percent) of Apollo Beach residents drive alone, similar to the estimate for Hillsborough County as a whole (80.1 percent). Zero percent of Apollo Beach residents use public transportation to commute to work, and less than 1 percent either walk or use other means of transportation for their commute. Approximately 10 percent of Apollo Beach residents work from home, which is higher than the rest of the study area and Hillsborough County (Figure 10).
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Figure 10. Apollo Beach: means of commuting to work Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Apollo Beach includes modern suburban areas of activity at the intersection of US 41 and Apollo Beach Boulevard that consist of retail, entertainment, and office uses (Figure 11). The two main corridors connecting these areas of activity to the surrounding area are US 41 and Apollo Beach Boulevard. The origin-destination (OD) analysis presented in Technical Memorandum 2 indicates that most trips in Apollo Beach are internal, many of which are likely accessing the areas of activity at the intersection of US 41 and Apollo Beach Boulevard. Most trips leaving Apollo Beach do so through the northern gates of US 41 and I-75.
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