Expertise

• Transportation planning
• Transportation modeling
• Geographic information system

Xueming (Jimmy) Chen is a Professor and Program Chair of Urban and Regional Studies and Planning
Program, L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University.
He received his Ph.D degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Southern California. His
research interests include urban and regional planning, urban transportation planning, travel demand
forecasting modeling and Geographic Information System (GIS), Urban sustainability analysis, as well as
urban public policy and management.