The invention relates to intelligent parking equipment of a roadway. The intelligent parking equipment comprises parking units; each parking unit comprises a traveling track, a vehicle carrying pallet, a moving assembly and a control system, the traveling tracks are erected on the top of a parking area, each vehicle carrying pallet is placed at a corresponding parking lot, and first lifting lugs are arranged on the vehicle carrying pallets; each moving assembly comprises a traveling framework and a lifting mechanism, the traveling frameworks can travel along the traveling tracks, the lifting mechanisms are connected onto the traveling frameworks, and first lifting hooks are arranged on the lifting mechanisms and can hook the first lifting lugs. A method for modifying the parking area of the roadway includes that the parking area comprises a main road, branch roads and a plurality of parking lots, the parking lots are arranged on the branch roads in a division manner, the intelligent parking equipment of the roadway is arranged in the parking area, and the corresponding vehicle carrying pallet is placed on each parking lot. The intelligent parking equipment and the method have the advantages that mechanisms are simple, convenient and flexible, can be independently used or can be combined with one another; the heights of parking garages are reduced, the parking garages are applicable to space with a limited height, and the utilization rate can be increased by 33-50% by means of slightly digging existing parking garages.