Disclosed herein are a bicycle rental
system and method. The bicycle rental
system includes a public bicycle, a bicycle holder, a bicycle management
server which transmits rental approval information and return confirmation information to the outside, and a user terminal which is provided to be capable of performing
wireless communicate with the public bicycle, is linked to the bicycle management
server via a network, is provided with identification information of the public bicycle, creates rental approval request information during rental of the public bicycle to transmit the rental approval request information to the bicycle management
server, creates return request information during return of the public bicycle to transmit the return request information to the bicycle management server, and receives the rental approval information and the return confirmation information transmitted from the bicycle management server in response to the rental approval request information and the return request information.