for 240 times every year. If they need to continue to use it after using up the free times every year, they can continue to use it after recharging the card. It is free to apply for IC card for the elderly for the first time. Annual 10 yuan accident insurance premium. All buses in the city have special seats for the elderly and special passengers, and love service signs are set up to facilitate the elderly and other special passengers to ride.