My research develops computational, spatial, and visual analytic approaches to support planners optimize complex urban systems when goals conflict and uncertainty is unavoidable.

Situated at the intersection of planning, transportation, and public health, I develop analytical frameworks that integrate large-scale administrative and operational data, high-resolution spatial modeling, and visualization for communication to support more transparent and interpretable planning decisions.

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Portrait of Jasmine Siyu Wu outdoors at sunset — Jasmine Siyu Wu · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Research agenda

Analysis for consequential decisions.

Planning under uncertainty

Analytical frameworks for decisions in which efficiency, safety, equity, access, and reliability cannot all be maximized simultaneously.

Mobility, safety, and public health

Research on adolescent mobility, licensing pathways, traffic safety, and geographically unequal access to safety resources.

Infrastructure and network resilience

Operational responses to large-scale disruptions, with attention to forecasting, system reliability, and interpretable decision support.

Featured research

From complex data to planning evidence.

Map interface showing access to driver training schools across Ohio

Spatial decision support

Mapping Driver Training Deserts

A spatial framework and visual tool for identifying communities with limited access to driver education and supporting more transparent resource allocation.

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Jasmine Siyu Wu and collaborators presenting research on young drivers’ safe-driving skills

Transportation and public health

Teen licensing, safety, and mobility equity

This body of work connects access to driver education and licensing with neighborhood conditions, safe-driving skills, and young people’s mobility opportunities.

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Selected publications

Across planning, transportation, geography, and public health.

2026 Mapping Driver Training Deserts: A Data-Informed Decision-Support Tool for Driver Training Resource Allocation The Professional Geographer · Accepted
2026 Driving Delayed: Transportation Planning and Public Health Perspectives on Adolescent Safe Mobility Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
2025 Association between Young New Drivers’ Skills and Driver Training, Home Neighborhood Income Level, and Urbanicity Transportation Research Record

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Selected recognition

Selected honors and support.

2026 Lifesavers Traffic Safety Scholar
2025 American Planning Association Outstanding Student Award
2022–24 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships
2022 ACSP Ed McClure Award for Best Master’s Paper
2022 Penn Weitzman Witte-Sakamoto Family Prize

Jasmine Siyu Wu with University of Pennsylvania faculty and colleagues at an award reception — With faculty and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania, 2025

About / Contact

Let’s connect.

I am a Ph.D. candidate in City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania, where I am also completing an M.A. in Statistics and Data Science. I am a research trainee at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

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