The invention relates to a foot stand control method and device for means of transportation. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a current driving state of the means of transportation, wherein the driving state comprises a running/parking state; controlling the foot stand of the means of transportation to execute target operation corresponding to the driving state according to the driving state. According to the method disclosed by the invention, the state of the foot stand of the means of transportation can be correspondingly and automatically changed according to different driving states of the means of transportation.