Richardson aims to reduce roadway deaths and serious injuries through an action plan that targets high-crash areas of the city.

The overview: Safer Streets Richardson is a data-driven set of road projects aiming to create a “safe, accessible and comfortable transportation network," said Daniel Herrig, assistant director of transportation and mobility, at an Oct. 12 council meeting. Through the program, the city seeks to cut roadway deaths and serious injuries in half by 2050.

The approach: City staff used police crash report data from 2020-24 to create a “high injury network,” a set of roads and intersections in Richardson that see the most fatal and serious injury crashes. Based on an analysis of crash history, Herrig said staff created a “countermeasure toolbox” of safety improvements to implement at each location.

Pakistani barbecue chain Al Haaj Bundoo Khan is set to open a Richardson restaurant in the former Halal Munchies location.

The details: The restaurant serves kababs, chicken tikka, flaky paratha rolls and other dishes. Al Haaj Bundoo Khan has operated in Pakistan since 1948.

• 2000 N. Plano Road, Ste. 114A, Richardson

Mohamed Charkas provided an update on various construction and development projects across Dallas Fort Worth International Airport during a DFW Airport board meeting Nov. 5.

At any given time, there are more than 180 active construction projects across the airport campus, including the $4 billion Terminal F project, which will be the airport’s sixth terminal.

Terminal C: Phase 1A of Terminal C will open in March of 2027, with construction 95% complete as of Nov. 5.

Terminal C is a $3 billion project and includes new glass windows, removing over 400 view-blocking columns and raising the roof. New shops, restaurants, lounge spaces, check-in areas, checkpoint areas and restrooms will also be added.

Nine gates for Terminal C, part of Phase 1, opened in June.

Texas' first female lieutenant governor, Austin state Rep. Vikki Goodwin, held her first news conference since the election on Nov. 10 in Austin.

What happened: Goodwin, a Democrat, also announced her political transition team, which is led by lobbyist Angela Hale and outgoing state Rep. Chris Turner, D-Grand Prairie.

The team, which includes four former state senators—two Democrats and two Republicans—will help prepare Goodwin to take over as lieutenant governor in January and work with state senators.

"My focus right now is sitting down with each senator, many of whom I worked with while in the House, to talk about their individual priorities and how we can work together so they can represent their districts," Goodwin told reporters Nov. 10.

More context: Goodwin will preside over the Republican-majority Texas Senate. How much power she will have over the chamber is largely up to senators, who will approve new Senate rules when the legislature convenes Jan. 12.