Bicycle rental system and station

At least one manufactured computer readable medium including computer readable instructions that when executed by at least one processor adapts the at least one processor to perform acts comprising:

• displaying, at a multi-service meter, user selectable options for metered parking of an automobile in at least one automobile parking space and user selectable options for metered rental of at least one bicycle from at least one bicycle rental unit;
• receiving status information from at least one bicycle module, the status information identifying availability of at least one bicycle docked at the at least one bicycle module;
• and
• transmitting to a remote hosting center:
• payment information related to an amount of time that a vehicle is placed into a parking space of the at least one automobile parking space and
• other information related to an amount of time that a bicycle is used while removed from the at least one bicycle rental unit.

A system for managing automated multi-service metering stations for automobile parking and bicycle rental, the system comprising:

• a plurality of multi-service metering stations distributed over a wide geographic area, each configured to display user selectable options for metered parking of an automobile in at least one automobile parking space and for metered rental of at least one bicycle from at least one bicycle rental unit, and each comprising:
• an energy source for the meter configured to provide energy harvested from solar radiation to the meter;
• and
• a transmitter configured to communicate:
• payment information related to an amount of time that a vehicle is placed into a parking space of the at least one automobile parking space and
• other information related to an amount of time that a bicycle is used while removed from the at least one bicycle rental unit;
• and
• a hosting center configured to receive the payment information and the other information to manage payments relating to parking and bicycle rental.