Metro

It’s bye-bye to MTA alibi

The good old days of lying to your boss about the subway’s running late are over.

The MTA yesterday launched a digital archive — searchable by date and time — of all service alerts issued over the past four years, a trove of data destined to bust alibis of tardy workers.

The more than 58,600 service alerts that the MTA has issued for subway, bus, LIRR, Metro-North and even bridge and tunnel delays are on its Web site.

Nosy bosses or snooping spouses will now easily be able to check whether the trains really were experiencing severe delays — and exactly what time they resumed normal service.

The archive will practically render obsolete the MTA’s delay-verification service, in which riders ask the agency to vouch for specific subway delays to prove why they were late. In August, the MTA issued 8,885 tardy slips for riders, including 359 in old-fashioned letter form. The rest were via e-mail.

Officials said the archive isn’t intended to replace the delay verification program, but an attempt to provide more transparency.

The MTA also tweaked the “TripPlanner+” feature on its Web site to include service disruptions. It will now inform riders of the best alternative routes to avoid delays.