Climate change requires a rapid decarbonization of all economic sectors, in order to meet the German and European climate goals. Particularly in the transport sector, which emissions remain static in Germany for years now, technological alternatives to fossil fuels must be implemented promptly.

For the heavy freight traffic, overhead wires constitute as an electronic road system (ERS) such an alternative. However, the landing of rescue helicopters on highways with an overhead wire infrastructure presents a central challenge to this sort of ERS.

IKEMs project ERS-RTH examines the relevance of air rescue for highways and how present concepts of air rescue can be adapted.